Sicario (2015)
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Emily Blunt (Kate Macer), Josh Brolin (Matt Graver), Benicio Del Toro (Alejandro), Jon Bernthal (Ted), Victor Garber (Dave Jennings), Daniel Kaluuya (Reggie Wayne), Jeffrey Donavan (Steve Forsing), Raoul Max Truijillo (Rafael), Julio Cedillo (Faustro Alarcon), Bernardo Saracino (Manuel Diaz), and Maximiliano Hernandez as Silvo.
Opening credits:
Sicario: from the latin word "Sicarius," dagger man. The term used by Jewish Zealots, targeting Roman citizens and high officials at the time. A dagger was concealed within their cloaks, making them lethal, invisible to the eye. "Sica," a small dagger. Thousands of murderers within the time frame of the Providence of Judea, 1st Century AD was the time Roman law had recognized the "Sicarius."
"Medellin refers to a time when one group controlled every aspect of the drug trade, providing a measure of order that we could control. And until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that shit, order's the best we can hope for. And what you saw up there, was Alejandro working toward returning that order."
Review:
A swat team in a large mobile unit heads toward it's destination. Mexican Cartel leader holds hostages within a house. The FBI mobile unit smashes the front door, ramming through it. The men rush inside. Rifles up, sweeping every inch of the property. Gunfire, some men fall, but as FBI agent Kate Mercer (Emily Blunt), followed by her partner Reggie Wayne (Daniel Kaluyya) finds the first bedroom of the house. Manuel Diaz (Bernardo P. Sacarino) fires some shots that hit the wall, missing the FBI agent. The exchange of fire comes to a halt, Diaz falls to his death, as blood stains his chest. Kate had shot him, her body had fallen as well, but her shots were precise, enough to end the ordeal.
As things start to settle from the intense moment, Mercer notices something in the walls, bodies, the hostages, people were inside the walls. Time passes, the FBI unit, and CSI sweep the house for more bodies. Estimating over a dozen human bodies in the walls. As the team continues to investigate, they eventually go outside, some officers notice that the shed is locked, calling for the proper equipment to open the shed, breaking the lock triggers an explosion that kills some men. The smoke engulfs the area, sending a clear message to law enforcement.
The film has a wonderful cast, Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Jon Bernthal, Victor Gerber, Daniel Kaluuya are some of the cast that pretty much are incredible in their roles. Take Victor Garber, he plays one of the FBI superiors in the film, does a great job acting, now lets look at his current role in Legends of Tomorrow. Dr. Martin Stein. You could tell the difference between these two characters, one on the big screen, the other on the small. Great acting, great characters that make this film very watchable.
"Nothing will make sense to your american ears, and you will doubt everything that we do, but in the end you will understand." -Alejandro-
The film does bring up some questions about the war on drugs we are currently losing. Heroin a very addictive drug, and by the late 1990's the rate of mortality jumped to twenty times greater than the population. That was only 26 years ago, but certainly things have change today, prescription drugs on the rise, trimmed the mortality rate. With that being said, this drug war has been the downfall of our society. Religion, Politics, Sports, Media (Social and News) are always in the face of the audience, viewers, people that are exposed to it daily. The society we knew has become addicted to something, either social media, or drugs. The pure enjoyment of life has become skewed by the media, religion, everything that we hold is translated to political correct way of doing things. We no longer have any values. The film for example had the FBI in this case going through the right channels of operation, but as you know to really fight the war, you must wash off all the political correctness. No rules in this deadly game, it's only up to the individual to make things right. The team had evidence, they used what they had in order to get the next guy which moved up the chain. Doing so will have ill will effects but in order to get the information, drastic measures were needed. Without those measures, everything is lost.
Sicario has plenty of awesome scenes, as a movie stand point it did very well. The whole war on drugs, Cartel thing makes me sick. Drugs are moved from the border daily. Our Border patrol guys and gals are always watching, waiting for the Cartel's to make their next move. But, unfortunately the tentacles have reached far beyond the border, which has corrupted some law enforcement, created gangs, making them stronger, and keeping Politicians in the Cartel's pocket book. The film is wonderful in the film making processes, but as in the truths, deadly actions of these criminal underdogs, it becomes more than just a movie, a reality that isn't seen among the citizens of the United States. Because people think everything is cool, nothing is wrong, but the media, politicians change every outlook. The very order of things are disrupted, in what we might call chaos. Drugs, Cartel lords are a horrible realization of what is happening in our country. Can we stop the cycle, the answer is not simple, but yes we can. The hope, and understanding, working together as a nation is the only way to finally win the war on drugs, but trust know one but yourself, read, educate yourself before the lies, corruption continues to spew on our television sets.
The topic here is heartfelt, not because of the details, but the certain truths that are within the film that hits pretty hard. The way the law just riddled a car full of bullets on the interstate, by the border, was amazing to see on film, but horrible in itself. To Kill the target with innocent people around kinda sucks. I get they had to bring the targets down, but what if one of the bad guys decides to kill drivers, people that are waiting to get home, not only is it horrible but inexcusable. The rights of the people are infringed upon. Granted it is Mexico, but that really has no excuse, people are people. The reality of the war is also waged on innocent people, bystanders that don't know what's going on. These are the people we have to protect, on both sides. Mexican, American, people that suffer the consequences on all fronts.
"Nah, he's no assassin. he just wanted to know. They're after us, not you." -Alejandro-
The film makers really had a direction in which they could've went, an example of this is Benicio Del Toro (Alejandro). the scene in the private jet was amazing because the director changed the outcome. Alejandro could've told Kate his history, but didn't. Because it would've revealed to much character details, and by them cutting out some dialog, it made the presence of the actor powerful enough to show he is a wolf and not a sheep. There are plenty of reasons to go and buy this film, the acting alone is mine, but it also hits hard, because of what is happening just to get the Cartel's under control. The war on drugs is something important to me and it should be to you as well. Only by understanding, educating yourself on the issues, problems the US faces. The problem is bigger than us, it's only play is word of mouth. Education, turning up the heat in Washington, voting, the war can be won, but it starts with us.
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