Review of Sicario (2015) by Emperorpenguin — 01 Oct 2015

Having seen Prisoners and Enemy by Denis Villenueve, I have a very high expectation going to the theater to see Sicario. Personally, I put Sicario behind Prisoners and Enemy judging from how great Jake Gyllenhaal's acting for both movies, originality and the intensity that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Overall, Sicario is still an amazing movie and one of the best of this year so far.

As the main character, Emily Blunt gives a perfect performance that make us feel and empathize what she is going through throughout the movie. We can feel her frustration, pain, anger and disappointment through her face with just few dialogs. The very last scene really did it for me and it broke my heart. However, Benicio Del Toro as Alejandro gives the best performance of the whole movie.

The writing in this movie is amazing. There are a lot of questions raised in this movie and they answer them seamlessly and perfectly at the right time just to keep us entertained until the very last scene.

The cinematography in this movie is the one that really blows my mind. There are a lot of scenes that you just think "Wow, that is really beautiful". However, for me this is also one of the weakness of this movie because they just keep showing you these beautifully shot scenes that is not necessary to the storyline given the limited amount of dialog and longer runtime of this movie.