Great craftsmanship and acting in a bit messy story

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2015)

Greetings from Lithuania.
"Sicario" (2015) is wonderfully filmed, crafted and acted movie, but storytelling is not it's highest point. Script is very realistic, but plot wasn't very good in my opinion, it is a bit messy story although viewer sees everything from point of view of our heroine, i wan't very engaged in this movie. That said the first 45 min of this movie are after they return from trip from Mexico are highlight of this movie. Cinematography is mesmerizing, surely an Oscar (at least) nominee. Directing was intense, acting is superb by all involved, but i liked Benicio Del Toro's acting in "Traffic" much more, it is very good performance, but not that great. After ~45 min mark this movie was a bit of a let down, as story becomes more and more murky, maybe a bit straightforward narrating would be better in this case.
Overall, "Sicario" is exceptionally well crafted movie, with great acting ensemble, amazing cinematography, very solid directing, but a bit to complex and difficult to follow plot. It is a very solid movie, but i was expecting a bit more involving one.