Review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) by Jon C — 29 Jun 2018

Even though the first one is superior I still found myself liking this one way more.

Benecio del Toro and Josh Brolin are back but this time they have a new mission to advance against the Mexican drug cartel.

First it was cocaine that made a profit now people being smuggled across the U.S. border is the best way to make some easy money.

Brolin and del Toro are then tasked with escorting the daughter of a drug king played by Isabela Moner.

If any harm comes to her then a turf war begins with more than one cartel.

While being kidnapped she comes to the grips of this reality more than she's used to and is completely changed by all of it.

With her and del Toro the connection is much deeper than you think given what he went through last time to avenge his family.

It almost feels given the chain of events that occur that almost two different stories are happening at the same time even though one is better.

The narrative should've been more fluid.

Thankfully this movie is much more perilous and the pacing isnt slow.

It's very modern, real-world-like, and grim but compelling.

Maybe a less-than-fulfilling ending but it's a hell of an experience.

Director Stefano Sollima tells a very personal story about immigrants, dirty money, and bloodshed.

Kings don't start wars, they end them, change doesn't happen easily or quickly, and anything can happen once two sides start killing for control.

The drug cartel is still alive and kicking but a film like this is vital to show the corruption of certain people in a certain part of the world that needs to be addressed.