Overrated and slow; big disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (19 October 2015)

I went to see sicario solely because of the 8.1 IMDb rating the film enjoyed - and boy was I disappointed.
I have been let down by IMDb only a few times in many years and this was definitely one of those instances.
The movie had an incredibly slow pace with nothing much really happening until almost halfway in; the plot was also confusing and poorly explained; and no it didn't lead to some massive mystery unraveling at the end when everything comes together; the end was as pithy as the rest of the movie with a dry feeling of "this movie could've been so much better" left in my mouth.
The cast: Emily Blunt's role was so weak and confusing that I struggled to understand exactly what she was supposed to be doing in the film. Her character was completely out of place in almost every scene she was in; she did NOT portray an image of a competent professional tactical FBI agent; in most scenes it looked like she barely knew how to hold a gun let alone fire it. Josh Brolin was fine as always; but Benicio Del Toro was definitely the saving grace that prevented me from walking out of the movie hall before the end; he was exemplary playing his role perfectly.
All in all: the movie was a major disappointment and waste of time. It could've been so much better with the cast and budget that it had; if only...