Sicario Film Review

Finished watching Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve and staring Emily Blunt, Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber, Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, Edgar Arreola and Maximiliano Hernandez. The film opens up with a FBI task force raiding a house in Arizona lead by agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) along with her partner Reggie Wayne (Daniel Kaluuya). After finding a number of dead bodies inside the walls of the building and a bomb in a garden shed, Kate's boss Dave Jennings (Victor Garber) introduces her to Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) who's task force has been investigating similar instances involving the Mexican cartel with his case being further along. After volunteering to join Matt's investigation Kate meets his partner Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) as the three of them head to Texas on a private plane as Matt's task force plan a prison extraction of a cartel member named Guillermo (Edgar Arreola) in order to get more information on the cartel's organisation. Overall this was a great film as it is tension filled throughout thanks to the edge of the seat action and suspense. The character of Alejandro is very intriguing as he starts of as a very mysterious character and it takes the cause of the film to explain his backstory which involves some interesting twist and turns. While the side story of Mexican police officer Silvio (Maximiliano Hernandez) and his family to start of with feels out of place but eventually links into the the main story of the film which helps to give a more personal side to the effect the cartel has on one the people of Mexico. 8.5/10.