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Sicario (2015)

R  |   |  Action, Crime, Drama  |  2 October 2015 (USA)
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An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected 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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When the drug raid worsens in the USA and Mexico border region, the USA government sent a passionate and idealistic FBI agent, Kate Macer in a mission to eradicate the drug cartel network of Manuel Diaz, who responsible for a bombing which killed the members of her team- with the help from Alejandro, a hit-man- which in Spanish called "Sicario". Written by Gusde

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The border is just another line to cross.


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Rated R for strong violence, grisly images, and language | See all certifications »

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Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$401,288 (USA) (18 September 2015)

Gross:

$18,439,045 (USA) (7 October 2015)
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Emily Blunt based Kate Macer's character on one of the FBI agents she spoke to in preparation for the role, whom she described as "shy" and had a "loner quality" to her. See more »

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When lifting off from Luke AFB they show the overflight of runway heading '35'. Luke's runways are 03 and 21. See more »

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Alejandro: Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything that we do, but in the end you will understand.
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Followed by Sicario 2 See more »

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Rich Woman
Written by Dorothy La Bostrie and Millet McKinley
Performed by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
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Used by Permission of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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Well organized story with great characters, performed by great actors
18 September 2015 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This is like the stuff you see on hour long serialized Television like Netflix's Narcos, but instead this police like drama is done in a two hour movie instead of thirteenth episodes.

Emily Blunt was amazing in her character, a good FBI agent who feels she's not doing enough on the streets and allows herself to get used by someone with more power, played by Josh Brolin brilliantly as a man who seems uncharismatic about his job in order to hide the covert nature of his mission to find the big man responsible for all the street crime.

Brolin played a necessary evil, that comes off brilliantly in the narrative that plays out. Loved how they go from the bottom and get to the very top. It's very surgical.

But the actor who stole the show in Sicario is Benicio del Toro whose character Alejandro, is a cloud of mystery that unravels slowly through the film, done both subtle and dramatic by Del Toro. Every time he was on the screen even when he did nothing he was doing something and you he demanded your attention.

Plus the music and sound combo of the movie added to the tension. it was powerful.

Incredible action-thriller.


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