Review of Sicario (2015) by Nathonas — 17 Feb 2016

Excellent, serious film that touches on interesting themes like moral ambiguity that makes the viewer question his own beliefs and view of the world. The truth is, it may be impossible to fight horrendous criminals like the cartels when your hands are bound by rule of law, but does this justify the things we see? This is what films should do - make us think, question, discuss. And Sicario does an excellent job of that.

I think a lot of people dislike how helpless the protagonist (Kate) is, but to me it just adds realism. There are so many situations in real life where the "good guys" are simply powerless to do anything.

My only criticism is that the film was a bit predictable - it was pretty obvious that nothing would happen to Kate, and unlikely that anything would happen to Alejandro.