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Sicario

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Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
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An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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    • Director
      • Denis Villeneuve
    • Writer
      • Taylor Sheridan
    • Stars
      • Emily Blunt
      • Josh Brolin
      • Benicio Del Toro
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      • Denis Villeneuve
    • Writer
      • Taylor Sheridan
    • Stars
      • Emily Blunt
      • Josh Brolin
      • Benicio Del Toro
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    • 887User reviews
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    • 82Metascore
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 15 wins & 158 nominations total

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    Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Matthew Page, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
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    Emily Blunt
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    • Kate Macer
    Josh Brolin
    Josh Brolin
    • Matt Graver
    Benicio Del Toro
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    • Alejandro
    Jon Bernthal
    Jon Bernthal
    • Ted
    Victor Garber
    Victor Garber
    • Dave Jennings
    Daniel Kaluuya
    Daniel Kaluuya
    • Reggie Wayne
    Jeffrey Donovan
    Jeffrey Donovan
    • Steve Forsing
    Raoul Max Trujillo
    Raoul Max Trujillo
    • Rafael
    • (as Raoul Trujillo)
    Julio Cesar Cedillo
    Julio Cesar Cedillo
    • Fausto Alarcon
    Hank Rogerson
    Hank Rogerson
    • Phil Coopers
    Bernardo Saracino
    Bernardo Saracino
    • Manuel Diaz
    Maximiliano Hernández
    Maximiliano Hernández
    • Silvio
    • (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
    Kevin Wiggins
    Kevin Wiggins
    • Burnett
    Edgar Arreola
    Edgar Arreola
    • Guillermo
    Kim Larrichio
    Kim Larrichio
    • Silvio's Wife
    Jesus Nevarez-Castillo
    • Eliseo
    Dylan Kenin
    Dylan Kenin
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    • Trivia
      While Benicio Del Toro's character is frequently silent in the movie, he initially had more lines. "In the original script, the character explained his background several times to Kate," Del Toro said. "And that gave me information about who this guy was, but it felt a little stiff to have someone you just met fifteen minutes ago suddenly telling you what happened to him and who he is." Working with director Denis Villeneuve, Del Toro began cutting some of his dialogue to preserve the mystery of who his character is; Villeneuve estimated they cut 90% of what Del Toro was originally intended to say by screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. Like Del Toro, Villeneuve saw power in stripping the character down to a brooding silence, stating that dialogue belongs to plays and "movies are about movement, character, and presence, and Benicio had all that."
    • Goofs
      In the sequence following the arrests at the bank, it is stated that something illegal may have occurred that the IRS would be needed to figure out. Making daily deposits of 9000 dollars to avoid the cash transaction reporting limit of 10,000 dollars is a crime known as "structuring". Any law enforcement officer familiar with the narcotics trade would know this.
    • Quotes

      Alejandro: Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything that we do, but in the end you will understand.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Emily Blunt/Justice Stephen Breyer/The Dead Weather (2015)
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      Written by Wyatt Earp and Keith Gattis

      Performed by Keith Gattis

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    9/10
    Tense, intelligent drama, with thriller overtones
    The badlands of the US - Mexico border and the viciousness of the drug trade running across it sets the background and the tone for this movie. It's grim. Human life is very cheap and the movie doesn't flinch from showing consequences. There are definitely some scenes that are not for the faint hearted, but there is nothing gratuitous here. If anything - despite the subject matter - the film goes out of its way to avoid Hollywood heroics.

    Emily Blunt does an amazing job portraying Kate Macy, a career policewoman heading a SWAT team. Her accent slips slightly a couple of times, but otherwise she's utterly believable as born and raised in the deep south of the US. Kate is a fundamentally decent, honorable human being, trying to the right thing in a world where the rule book doesn't seem to work any more. She's smart, tough, and experienced - but right from the start of the movie, it's clear that she's in over her head.

    The tension never lets up. An attack could come at any moment, from any direction. Anything could be a trap. All of it, no matter how extreme something is, plays as real. The director manages scenes expertly to avoid any clean and easy action movie clichés, and it pays off enormously as the movie goes on.

    It's also a highly intelligent movie, made for an intelligent audience. It doesn't lay things out on a plate. Instead you have to pay attention and you have to think, just as Kate has to - because her first mistake could be her last.

    Staging, costuming, sets, cinematography, and lighting are all perfect. Some airborne shots in particular stand out as both daring and stunningly original, clearly showing just how harsh the landscape is, while managing to propel the story forward - without showing anyone, no less. This part of the movie is in the "As good as it gets" category. The only part that I didn't like (and the reason that this doesn't get a 10 from me) was the music. It's used deliberately to heighten tension during some scenes which would otherwise break the feel of the movie, and generally it's done well, but some scenes are spoiled with a There Will Be Blood styled screech. It's really not needed, especially since Sicario's own score manages to build or maintain tension quite successfully in other parts of the movie while remaining low-key.

    To my mind, this is much more of a drama than it is a thriller. It's certainly not an action movie. The acting from the support cast is exactly what it needs to be - good in general, and great when a minor character is the focal point - but look closely at how much Benicio del Toro manages to do with no dialogue and not even all that much movement. Simply amazing.

    This is a great movie to see if you want to be challenged.
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    • What did Alejandro do to Guillermo in the interrogation room? All you see is a drain and hear grunting.

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Mexico
      • Hong Kong
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Sicario: Ranh Giới
    • Filming locations
      • El Paso, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lionsgate
      • Black Label Media
      • Thunder Road Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,889,293
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $401,288
      • Sep 20, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $84,997,446
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Auro 11.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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