Review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) by Unreelreviews — 28 Jun 2018

Sicario 2 the day of soldado was a sequel I was excited about but also very nervous about especially since I found out that this film was not being directed by Denis Villeneuve but by Stefano Sollima. What Denis made in 2015 I thought was a very unique film and one that couldn't be replicated even by a sequel to the same film.

After seeing this movie twice and taking some time to think about it, I can definitely say that this film isn't as good as the first but does serve up as a nice main course to a great untre. Josh brolin and Benicio Del Toro are once again brilliant in this movie and we get to explore some of their darker character traits that we only ever touched on in the first.

This film still offers the same thrills and gritty violence as its predecessor. We get to have a further look into the world of sicario and not just the military operations that our main characters proceed in often.

We get to explore some darker parts of the cartels and the terrible aftermaths they have on people, especially on children. Some people may dislike this because some of the content that the director has chosen to explore in this film may be fairly disturbing to certain people as I would say that the sequences of violence and mayhem are far more frequent and graphic than the first.

I personally don't see this as a negative because sicario is not an action movie. The sequences of violence that take place in the film are intense, violent and at times disturbing. The director has chosen to go for a very real feel in this movie just like Denis did with the first and this is what makes the movie feel unique in its own way.

There is a storyline that I didn't enjoy very much and it's about a boy and his use in the drug cartels. This storyline felt like an added set of scenes just to make the movie longer. It doesn't involve or collide anywhere with the main plot and I personally felt like it was an unnecessary dark take on the movie that was there for the point of being violent.

So overall I did enjoy this movie quite a bit and I will definitely be purchasing the score for this movie because it is brilliant. Don't go into this movie expecting it to be better than the first, this is a nice follow up to Sicario and was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.