Sicario (2015 film)
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Jun 29, 2018 · Almost as if the film was created by a screenwriting machine designed to mine current national fears and controversies as completely as possible, “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” opens with scenes of suicide bombers—one as a group of Mexicans are trying to cross the border, and, in one of the most graphically upsetting scenes in a major film ...
Jun 29, 2018 · Though less subversive than its predecessor, Sicario: Day of the Soldado succeeds as a stylish, dynamic thriller -- even if its amoral machismo makes for grim viewing. Read Critics Reviews
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- Stefano Sollima
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- Benicio Del Toro
- A dark, gritty, and well-acted action drama that already feels dated.
- Verdict
By Witney Seibold
Updated: Jun 21, 2018 6:24 am
Posted: Jun 21, 2018 2:00 am
Stefano Sollima's Sicario: Day of the Soldado may have been considered one of the best films of the year, had it been released in 2008. Although a sequel to an Oscar-nominated film from 2015, Day of the Soldado feels like a long-ago prequel from a previous era – albeit a recent one – of American filmmaking. It is a film about the politics and violence surrounding U.S./Mexico border security, but there is no talk of a border wall, of ICE agents, of families being separated. To be fair, screenwriter Taylor Sheridan likely penned his screenplay long before the current president was in office, and the U.S. began its campaign to increase the dark militancy of its border security, but recent developments in the real world make Sicario: Day of the Soldado feel instantly dated.
Case in point: In one scene, the government bigwig character, played by Catherine Keener, corners CIA tough guy/super-soldier Matt Graver (Josh Brolin, reprising his role from the original) to explain to him the minutiae of governmental public image. She says that the (unnamed) president needs to save face and that he “doesn't care about winning.” If there's anything Americans know about the current president, it's that he cares about winning.
This is not to say, of course, that Day of the Soldado is a badly constructed film. Indeed, Sollima's assured and energetic direction is, to this reviewer's eye, even slicker and more compelling than the comparatively mournful direction of Denis Villeneuve's original. The original Sicario was hard-edged and dark, concerned with the way violence can erode the soul, and whether or not a soul is even needed in the complex world of ever-increasing criminal enterprise at the Mexican border. Day of the Soldado, with its well-choreographed chases, excellent photography (by Dariusz Wolski), fast pace, intense music (by Hildur Guðnadóttir), and badass gunfights, reads more like an action film than a drama. The darkness is still there, and the film climaxes with moments of intense confrontation rather than chases and large explosions, but said darkness is folded into something more forthrightly thrilling. It's a tonal shift that works well, at least from a technical standpoint.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado is a darkly thrilling film with excellent performances, and its gritty, intense action is balanced by heady themes of moral decay, but overall, because of recent political developments, it feels behind the times.
- Witney Seibold
Jun 20, 2018 · ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’: Film Review. Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro reprise their roles in 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado,' a follow-up to the 2015 drug cartel thriller.
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Jun 21, 2018 · Film Review: ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’. Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin are both tougher and more human (e) in this intense sequel to the 2015 Mexico-set action movie, which sets...
Jun 26, 2018 · Review: ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Blends War Movie and Western. The director Stefano Sollima narrates a scene from the film featuring Benicio Del Toro. Richard Foreman/Sony Pictures...
