Sicario

I watched it for the first time myself a couple of months ago. Gritty, realistic, and as you say dark and twisted. I think it does a good job of showing that there really aren't any clear good guys or bad guys when it comes to the drug war.
 
Sometime in May or June of 2018, the second movie in what is a trilogy will come out. It's to be called "Soldado".
 
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SLM said:
Sometime in May or June of 2018, the second movie in what is a trilogy will come out. It's to be called "Soldado".
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I saw that on the Wiki page....

I am a fan of Benicio Tel Toro.

RE: casting for Sicario, I didn't care for Emily Blunt or her whiney character. Also in the interwebs, the role was initially written for a man. I did appreciate her grappling of the moral and ethical issues of the drug war.
 
One of my favorite movies. Looking forward to part 2.
 
Sweet. It's on Amazon Prime. Just found my Friday night movie.

Thanks gentlemen....
 
Watched on Prime a while ago, I liked the ending, I agree she was too whiny.
 
The opening scene I thought was interesting.
 
I wasn't impressed at all. Glad I waited to watch it for free.
 
BigWaylon said:
I wasn't impressed at all. Glad I waited to watch it for free.
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I guess I wasn't either. Told my wife I found a movie for us to watch this weekend and she told me we already watched it a few months ago.

Either that or she Jedi mind-tricked the hell out of me.
 
I watched it 3 years or so ago......and watched it 2-3 more times since. Great movie. I got a rush during the in-out of Juarez and the border scene.
 
BigWaylon said:
I wasn't impressed at all. Glad I waited to watch it for free.
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Based on the prevailing sentiments here (and in spite of my gut instinct from seeing the trailer), I managed about halfway thru it earlier this past week.

Formulaic Hollywood SJW crapola.
 
did not see that dinner scene going the way it did. pretty dark but a great movie.
 
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Based on the prevailing sentiments here (and in spite of my gut instinct from seeing the trailer), I managed about halfway thru it earlier this past week.

Formulaic Hollywood SJW crapola.
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Watch the rest, the SJW/Gurl-Power foolishness is there for a fun and practical reason, you'll see... the Land of the Wolves...HAHAHA!!
 
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What I see, social-justice-formula-wise: Start with tragic heroine. Add nefarious/dubious white males. Add "intelligent" black male, also in tragic semi-hero role. Add/glorify war on drugs.

Yes, tragic heroine gets comeuppance in the end. And the antihero tells her to get to a quiet place; but, he could've said "get married, make babies, and learn to cook..." which perhaps would have made the movie equation NOT AS formulaic.

I can hear the writers pitching it to the producer: "Yes, it's another revenge plot movie...but with a twist...You don't KNOW it's a revenge plot until the very end."

2.5 stars.
 
OverMountainMan said:
What I see, social-justice-formula-wise: Start with tragic heroine. Add nefarious/dubious white males. Add "intelligent" black male, also in tragic semi-hero role. Add/glorify war on drugs.

Yes, tragic heroine gets comeuppance in the end. And the antihero tells her to get to a quiet place; but, he could've said "get married, make babies, and learn to cook..." which perhaps would have made the movie equation NOT AS formulaic.

I can hear the writers pitching it to the producer: "Yes, it's another revenge plot movie...but with a twist...You don't KNOW it's a revenge plot until the very end."

2.5 stars.
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That's interesting. I absolutely did not take any of that away from the movie.
 
My only druther was to have Alejandro pull the trigger and stage her suicide. She was a useless badge.
 
SLM said:
My only druther was to have Alejandro pull the trigger and stage her suicide. She was a useless badge.
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Agreed. As a character she was useless. You can be all pro-law/anti-drug and not be a whiny, tortured "tragic heroine." I thought her character was the weak link of the film.
 
Chuckman said:
Agreed. As a character she was useless. You can be all pro-law/anti-drug and not be a whiny, tortured "tragic heroine." I thought her character was the weak link of the film.
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Yeah and her useless partner the SJLL (Social Justice Lawyer/Lawman) He was also a liability and needed to "have an accident", maybe a senseless, "Robbery gone wrong at the ATM, claims life of young FBI agent" kind of thing.
 
my take: it's a "cops-and-robbers" The Hangover.

1. take Someone with you that you don't want to, but you have to (Alan/Kate).
2. that same Someone PURPOSEFULLY screws up a lot (don't go in the bank, don't go in the tunnel, don't "point your weapon at me again" which she does in the end...)
3. finally, TH was really, really funny. S (to me) was really suspenseful because i wondered when this woman, who endangered everyone else, would be fired from the FBI.
 
Dude that she picks up in the bar and tries to kill her is the same guy that plays the punisher. Benecio had him crying like a bitch in the back of that cop car.
 
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