"You are not a wolf, and this is a land of wolves now"

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2015)

A masterpiece.
Just came back from a late night session and I have to say, it's one of the most believable and accurate movies about the World's infamous border Juarez/El Paso, which was last seen last year, in the good but short lived FX TV series "The Bridge".
The plot is simple: CIA + private contractors versus Mexican cartel drug lords.
But the execution is the key over here. Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (responsible for two other masterpieces in 2013: Prisoners and Enemy) makes the night, aerials and panoramic shots look great, the thermal and night cams sequence are amazingly well done. If you enjoy fps games, you will be thrilled in the tunnel sequence.
From the awesome overture until the final act, it's tension all over and if you don't jump from your seat, at least 3 times, during the 120min, you are as dead as Jon Snow!
The cast is another success factor here: Blunt, Del Toro and Brolin all deliver good scenes, being Benicio the MVP.
To blend everything together, the engaging soundtrack composed by the always good JÃ³hann JÃ³hannsson.
Impossible not to remember of "Traffic"or "NARC" but Sicario might go top of the list in the next few years.
No doubt, one of the best movies from 2015.