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Rating of
3/4
"Sicario" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 12/29/2016
An FBI field agent is seconded to a special unit tasked with taking the fight to the South American drug cartels and finds their approach more resembles a declaration of war than police work. Narcos meets Zero Dark Thirty in this uncompromising cop thriller that is less shades of grey than shades of black. In fact, the line between right and wrong is so muddied throughout the story that it makes The Shield looks like T. J. Hooker, but Emily Blunt - giving a fine portrayal of a good cop who is in way over her head - provides a strong central character which thankfully grounds the story preventing it from becoming obnoxiously over-violent and amoral. The action sequences are tense rather than spectacular, which suits the grittiness of the story perfectly and a lean, mean Benicio Del Toro …
Rating of
3/4
Kind of a disappointment for me
ikkegoemikke - wrote on 08/02/2016
"You're asking me how a watch works. For now, just keep an eye on the time."
"Sicario" was kind of a disappointment for me. Despite my admiration for director Denis Villeneuve ("Prisoners" was an excellent film), the presence of a high-profile and talented cast and an inviting trailer (although I scrupulously shun trailers), I thought this one wasn't really original and impressive. Maybe the trailer has put me on the wrong foot. That sinister and morbid beginning with those corpses stashed in plastic, made an immense impression on me. This combined with the flashy and clever scene where you see a convoy of pitch black SUV's making their way through a crowded highway with an action-packed ending subsequently, made sure I was eagerly looking forward to seeing this film.
The film …
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N/A
Schockiert
cinegeek.de - wrote on 03/07/2016
Sicario eröffnet mit zwei Indikatoren einer brutalen Welt: Der erste, eine furchtbare Entdeckung, der zweite eine Explosion. Beide begründen den folgenden für uns befriedigenden Thriller (und genaus diese Tatsache bereitet mir Magenschmerzen). Wir befinden uns in einem Universum, in dem das Böse schlicht exisitiert. In dieser Welt kann Gewalt einfach so ausbrechen, Leben nehmen oder niederschmettern. Sicario schafft leider tiefe Befriedigung. Der Film untersucht den Krieg ohne Regeln oder Verpflichtungen mit einem spektakulären Auftritt von Benicio Del Toro und der faszinierenden Cinematographie von Roger Deakins. Böse Zungen behaupteten, Sicario sei zu ausschweifend und prätentiös. Sicario fehle deshalb die Dringlichkeit eines wahrhaft grossartigen Thrillers. Ich muss zugeben, …
Rating of
3.5/4
Sicario translates to hitman.
Indyfreak - wrote on 02/27/2016
Denis Villeneuve's Sicario is a relentlessly suspenseful nail-biter of a crime thriller set against the crime riddled backdrop of the U.S.-Mexican border. Emily Blunt plays the rookie FBI agent assigned to a special ops team meant to carry out missions of questionable legality which are ostensibly meant to bring the drug cartels' violence home to them. Josh Brolin is the wily leader of the group and Benicio Del Toro is the frightening enforcer who seems like a demon from hell. The tightly wound plot is intense and gnarly as hell at times. A good example is how a simple border crossing becomes as dangerous as would a trip to Mars. Sicario is a dark movie and its plot might be a turnoff for some as it does not follow the typical narrative you might come to expect from this genre. Sometimes …
Rating of
3.5/4
Unsettling, intense and brutal
Matthew Brady - wrote on 10/26/2015
Alejandro: "You will not survive here, you are not a wolf. This is the land of wolves".
The story in Sicario is about an idealistic FBI agent is paired up with a consultant with a checkered past, she will have to learn the hard way that combating the new war on drugs sometimes means getting your hands dirty.
Sicario was my most anticipated movie of 2015, just because of the director, the cast and the magnificent cinematographer Roger Deakins was involved in making this movie. Denis Villeneuve has been non-stop impressing me recently with movies like: Enemy and Prisoners, so I was really looking forward to seeing Sicario and boy let me tell you that Denis Villeneuve did it again, because Sicario is one of the most intense and shocking film I've seen this year. Denis Villeneuve made …
