Hype

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2015)

Emily Blunt plays a swat officer. I just can't see her in such character.
If you are in love with Mrs Blunt, you will love the film because she is everywhere. But that is it. Del Toro looks like it was hired to play against its will, he looks tired and inexpressive. Same goes for Blunt, actually, she looks like she's tired of shooting the film.
It is just a hype movie around these two actors. Sadly, they don't deliver. Blunt even seems confused about how to play her character.
Josh Brolin delivers a good performance and we hang on him hoping for something to capture our attention.
The issue with the film, is that it doesn't have a pace. The few action (and very noisy) scenes are distant one from another like tropical islands on a desert ocean. The film focuses - and this focus is blurry as well - on the morals about an honest American officer that faces illegal practices of other State employees in the drug war.
By the way, the Mexican Juarez city is not an inferno place like the movie tries to picture. This city has a very violent history related to drug and illegal emigration cartels, but there is also a large population living, working, going to school and living a normal live, not necessarily in fear.