Review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) by William Bibbiani for TheWrap — 19 Jun 2018

All the human strife, all the political squabbling, comes across like an excuse to be “badass” but high-minded about it. The film’s shootouts are “cool” but lack anything resembling a meaningful perspective, so when the characters talk about the political rationales for their violence, it rings hollow.

And when the bullets fly, nothing else seems like it ever mattered.