Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro; this film is an intense commentary on the drug wars in Mexico.
When Taylor Sheridan fount out there were as many Mexican lives lost in the border wars as there were American lives lost in Vietnam, he decided to make people pay attention. He did so by writing “Sicario” after a raid on a drug cartel safe house leads to the discovery of dozens of decaying corpses and an explosive booby trap that goes off. FBI special agent Kate Macer jumps at the chance to bring justice to the men responsible. She soon meets CIA and SAC officer Matt graver and the enigmatic Alejandro “nothing will make sense to your American, ears and you will doubt everything that we do, but in the end you will understand” then, little by little, the deeper they get into their mission, agent Macer's worldview starts to crumble all around her.
As brutal as this film is it’s also a profound portrayal of the world of drug cartels. What makes it even more powerful is the three main characters: one devastated by the things going on around her and the other two desensitized because they’ve seen all of this who knows how many times before.
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