Which is the point here in Sicario. Alejandro was a hitman, for whatever reason, whose family was murdered in front of him by the drug cartel guy. Ok I’m getting off topic but no Emily didn’t kill herself lol. The whole of this movie is like an oil leak coming up through your bed or through your feet or something. I’m not sure how she figured out he was an assassin. She didn’t follow orders and endangered the entire (secret) objective of the mission. And here too, we have an ideological battle playing out across the Southwest DMZ. My problem with this movie is that I as the viewer don’t know this. Your email address will not be published. Taylor. I stumbled upon Sicario while reading the book “The Sympathizer” and totally get your correlation to the Vietnam War. You can rest assured, that my conclusion below will say that everyone will enjoy this movie, while also being repulsed by it. I didn’t like how the spec ops team, was like I’m going to kill you, how are they going to explain that to the boss. She looks lost, I’m a feminist, and for me it’s hard to say that in some moments I ask to myself “why this character is a woman”. Wasnât she killing them in self defense? Business-wise, I make big cheddar (not really) as a copywriter and digital strategist working with some of the top brands in the Latin America region. After reading this review I am now even more confused. Has the other side gone so completely overboard, so completely over the top, that the only really adequate chess move available to us is our own version of the darkness as well? And there we are, holding on tight to Alejandro, the only one who really knows what is going on all around us. Sicario is a 2015 American action thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Taylor Sheridan and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. And all the while, we (Kate) continue to ask ourselves… how the hell did we end up here? She didn’t want to be involved, she didn’t want to kill anyone… she was in Mexico, illegally, killing Mexicans, and way way in over her head. WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Sicario: Day of the Soldado, in theaters now.. Denis Villeneuve's 2015 crime thriller Sicario was a brutal yet honest depiction of the war against a Colombian drug cartel at the Mexico-United States border. Can you elaborate please? Tunnel rat experts. Hot Take Big Blue Non-Director’s Cut Praise, Safe Inside Movie Recommendation and Ending Investigation, The Little Things Movie Discussed and Explained, Synchronic Movie Recommendation and Whine Fest, The Empty Man Movie Is Anything But Empty. In a game of cat and mouse, Alejandro and a daughter of one of the gang's leaders, Isabela (Isabela Moner), struggle to return to Mexico after they've been abandoned by U.S. allies that have used them them as pawns. Such a good movie, who needs preworkout when you can just watch the freeway scene hahaha. She sees that he has shot one of the cartel and is restraining an obviously corrupt Mexican police officer. This inner boiling turmoil is the relentless engine that systematically powers this movie right off the cliff of reasonableness. Remember, she was Lilly white, do things by the book, and make a difference. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Whilst we hear muffed grunts during the close-up of the drain at the end, and we notice the unopened water jug, this ignores that for water-boarding to occur the victim will generally have a cloth stuffed into their mouth. A Matter of Film explores this existential question as we take a look at Denis Villeneuve's Sicario. The whole scene where she picked up her partners friend at the bar, then thought that was her assassin, I didn’t get that. It's Good Emily Blunt Skipped Sicario 2 (But She Has To Come Back For Part 3) What happens in the end? All But this is the question… is this brutality the only effective response to the war on drugs? I’m Mexican you know, I live every day reading about abductions, executions, drugs and people been trafficked, corruption in every level of the government, tunnels, drug lords, etc. I can imagine a sympathetic FBI I don’t understand the reason why she was there, that Matt explained in the hotel room. The story surprisingly doesn't end there, as it turns out Alejandro survived the gunshot, which left a gaping hole in his cheek. Evil that is just emanating through the floor and you aren’t sure where you are what has brought this awful and dark story into your life. what is the connection with the first scene of the movie? Sicario, a Venezuelan drama film by Joseph Novoa; Sicario, an American crime film by Denis Villeneuve . Didn’t one of the characters (Alejandro or Matt) even say they were out to eliminate any Medellin competitors due to the war on drugs beings unwinnable, and it’s better to live with the reduced violence present with only one cartel in operation? Are talking about the end when Alejandro snuck into Kate’s room to get her to sign the waiver? And if you haven’t watch the original Sicario yet, consider watching it here, in order to help me keep putting out more discussion worthy posts like this one. But I do believe – knowing what I know about Taylor Sheridan, and his writing abilities – that the entirety of the series, Sicario 1, 2, and 3, will be an amazing mind blowing trilogy when it is done. Her realization of the way things really were in the world was too much for her to handle. Blunt’s character was supposed to stay in the back, keep on her partner’s six (get his back) and not go down the tunnel to the warehouse. The film starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin and Isabela Merced in the lead roles. Maybe it’s because I’m a man, and I care about innocents, and any criminal, I think most deserve death. Heather Hammers’ New I Still Love You Rendition, An Interview with The Fare Film Screenwriter and Actress Brinna Kelley, Time Travel Movie 41 Interview with Writer/Director Glenn Triggs, New Game Telling Lies From Her Story Genius Sam Barlow, Interview with Bird Box Screenplay Scribe Eric Heisserer, Must-See Artworks in Macau You Have to Visit, 2018 Christmas Gifts for Geeks and the Like, The Winding Reiterative Path of Artistic Invention, New Old Time Godzilla and King Kong Design Released, Rone and his Divine One Project Paintings in an Old Papermill, https://taylorholmes.com/2018/07/04/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-explained-and-reviewed/. But I like your take on it, and hey at least I’m not accusing a woman of being sexist against her own sex, but then again who am I? The gun shots at the end of the film signify that the drug wars in Mexico continue, even after the kingpin has been murdered. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018; titled Sicario 2: Soldado in the UK), an American crime film by Stefano Sollima, the sequel to Villeneuve's 2015 film I saw Arrival and it was a much better movie in any way. Our innocent rule following Kate, is totally flummoxed by her sudden plunge into dark savagery. Great comment. You have no real idea of what is really going on in this ‘war on drugs’. The final scene of Sicario 2 takes place one year after the main events of the film, picking up with Miguel now fully embodying his gang member position: his arms are covered in tattoos, his hair crew cut, and his clothing chequered. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) reteams with the mercurial Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro). It answered a lot of my questions i had after viewing. My father said that the ending gun shoot was Benicio del Toro commiting suicide! Thank you! Now that there is going to be a Sicario 2 – I guess we will need to wait and find out won’t we? It was a prisoner swap. But if your kids were playing a soccer game here in the US and there were gun shots, everyone would go ape shit, news channel 3 and the whole swat team would be there. Track Díaz when he goes there, so they can learn Alarcón's location. Synopsis In Sicario 2: Soldado, the drug war on the US - Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. Please hurry. He was completely and totally over the top, in a foreign nation, where he has zero right to operate or even be, the guy was completely over the line. I’m still expecting a movie that explain to me what it’s going on with my country, in the way JFK or The Green Zone developed all that teories and blow my mind and imagination, in two hours. And the way they live in Mexico make them have no other choice really but to do that or try like hell to get an education, which is hard if you don’t come from a rich family. Del Toro and Brolin were excellent however. Will it actually change anything or make it worse? Very very different for her. does the drug war continue even after the drug lord is killed?? The entire point of the tunnel operation was to get Del Toro’s character back across the border, using the firefight as a diversion. And since Vietnam, all of our global conflicts have been shaped by our failure in Vietnam (some more than others, unfortunately.) Where the kids were playing soccer. The movie opens on a terrible terrible scene that seems out of Hollywood, but is probably understated against what is really going on in Mexico. I questioned for a while how Alejandro could do that, then remembered he is Sicario, and not any old hitman either but a cartel hitman – he’s probably done similar evil things to the those that murdered his family – oh the irony. Someone else is always waiting to take power. I had the same impression as Troy. What defines the boundaries between good and evil? But the larger question here is, do you really want to make a difference? Thank you Devildog and Skeeter. Yeah it totally had that feeling to it, and I’m thinking it was on purpose that you felt that way! Colossus Vs. Hulk: Can Deadpool 2's X-Man SMASH the Strongest MCU Avenger? Seriously. I was surprised when Kate yelled “I’m not a soldier!” and Matt said “don’t sell yourself short”. Would like to hear your take on the day of the soldado. I know I knew this because I was struck by how similarly the role was to her recent role in Edge of Tomorrow. It isn’t about anything that we’ve been shown on the screen actually at all. hahahaha. Loved it. Oh, FYI, I'd love to write the Gargoyles movie for Disney. So I can see how she could be on the team, but I think in real life, she’d be the one in the van, or the base, not on the front lines. We find ourselves breaching a home that seems to be in the center of the drug storm with local authorities tracking a lead. We don’t even meet Reyes. But, in the movie Sicario, I don’t know why, I heated Benicio del Toro’s character. But there was so much more to this movie than drugs and Emily. I enjoyed this movie immensely and thought it was one hell of a ride. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Musadan – great word! At once she is vulnerable to cupids arrow but constantly sabotaging the effort she volunteered for and was told/asked repeatedly that she didn’t have to participate OR interfere. But it also set a high bar for Italian director Stefano Sollima, who three years later, paints another bloody for mission Alejandro and Matt in Sicario: Day of the Soldado, in which their new mission is to turn rival cartels against each other. Well awwwwwe shucks Kelly… Is Sicario: Day of the Soldado a Sequel Or ... a Prequel? Can you please explain ? And it happens so quickly and with such alacrity that it’s surprising. I hope it’s just as good. 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. Warfront supply chain efforts. Once across the border, Alejandro (Del Toro) used the policeman (also caught up in the drug cartels) to pull over the target (using CIA intelligence) and eventually make his way to the drug lord. I adored this movie. Kate begins to meet her new team, and starts to feel them all out for what is going on. This new approach she was witnessing was more, burn the building down and see who runs out, then kill them or capture them. Take a second to support Taylor Holmes on Patreon! The whole of this movie is like an oil leak coming up through your bed or through your feet or something. Also her temperament, shoot enough bullets, at anyone, and they will be itching for some payback, except for a minute few. This movie had a sort of satisfactory ending and we are all kind of glad Kate didn’t sealed in a 50 gallon drum. I even said it to myself before she raised the gun… “Don’t even bother.” Oh, she did it. The ultimate revenge. Other websites have incorrect details (themoviespoiler) but this answered everything I had questions about. Which speaks to character growth, which I found fantastic. Your email address will not be published. He finds Miguel, who had earlier abandoned the smugglers and thus escaped Matt's slaughter. She just looked totally silly in this film. But mainly I was interested in this idea that we didn’t actually want to win the war, and that we were bridled by politicians thousands of miles away. I think another key to the movie for me was when Alejandro (Del Toro) tells Kate (Blunt): “Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything we do, but in the end, you will understand.”. This post contains spoilers for the movie Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and discusses the ending of the movie in detail.. This movie really showed the disdain the warrior class has for civilians and their naivete. I would be more sympathetic if the movie would explain why she felt the way she did. I’m sorry, but you lost me at the sexism. Well, she was never sure whether he was CIA or simply related to the Columbian cartel working with the CIA, and since the CIA operates outside of the United States, he would be within bounds, or at least someone like Kate someone who works for a US agency governed by US laws would have no grounds to judge him as they were at that point outside of the US (or were they? Seeing as Matt and the U.S. government have disavowed Alejandro's existence, and Miguel is ready to disown his own gang, they're a perfect match. You are mad at yourself, and you don’t have the guts to do it. In Sicario, the job of Matt's (Josh Brolin) task force is to:. especially after his daughter was killed in such cruel circumstances, but after a short while thinking it almost felt irrelevant. I think itâs reasonable to infer that Kate and the entire US contingent were legally invited by the legitimate authorities of Juarez, Mexico, etc. Police thought its just another day in the office but when they discover the bodies on the wall, well.. and when they enter Juarez, not the border but the bridge where mutilated bodies are hanging like decors, Alejandro said welcome to juarez. Sicario is a gorgeously haunting movie that you sort of feel rather than see. Sicario: Day of the Soldado lives up to its predecessor, as it delivers a rousing finale that changes the complexion of the US war on drug cartels. Kate is questioning her internal drivers and motivations and even her own culpability. Not bad for someone from the Caribbean, eh? https://taylorholmes.com/2018/07/04/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-explained-and-reviewed/. It will leave its mark on you, and it may not be appreciated. The thing that bothered me the most was that these guys knew they needed an agent who was cooperative, and they seemed to have connections so it was kind of stupid of them to pick someone with her excellent resume instead of someone they knew or at least seemed less tight and bound to ethics. Partnered with the U.S. government and guided by Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), he exacted revenge … I thought “why she is so combative?” , she can learn, why not to kill with freedom. Well stated: we can’t solve the problem, but perhaps we can more easily control it if only one cartel is in charge. When the local authorities and police begin discovering body after body in the walls of the house, as well as a booby trapped shed, the audience has a feeling that we aren’t in Kansas anymore. As Isabela and the hitman trek back to the United States, realizing Mexico is far too dangerous on foot, they're taken hostage by smugglers who want to ransom the girl back to her father. Maybe Michelle Rodriguez, or Milla Jovovich, but I don’t think they would have done any better with the script. The Sicario is protective and threatening to Kate simultaneously. >>It wasnât what was done that she had a problem with⦠It was how it was done. Sollima leaves the fate of everyone vague, although there are hints that Matt expects reprisal from his superiors, and Isabela may be used as a bargaining chip with her dad. You don’t know the players. He is unassuming, and confident, simultaneously. I think the more interesting question that this movie brings up is whether or not we have the will or the fortitude to pull that trigger as a society. Why both creating a diversion using the tunnel when the CIA could easily ship Alejandro over in a helicopter? Which, I shouldn’t have to tell you, is a truly bad logical conclusion to come to. We explain what happened - and what's next. Ok, where do you want to do it? It’s the rapidly increasing violence on the U.S. and Mexico border that propels this movie forward. I saw the movie two nights a go. Until the very end, when she is pulling her gun on the good guy’s now… not only is she having difficulty, but her gun is going the OTHeR way. Where the lady agent came out the end of the tunnel. By the way, I only counted her as killing one, but Iâll agree she was willingly part of a group that killed several Mexicans. And make me feel emptiness. Right? Sicario 2 is somehow even darker than the first, with deeper grey morality and one kicker of an ending. Sica, possibly from Proto-Albanian *tsikā (whence Albanian thika, "knife"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ("to sharpen") possibly via Illyrian. That was the missing piece I was looking for…. Should we continue further down the rabbit hole? Should we bring in the Alejandros of this world, and stir the hornet’s nest in order to flush the drug lords out, and then, when they least expect it, should we drop our machetes on their necks? No, that doesn’t feel right, it’s something else going on here. 1 Is a Fantasy Revenge Story That Treads Familiar Ground, Maniac of New York #1 Is a Bloody Good Time, Review: King in Black - Marauders #1 Is a Loose Tie-In to the Main Event, The Legend of Shang-Chi Is a Solid One-Shot Story, Deep Beyond #1 Provides a Stunning, Verbose, Look at the Apocalypse, Darth Bully Maguire Battles Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge of the Sith, Thor 4 Photo Reveals [SPOILER] Will Make Their MCU Debut. War on Drugs is way beyond our perspective. For me it was gratifying to watch Kate subdued and handled so expertly. I think this movie is great, but I didn’t love it. As she began to question the legitimacy of their actions she became less and less capable… doubtful. I also write about music in terms of punk, indie, hardcore and emo because well, they rock! For example… Dietrich Bonhoeffer conspired to assassinate Hitler. I think that’s the underlying theme in this movie, and the CIA and Benecio’s Del Toro’s character understand that because the war on drugs is a vicious cycle, you can’t stop it, you can only “restore order.”. I couldn’t get enough about the war (engagement, conflict, whatever). This movie isn’t about the War on Drugs at all. No? At the end of "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," Benicio Del Toro's character finds himself in some major trouble, leading to one of the movie's most shocking moments. I really enjoyed your depth into the explanation and the comparisons to other wars. Etymology. It was more of a comedy of errors that sat me down to watch this movie, and I had no idea what I was getting into. Is the Movie Don’t Tell a Soul Redeemable? She pulled her gun because of how everything was going down. It’s just one pear shaped operation after another. Like the first Sicario movie, Soldado was written by Taylor Sheridan. Supporting actors Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin will both return for Sicario sequel Soldado, but not Emily Blunt, despite her having played protagonist Kate Macer in the original. Which is another great question if we swivel a bit and think about larger wars as well. We don’t find out that it’s his daughter that Alejandro is reminded of. A sequel to 2015's Sicario, the film features Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Donovan, and Raoul Trujillo reprising their roles, with Isabela Moner, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Catherine Keener joining the cast. what happened there at the hostage search mission?? Which reminds me of a quote that Alejandro says to Kate when they detoured from El Paso to Mexico, âNothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything we do but in the end, you will understand.â. Do you remember the first really monumental foray across the boarder and the sprint back across the boarder? Sicario was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Sicario is a gorgeously haunting movie that you sort of feel rather than see. Or should we not continually upping the violence to meet the threat? Great movie. So in short I agree with what you said, maybe it was her acting, and your right she was frail and weak, I’m sure she could pass the PT test, but as far as carrying your weight, yeah I don’t think in reality she would be able to, etc, I didn’t think Brolin was anything special, Del Toro, seemed to be the only real character with any mustard. And now you can read my Sicario: Day of the Soldado review – which can be found right here – if you want to venture even further down this amazing rabbit hole. A character like that should have strong nerve and unshakable will. Are the beneficial, ultimately. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. But yeah. I get distracted of the subtitles thinking about Jessica Chastain in Zero dark thirty. I need somebody to explain to me the scene of the movie. And yes, I've written sports for them too! Brolin is CIA, but he runs some shady business and they were utilizing Alejandro to take out the cartel leader so they (the US gov't) can control the drug market and also for him to exact revenge. ... Running Time 2 hr 1 min. Is she making matters worse? You can do the stuff he did back there legally. Is insanity the only real response to insanity? You don’t know the tactics. It was boring so I decided to write about things I love. Kate begins to have a crisis of identity as she tries to figure out what she is doing there. But then, she was at war with herself about “actually making a difference.” It’s a great moral question. And if men could figure out women, their wouldn’t be any divorces. I think I had seen one trailer for the movie months and months earlier, so I think I knew that it was about drugs – and I also knew that Emily Blunt was in it.
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