Dreary movie that falls flat and wastes talent

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2017)

Dreary is the best word that comes to mind if I had to pick one to describe Sicario
Dramatically uninvolving, sluggishly paced, and poorly acted, Sicario gives us a sample of the Federal Bureau's war on drugs with Mexico without illuminating anything about the people involved that makes it a story worth telling.
Emily Blunt is massively underwhelming in the main role. She goes through the motions with no motivation other than doing the scripts bidding, and she lacks the fortitude needed to be a convincing FBI agent.
Director Denis Villeneuvre was a small Quebecois director who has, in relatively short time, found his way into Hollywood. It is truly a remarkable achievement because he does not make loud or bright movies, his movies are very quiet. His approach was better suited to his last film Prisoners (which resembled se7en) but in Sicario he fails to channel the same level of ominous and suspense that made you hold your breath at times. Aside from some spectacular aerial shots Sicario is Visually uninteresting, bland and dramatically empty.