Tunnel Vision

Rating: 9/10 (1 November 2015)

Blunt exhibits Kate's weathering with dynamic devolution. She droops her already stale stare while an increasing reliance on cigarettes shine a growing fault in her armor. Yet Blunt moves with conviction and talks with adamant purpose despite knowing and being repeatedly told she's out of her element. Perhaps the most intriguing part of Kate's character, though, has nothing to do with Blunt. Whereas the majority of feminist films are concerned with building a strong female character, 'Sicario' rather tears its down. Kate is already atop the FBI, she's being asked to join a CIA op, and has displayed prowess in leading the aforementioned raid, and apprehending several other prominent cartel figures. In Mexico she's still surrounded by burley men and still taking orders from masculine superiors in Brolin and Del Toro's characters. Subconsciously we want to believe these conflicts are what empower her as a woman, but, the part being originally written for a male, we rather see Kate's strength where she's weakest. "I'm not a soldier," says Kate, and we believe her because the harassment, violence, and horrors she witnesses justify her loosing grasp on the law and make her human in a land of wolves.
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