Rating of
3/4
Unknown - wrote on 11/01/15
'Sicario' is a brutally realistic crime thriller. The violence is unsettling is the right way. It forces you to accept it's harsh reality, while not turning you off to the movie. If anything, it makes the sudden bursts of action more tense. We follow an FBI agent as she becomes a tagalong on a secretive task meant to take down a drug lord. She is lead on a long trail, only finding out small bits of intel on the mission as it progresses. She's asked to accept hard truths when put in uncomfortable situations. Her determination to uphold laws while those in charge of her are operating outside of them creates a constant clash, and also serves as an allegory the losing battle in the 'war on drugs'.
