This could have been a decent film, the lead actor was miscast, he doesn't have much acting experience, and he was a bit wooden. The rest of the cast was okay, the Mexican cartel leaders are probably the best performances, but they couldn't save the film. The directing was poor, they overused the drone landscape footage, and they were just really out of their league. It felt like a really low budget production, and was not particularly entertaining.
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Waste of time, unless you are really bored.
frank-liesenborgs12 December 2021
"American Sicario" is an action movie based on a true story. For all the fans of the "Sicario" movies with Benicio Del Toro, do not have your hopes high. This movie does not belong in the same category. Yes, you have plenty of action, swearing, and graphic scenes in this movie. Although it is based on a true story, there is no plot nor twist that you do not see coming from a mile away. The acting of Philippe A. Haddad (Erik Vasquez) is not bad. But the whole cast sucks. The longer down in the movie, the worse it gets. No kidding. And I am not even speaking about the plot holes. Even if you are a Danny Trejo fan, you will be disappointed. It is like he is doing this movie against his will. You are better of watching the trailer and skip the movie. Waste of time. Unless you are really bored, like I was....
This does not Deserve a 7.5 Rating!
arfdawg-129 March 2022
To be honest the movie starts off real good. Moody and interesting, with good acting and directing.
But then somewhere around the half way mark it takes a really bad turn. And somehow the same actors who were doing a real good job acting, suddenly become really bad actors.
And the script gets stoopid.
Too bad. Could have been a really entertaining movie.
But then somewhere around the half way mark it takes a really bad turn. And somehow the same actors who were doing a real good job acting, suddenly become really bad actors.
And the script gets stoopid.
Too bad. Could have been a really entertaining movie.
The worst movie I ever seen.
laserali20 January 2022
7+ ???!!!
mirel-414-33272125 January 2022
Who voted !? Actor's relatives ??!! U really watched that ? If this is a 7.3 movie.... ok...nevermind. At the middle of the movie that cia girl agent says "hmmm...why a pretty rich boy like you choose this kind of life?" pretty indeed i'd say... and by the way, "sicario" is a soldier hired for his killing skills. That narco boss was the sicario ? Hehehe...poor guys...
Watch this movie if you really hate yourself
nba_life_200520 January 2022
Junk
scottmtsmith7 February 2022
Incredibly poor
Xavier_Stone11 December 2021
Clearly a high jack of the Sicario films in hopes that it gets a load of viewers from those movies. This is anything but. Opening scene is trying hard to impose that this guy is a bad ass, except that his dialogue is childish and broken. Most scenes are just annoying with the usual drug dealer dialogue.
This is almost like watching cut scenes in a 90s video game level bad, all that's missing is the "Ha, ha ha, take that ! "
I tried to watch for longer than I'd like to admit, waiting for some action to happen. Trejo plays a caring father and OG gangster and it just felt way off.
Maybe there's some action in the second half of the movie, maybe not. Congrats to everyone who makes it that far, I couldn't complete the mission.
This is almost like watching cut scenes in a 90s video game level bad, all that's missing is the "Ha, ha ha, take that ! "
I tried to watch for longer than I'd like to admit, waiting for some action to happen. Trejo plays a caring father and OG gangster and it just felt way off.
Maybe there's some action in the second half of the movie, maybe not. Congrats to everyone who makes it that far, I couldn't complete the mission.
Cheap, bad acting, silly plot
edoardok28 January 2022
Although based on a true story the plot is just flat and only shows the stupidity of the person the movie was based on. The only surprise within the movie is that a "boss" who made it to a level where he dealt with thee cartels would be this basic.
Acting is quite bad and the characters totally underdeveloped with no background story.
Acting is quite bad and the characters totally underdeveloped with no background story.
It's good for killing time
jhw-0042424 December 2021
Pretty good B movie based on real life
entreelbienyelmalvxace22 December 2021
Compte and Haddad did some very good acting. Danny Trejo was good too. Pretty good movie for a B list. At first, i thought the lead actors accent was fake but after some research i found out he was born in an American hospital in Mexico.
I found it very entertaining, i'm sure you will.
I found it very entertaining, i'm sure you will.
The worst movie I ever came across!
dsmark-2835111 January 2022
I don't know who gave the money for this to be shot. This is the lamest most boring movie I ever saw. The acting from the main character down to Danny Trejo is so poor, and the directing is non existent. I think that this is ac lear example of money laundering or some other scheme.
There is no 0 so I had to give it 1, totally undeserved.
There is no 0 so I had to give it 1, totally undeserved.
I hate a traitor
nogodnomasters23 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Eric Vasquez (Philippe A. Haddad) is a drug dealer in Mexico. He supplies the cartels with drugs while at the same time he murders (on camera) members of cartels. Danny Trejo plays an old school father-in-law. Things go bad for Eric leading to a narco war.
The film needed some more linear plot. People getting killed were long and frequent scenes.
Guide:F-word. No sex or nudity.
The film needed some more linear plot. People getting killed were long and frequent scenes.
Guide:F-word. No sex or nudity.
Instant cult classic
bafs-074663 February 2022
If you woulda told me going in that this movie was gonna be a comedy instead of action I wouldn't have believed it
American Sicario was so unbelievably horrible and cheesy that I HAD to finish the movie just because I was laughing at how awful it was
Favorite part had to be the ELITE tactical "Sicario" training they got from "Portuguese", I'm completely surprised they didn't shoot BB guns out in the desert with the level of "training" they received, it was no wonder they were completely slaughtered in the first 10 seconds of a gun fight with a real drug cartel.
American Sicario was so unbelievably horrible and cheesy that I HAD to finish the movie just because I was laughing at how awful it was
Favorite part had to be the ELITE tactical "Sicario" training they got from "Portuguese", I'm completely surprised they didn't shoot BB guns out in the desert with the level of "training" they received, it was no wonder they were completely slaughtered in the first 10 seconds of a gun fight with a real drug cartel.
mediocre or worse
FounHUGO13 December 2021
Watch literally anything else
orrmads13 December 2021
One star is generous. This movie is beyond bad. Quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. The storyline and acting were laughable, at best. I am actually still mad I wasted an hour and forty-one minutes of my life on this movie. It was physically painful to try and get through this. The picture/overall quality is so cheap seeming and most of the filming is done at nauseating angles. Don't waste your time.
All about perspective
omerus9119 February 2022
Make no mistake: This is a B-movie.
Just like the terrible post-jurassic park dinosaur movies of the 90s before it, and the terrible post-star wars sci-fi movies before that.; this is someone's sicario-project
If you watch it with friends to laugh, then it's actually not too bad of a time.
If you're looming for sicario, you're better off watching sicario.
Just like the terrible post-jurassic park dinosaur movies of the 90s before it, and the terrible post-star wars sci-fi movies before that.; this is someone's sicario-project
If you watch it with friends to laugh, then it's actually not too bad of a time.
If you're looming for sicario, you're better off watching sicario.
Absolutely awful
brolsen-9888627 April 2022
I typically find redeeming qualities in bad movies. I watch many bad movies and still find entertainment. There is not a thing this movie has to offer. It is terrible. The 6.3 it has right now has to be a sham. There is no way anyone thinks this is worthy of that. The acting is awful and the dialogue is worse. The plot was written terribly as well. This movie is a waste of time. Oh and they tried to hop on the Sicario bandwagon despite not a single American acting as a sicario. The title doesn't even fit the film, that's how bad it is.
Revolutionary movie about the Mexican dream
noahhelth10 October 2023
This is by far the best and most well produced movie I have ever seen. The way that our main character keeps changing from an American to a maxican accent shows perfectly how your social group affects your behavior. And when our main character told his friend that they should go for a walk when he would tell his friend about the death of his friends sister and then proceeded to go one step before ending the walk and telling him the bad news. It paints a perfect example of how he's the boss and he decides when the walk will end. But then again. The tragic ending of our main character is a very good way of showing no matter tough you get there will always be someone tougher. And the constant use of the word "orale" is magnificent. A beautiful way to simplify the Mexican/Spanish language while still keeping it tasteful. "When it happens, you will see it coming" I did not see this one coming. Overall a perfect movie. Would indeed recommend.
WHAT THE HELL
mrganmatej20 February 2022
This movie is so bad it does not even deserve to be on IMDb. This was such trash, it was painful to watch. My head hurts, my feelings are hurt and I am contemplating suicide after watching this. If someone without brain, hands, movie equipment, 0 sense for writing a script and 0 talent for acting made a movie - it would probably still be better than this. Oh my god, please someone help me after this.
Seemed like a middle school production
revmsva11 May 2022
What a waste of an hour and a half......poor acting continuity, and writing. Great example of Hollywood's rejects getting together and working for a week and cobbling together a "production". They ripped off parts of the original Sacario movies (foreboding music and cutaway drone shots of the vastness and serenity of the desert) and tease you into the opening and then the eye rolls begin.
Zero acting skills.
rlgouge18 April 2022
imagine the worst
muratpsy28 February 2022
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