'Hitman, assassin for hire'

Rating: Null/10 (7 January 2016)

Written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Canadian Dennis Villeneuve (Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy), SICARIO is in need of editing and offering some back stories to make it the strong film it is trying to be. The topic of border problems is a prominent one in the media at present and this film does indeed address some of the issues the country is facing.
Strong on action, weak on dialogue the story has been summarized as follows; When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team. To say who is the bad guy(s) and who is the good(s) would ruin the plot, but the characters are well acted by Josh Brolin, Benecio Del Toro, Victor Garber, Daniel Kaluuya, Maximiliano Hernández, Bernardo Saracino, Jon Bernthal and other smaller but significant roles. The surprise is how well Emily Blunt drops her British accent and débutante image and plays a fine FBI agent – hard as nails on the outside and soft on the inside . The films is difficult to watch at times due to some of the gruesome events, but in all it is a worthwhile movie experience.