a subtle take on Mexico drug cartel

Rating: 9/10 (10 October 2015)

the movie starts with a fbi American explosive style-bang raid on a doubted drug ring near US Mexico border, unearths dead bodies from the walls of the structure.A casualty during the raid takes the war against drug on an accelerating mode. which leads emily blunt to be roped on joint operations near the Mexican border by an American agency comprising josh brolin and benicio del toro. wihtout letting blunt know the details of the missions. whether it is blunt , brolin or benicio all of them played their characters with deep conviction and well researched . benicio del toro shines all of them , he is a deep seated cop who had flanked almost every drug cartel in his undercover days. blunt has been shown a loner fbi agent. cinematography is very different from other films of the league. roger deakins is just superb. direction takes you on a different level with the on going war between administration and drug cartel. the movie's pace is subtle and very frame leaves you with something new and fresh. it also shows the barbaric measures taken by authorities to deal off the situations.It strikes an equilibrium between the drug cartel and the administration.