A Suspenseful action film from Denis Villeneuve.

Rating: 8/10 (8 October 2015)

From the director of Prisoners, Enemy, and Incendies comes a disturbing action thriller with fantastic cinematography, great acting, and fantastic direction.
Sicario follows Emily Blunt as Kate Macy, an FBI agent who winds up working for another group of officers attempting to take down the drug cartel in Mexico. The two male protagonists are Alejandro, (Benicio del Toro) and Matt(Josh Brolin) draw Kate to a distance with their unorthodox, and often disturbing methods on gaining information, and the result is a messed up crime film with some elements of vengeance to add to the excellence.
When I think of films like this, the first other movie that comes to mind would be Zero Dark Thirty, which is very similar in terms of structure, but Sicario is the much more well executed feature with a much more f****d up tone. The cinematography was definitely Oscar- worthy, seeing as it was done by famous cinematographer Roger Deakins, who worked with Villeneuve on Prisoners two years ago. Keeping with Villeneuve's tradition, the acting was great as well. The director definitely knows how to get great performances out of his actors. Whenever a child actor was in the film, Denis was able to actually get them to act well, which is refreshing because of how a decent child performance is so hard to come by. Benicio del Toro gave the absolute best performance in the whole film and really made me feel kinda uncomfortable whenever he was on screen. Josh Brolin as the slacker agent was pretty excellent, and Emily Blunt was also great, with the exception of one scene in which her delivery while she was talking to Brolin was kind of off. I won't spoil the scene and I have a feeling that you will know it when you see it.
Overall, Sicario is a film that was very masterfully crafted in terms of acting, shot composition, direction, and it's aim to be disturbing was definitely successful. After watching it, you're probably gonna want to take a shower.