Review of Sicario (2015) by Ginak — 03 Oct 2015
I thought the beginning of Sicario was sleep-inducing, but others might consider it tense and suspenseful. However, after about the first half hour, I found the movie riveting. I thought the cast was great, especially Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin, but they played the most exciting characters.
Emily Blunt, on the other hand, had the most difficult role as the “pawn in the game,” yet you were always interested in her and what was happening to her even though she was as confused and suspicious about what was going on as the audience was most of the time.
To make a character like that sympathetic is a neat trick. The movie also managed a message about the “drug wars” – which was perhaps the neatest trick of all – about why they exist at all and how cruel they are, which puts the movie a cut above most action films where the violence is simply meant to entertain.
This review of Sicario (2015) was written by Ginak on 03 Oct 2015.
Sicario has generally received very positive reviews.
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