Arianna's first time watching SICARIO (2015) in a movie reaction. Full Reaction Here: / diegesischad Arianna's Instagram: / _aerii44 #React #Reaction #Sicario
Not to get overtly political, but given the horrors you see in this film, if this doesn't make you understand the reasoning for "the wall", not much more can...though the things that will can't be seen on youtube. Yo promiso. This is just a drop in the ocean-sized bucket of blood that is south of the border.
Director Denis Villeneuve told Jóhannsson that he wanted “music that the audience will not hear, but that the audience will feel like a threat coming under their feet, like Jaws.” The soundtrack gets more discordant the closer to danger the characters get.
I saw this in the cinema and my hands had cuts from where my fingernails had penetrated the skin, and my shoulders were aching from the tension. One of the best thrillers ever made.
@@freshoftheoven965 it wasnt as good as the first but compared to a lot of shit these days it was good. Besides I was talking about Benecio's performance, which was great in both no matter about the rest.
That entire sequence of them going over the border to Juarez and then when they're stuck in traffic coming back is just masterful filmmaking, so much tension.
You know I never noticed that she never finishes any of the cigarettes. Kind of a metaphor for what she's doing in the movie. Wants to be involved in this secret squirrel stuff to really go get the bad guys, doesn't want to accept all the baggage that comes with that. Lights a cigarette but never finishes it.
That’s what I thought, she volunteered, and she’s not a civilian, but somehow she was horrified at extreme measures for extreme situations. Maybe she should’ve been a second grade teacher.
Yeah that ending. Countries like mine (Honduras) and mexico have this and way worse happening everyday everywhere. People become desensitized and what should be a tragedy becomes part if everyday life. You will constantly hear stuff like “they killed him”, “they shot him”, “he owed to the gang” from everyone around you. It is so sad but true…
31:00 that look from Benicio after he fires the first shot, stands up and leans in waiting those couple of seconds before firing the second shot, is absolutely outstanding. Pure venomous hatred and anger in his motion. 👏🏾
@@KN-op3et also what I've noticed, when he says "time to meet God", he speaks spanish, he addresses it to the family of that man, not him. Because that man is going to other place. That's my guess on that.
I live in El Paso, and I can confirm that the violence in Juarez did get to this level at one point. It never crossed over to that extent, and while that was all happening in Juarez, El Paso was voted the safest city in the US twice. If you lived in certain areas of the city(south central), you could hear the gun violence in Juarez. That's how close the two cities are. Sicario is easily one of my top 10 films.
@@RobertMorgan when the violence first started making waves many of us would hear it from family or friends that live across the border. How bad it got, who was killed this week, how much the cartel was asking for "protection" money this week, etc.
I was in Juarez while on vacation in Texas and New Mexico in 1985. Juarez was a fairly safe and touristy town then. When did the shit hit the fan in Juarez anyway?
@@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay I want to say 2005. The last time I went to JRZ was when my wife was pregnant with my daughter. She was born in 05, and I remember my wife clearly saying it was getting too dangerous, especially while pregnant.
Gotta say one of my favorite lines in the movie are at the dinner table scene. "Every night you have families killed, and yet, here you dine." "Go ahead and finish your meal."
@@lockekappa500 He impies 2 things here, the druglord will have his dinner with his family and die just like all other families he killed. Also a religious reference to the last supper (final meal before they all die) as the druglord is religious (most cartel bosses and members are very religious ironically).
Had an ex-girlfriend that was Hispanic and she had relatives that lived in Mexico.Now,we lived in Texas.The odd stories she told was that,do NOT drive a fancy car or flash money in Mexico.The Cartels,gangs and just bad/shitty people would kidnap people.Now,they wouldn't ask for that movie type of money,like 50 thousand,but it be like 2000 dollars.Now,if you didn't pay? It's just like a movie,they kill them.
What part of Mexico did you work? Because if you’re what you say you are, you might know that not all of Mexico is like this. The frontera is really bad, as are certain puertos (I wouldn’t go to Acapulco on a bet). Rich people need private security. Foreign business executives need private security. They’re not safe anywhere. And high end hotels need private security (sometimes employing ex-U.S. military with dual citizenship). Maybe your client was one of these? But if you were outside the frontera and a few other places, you didn’t see the brutality depicted in this movie. Maybe you heard some stories. The fact is that most of Mexico is tranquilo. I was born and raised in L.A. I’ve been down here a dozen years and I’ve seen a little shit go down here and there. But I feel safer here in Mexico than I would back in L.A. Believe it.
@@MarcosElMalo2 More ppl died in the Mexico in the last 5 years than in the War in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq, combined. I went thru a small village in central Chihuahua where the cartel killed EVERYONE in the village simply because they refused to be forced to work in a fentanyl/Opium lab. You can give ur personal testimony all you want but the reality is that you absolutely are not in safer in Mexico than in L.A. and to say that you are so authoritatively means your either not being genuine or you’ve never actually been to Mexico.
@@AbruptandOffensive more people died in Mexico than the Iraq and Afghanistan war let alone combined??? You high or something!! Where you getting your sources from, TikTok?
"Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt what we do, but in the end you will understand." And she does. She's not cut out for the black ops type works, and would be better away from the frontlines, and It's why Alejandro gives her an "out" by threatening to kill her with an empty gun (when he takes it apart before he leaves, you notice there's no bullet chambered). He respects the kind of officer she is and her integrity to doing what is right, it's just not needed where he operates.
I mean, most of the movie's weapon related stuff were accurate, but tbh in that scene he took apart that Glock improperly to begin with. You can't just pull the slide off a Glock like that. When disassembling, 1st you start by dropping the mag, then 2nd, you rack the slide back to check or in this case clear the chamber, 3rd you depress or pull the trigger, 4th you pull the slide back just enough to get the takedown lever without resetting the trigger, and then lastly you pull the slide off. In that particular scene, he just skips the 2nd, 3rd and most of the 4th step then proceeded to just rip the slide off. So I wouldn't rule out the possibility that there was an intended round to be in the gun in terms of the movie's purpose.
Exactly! That's why at the end she is aiming her gun at him but can't shoot him, because even though she hates how they do business and gets stuff done, she can't deny that it's effective and necessary.
@@corywhitley4573 I think her hesitance to kill him had to do with what he told her in the apartment. That she wasn't a wolf and this is a job for wolves. She goes out to kill him but can't because she really isn't a killer like he and his CIA handlers are.
@@corywhitley4573 In what way is it effective? Do you see any improvements in real life? They work outside the law with cruel criminals to get other cruel criminals and so become cruel criminals themselves while doing it. When you start to accept torture and murder of children etc to get to your goal you just become the devil yourself. What do you think would happen after this? Another cartel boss will be put in place, the drugs don't stop.
Please watch the other Taylor Sheridan western movies, "Wind River" and "Hell or High Water". They are some of the best movies to come out in the last decade in my opinion, and have received little attention for how good they are.
This film is the first of an Anthology Trilogy. The other movies are "Hell or High Water" and "Wind River". Taylor Sheridan (the writer of the trilogy) also created the show Yellowstone with is top tier work.
24:00 the scene of their silhouettes descending into darkness against the last light of sunset is probably one of the top 3 best of Roger Deakins' amazing career as a cinematographer. I spectacular shot in a film packed with spectacular shots.
This movie does a good job of making you feel tense and anxious the whole time you are watching it. The music is a big part of it. I also think all the kind of "B role" landscape shots make it feel slightly like a documentary which makes everything feel a little more real.
This was one of Denis Vileneuve's best works as director. Ben Del Toro plays the wolf in this story and he was created by the cartel leader and he embraces that darkness without a single doubt and he would use any means he has to get his target and he did just that and Emily Blunt played her character to perfection and that is why she is one of the few actresses who can deliver a great performance in anything she plays and she has the heart to do it. Sicario is one of my top 10 films and the truly terrifying thing is that this is the war on drugs in a nutshell and why it is scary what the cartel does to their foes and those who get in their way and why they need to be stopped as well. Also the ending when the wolf gives her an out and the gun he threatened her with had no bullets in the clip and she wanted to do it. But he knew that she wouldn't do it due to her integrity and that she would be doing him a favor as well. But like the cigarette she never finishes it. Sicario was a masterclass. But the sequel fell short and didn't have the same level as the first one.
I feel like this movie and Day of the Soldado are so under the radar, and that's such a shame. I don't know many people who even know about this movie, which sucks because both movies are two of the most incredible, beautifully written and executed pieces of cinema I've personally ever seen.
the tighter shots in the final "stand off" from the balcony, Alejandro framed in a bright sky - his soul is clear & he is at peace with who he is and what he does, where as Kate is framed in the darkness of her balcony, she's forever tainted by these events and they will haunt her forever.
One of my favorite scenes is the very end where Kate points her weapon at Alejandro and he half turns…then he turns all the way to face her. Inviting her to shoot.
Sicario and the sequel really hold you by the throat and don't let go Hard enough to keep you in place, but light enough to keep you conscious so you watch everything unfold
Sicario is one of my favorite movies of all time. Del Toro, Borlin and Blunt are all masterful in their acting. The score definitely gave you that impending doom feeling.
In 5-10 years time this film will go down as one of the best action films of the decade, much in the same way Heat was later realised as a masterpiece of the 90's
You are literally my favourite reactor of the channel Arianna, please get your own channel, or appear more because I literally will never not watch your reactions. Positively the most genuine. Everybody else is great of course, but youre truly so empathetic and real.
I went to train down in fort benning Georgia. A full combat loadout weighed about 80lbs, and it was an avg of 110°. With the gear on, it was around 135 body temp. It was so hot, the sweat would sweat.
Most react channels annoy me cause they just watch movies and do not add anything. But you genuinely made me enjoy the movie as if I was watching it for the first time again.
Wish they would make a prequel just to kind of see Alejandro with his family in Columbia and how it all went down just cartel on cartel violence through out
This movie is Taylor Sheridan writing. The dude is amazing. Check out Hell or High Water, Wind River, and the Sicario sequel. And after that, the Yellowstone TV series! You will not regret a bit
“Wind River” would be an amazing react for Arianna, I’ve seen her love for “Prey” when it came out and wind river was written by the same person who wrote this film.
@@SgtBagel32 it is an intense movie but she enjoys the Native American culture from what I seen, and to see a movie that shows people how natives suffer today, im sure she would love it.
Taylor Sheridan is such a top notch writer. Idk if this channel has covered it yet, but Hell or High Water was also written by him. Equally another fantastic film.
@@Treadston3 I know the Sheridan trilogy, it’s sicario, hell or high water, and wind river. Beautiful movies, but I believe this is the only movie so far that they covered.
It's quite a movie, the way it was built and as you said, the shots, the music, it's all part of the experience. There's not a whole lot of movies like this in terms of style but all of the movies from Denis Villeneuve that I've watched, they all have this element, some even have a more indy movie feel to them but that little something else is always there. A great reaction, I'm glad you were all for it. I don't know if you intend to watch the second movie, it's obviously not the same but I feel it's worth a watch. Thanks so much for this reaction!
This film is really good at exploring the reality of good and evil, and how nothing is necessarily black and white. “ do you really want to make a difference or would you like to pretend like you’re making a difference” - A Matter of film ( video essay on sicario)
One of the things I love about living in this region is the skyline. I live in New mexico about 200 miles from El Paso and Juarez where a good portion of this movie was filmed. The skyline during our monsoon season really is that beautiful. As far the movie goes, it barely even scratches the surface of just how f**ked the situation on the border is. It's dead accurate in it portrayal of the brutality of Mexican cartels. And our government does nothing to curb the crime out here. The cartel problem in mexico is directly connected to the immigration problem on our border. And most of the people who make it across are handled by members of the cartels on both sides of the border. They have to pay "insurances" to members of the cartels to ensure they (they're family members) stay alive. The whole situation is screwed.
When I was in Iraq we had incidents like that bridge scene almost everyday. There were militia that would purposely follow us and watch our every move, sometimes they would take pot shots at us when we weren’t paying attention or leave fake IEDs in plain sight just to get us to leave the vehicle and investigate.
Sicario is a masterpiece, it's one of those movies that I, and many other fans, pretend that it doesn't have a sequel, like with Pacific Rim. The tension, the build up, the acting, the dialogue, etc., all top notch. One of my favorite thriller/crime movies of all time, like Seven (1995).
I used to party in Juarez when I was in high school. It's always been sketchy. This is Juarez of the early 2000s. It's relatively safe, relatively. Just mind your own and know where you're going.
This movie is in my top 20 all-time. As you stated so well, the interplay of tension surrounding the action and the slow musical build ups is forceful and persistent. It's like being placed atop a high wire and being asked to stay there for a couple of hours. It also stars my fav actress Ms. Blunt and Benecio and Josh are ruthless and necessary as she butts heads with them. What a movie.
Denis Villeneuve should make all of the films. Another really great film on this level is Steven Soderbergh's Traffic - again with Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones and Don Cheadle. Great film about drug traffic from four colliding story perspectives.
You missed an important point in the scene with the family at the dinner table. After the drug lord mentioned the assassin's wife, the assassin added that it was his daughter killed also. You see the drug lord's wife gasps and cringes. I believe that at that moment, she knows that it may not just be only her husband who may be killed.
Such an amazing movie. It has some flaws in Law Enforcement tactics, but it does make for a better movie. The musical score and acting are so amazing. This is also my favorite Benicio del Toro performance. The last scene where he shows in a simple look that he doesn't care if he dies. So awesome. The tension is great throughout the movie.
And that's an older movie now. El Paso is much nicer than it was but over the border...not so much. Hey, vote for more open borders and unrestricted immigration. Keep the fentanyl flowing to the people that need it, right?
Arianna, Chad, Maple if you want to watch how good this movie is or how authentic it is, then either watch Green Berets reaction to this or even BRCC veteran's react to this they do a good job and you'll learn a bit also, especially the Green Berets as Sean one of the Green Berets actually has done the something like the start of the movie.
As a Mexican American, you can't imagine the cartels do to people who disrespect them and that's why every Mexican in US and Mexico are quiet to talking about it
#1 The Beast by Jóhann Jóhannsson is masterful music. #2 Wind River, Sicario 1 & 2, Hell Or High Water, 1883.. certified bangers. Taylor Sheridan, king of modern day westerns.
I was just like you. I just bought it because it was $4.99 on Apple. Didn’t know what it was about. That first scene with the walls had me like whoa. THIS IS A TOUGH MOVIE. And I feel for Benicio a lot.
The Agent with the glasses is modeled after one of the original members of Delta Force, the Unit assisting Graver in the deception operation. SGM Mike Vining. Delta operates in the shadow world between covert military operations and deep black intelligence activities. The scene when they move into the tunnels and descend into the darkness is emblematic of that. Notice the stark horizon line as they disappear into the black, like they are submerging under the ocean.
Truly one of the most unappreciated movies of our time... I remember coming out of the theatre in just pure awe trying to process it all. The writing, directing and acting is all stellar.
Every shot told a story of what was about to happen and makes the audience put the peices togethe. Like the entry to Juarez was empty but there was traffic on the way out
What a movie! That dark menacing soundtrack summed up the movie in your ears. Benecio Del Toro was born for this movie, he excelled in his role, no other actor could have done it better. Emily Blunt & Josh Brolin were brilliant to. It's a movie that flew under the (tunnels) radar.
I absolutely LOVE that you're a reaction person that has not only common sense but actually comment intelligently!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So many are just depending on their personalities. They don't know who's who or what's what. Their comments show their ignorance of what they're even watching! It's so annoying. Yet, you actually GET IT!!! I swear, watching you watch this movie was like ME watching this movie. You appreciate the acting, the locations and even the score (one of my favorite). So, THANK YOU!!! I see you watched part 2 as well. So, I'll check that out. Again, thanks for being smart when watching a movie.
The biggest problem with this movie is that her character was not executed. She pulled a firearm on someone that was conducting a legitimate military operation against enemies of the United States. Should have immediately resulted in two right in the brain.
If you want to know why the border scene was so great watch this 8 min video from studio binder - How to Direct a Tense Standoff like Denis Villeneuve - Sicario Border Scene Breakdown ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mwBfxLouo-4.html
Fantastic pick Chad. This is a goodin’. It will b even better watching Arianna react. The 2nd one (Sicario: Day of the Soldado) is pretty good too. Especially the last 5 minutes.
Incase you didn't understand what was going on, the CIA is not allowed to operate within the USA. CIA operates outside the USA, FBI operates inside the USA. If the CIA needs to operate inside the USA, they have an FBI agent on the team for their operation. Hence why Emily Blunt's character was "volunteered."
