Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Zen Andrew Archer Brolin & Del Toro are the stars of the film, second half of the film is almost exclusively focused on Benny the Bull, and is the best part of the movie.Unfortunately, the first half spends far too much time with Blunt's barely competent FBI agent. Either sitting in dark hotel rooms talking about her bra. Or sitting in dark hotel rooms surfing Google Images, because, you know, that's how FBI agents research Mexican Cartels. Or just sitting in dark hotel rooms looking like she'll burst into tears at any minute. Well, that's how she looks for the whole film actually.But I can't completely blame Blunt for this, it's a poorly written character that is used as a clumsy exposition device for the first half of the movie. "Who are you?" "Who is he?" "Where are we going?" "What are we doing?" Once all that information has been passed to the viewer, there is no need for the character anymore, and she barely features after that. A better written role or a better actress, probably both, was needed to make this character interesting.The good parts of the film are all about Brolin & Del Toro. The two actors have great chemistry but sadly, Brolin is sorely under used. Benny gets his starring turn, and it is as majestic as it is brutal.Watch it for those two.

djohnson149-1 The opening scene shows a swat team invading a house. Two guys sit calmly watching TV in the living room when the armored vehicle crashes thru the wall. Eventually the swat team opens up newly dry-walled walls, the screw holes having been spackled. Inside the walls are dozens of dead bodies, wrapped in plastic, standing upright. What is wrong with this? The guys watching TV have no problem with the smell of decaying corpses. The swatters don't smell anything until they start opening the walls. The corpses stand upright without any visible support (rigor mortis is very temporary). The walls are being prepared for painting. Did they think no one would notice how thick the walls would have to be to enclose dead bodies?

metalgear-25259 The pace and captivating screenplay give nods to what is going on. Nothing is made clear and the subtleties are something you explore as you watch. A Film that isn't too loud but isn't too quiet either. It may lose your attention at certain points but persevere and watch to the end for the brutal moments that depict a powerful story of US special operations and simple revenge that drags down all that stand in it's wake.

jonahcybarra-82318 When I first saw this movie in theaters with my dad and brother, I had no expectations and no idea what kind of movie this was going to be. I had heard a few good things about it before going in but really didn't know anything about it other than it had a few big name actors in it. I walked out of Sicario with my eyes having been opened to an aspect of filmmaking I had previously not considered: sound. Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson completely enveloped me with his soundtrack for this film, bringing the already taut emotions in this movie to new heights. Written by Taylor Sheridan, considered to be one of the hottest new screenwriters in Hollywood, Sicario follows the story of straight-laced FBI Agent Kate Macer, played by actress Emily Blunt, as she is chosen for a joint government operative team tasked with bringing order to the chaos that are the Mexican drug cartels. The audience follows Kate down the dark rabbit hole of clandestine operations and gray moral areas as she tries to bring the leaders of the murderous cartel to justice while still operating within the bounds of the law. Operating comfortably outside of such boundaries are CIA Operative Matt Graver and Mercenary Alejandro played by Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro respectively. Both actors steal every scene they are in, playing their roles with a deceptive and dangerous charm. Del Toro specifically steals the spotlight from those sharing a scene with him, finding that perfect balance between cold, calculating killer, and a hurting man seeking vengeance on those who decapitated his wife and threw his daughter into a vat of acid. Director Denis Villeneuve showed me once again why I consider him to be one of our best modern-day directors and one of my personal favorites, breaking down this film to its very color scheme and utilizing color to help him tell the narrative given to him. The audience is also treated to one of the more satisfying endings to a film in recent memory with Alejandro completing a part of his mission of revenge against the cartel in a swift, brutal, yet justified way that helps to bring his arc in this film to a close. It is not very often one comes across a film they would consider to be close, if not, perfection, and I can say confidently that Sicario is one such movie for me.