Obviously he left the maid alive. He ignored her entirely. Also with the torture scene it was left up to the audience's imagination of what actually happened. It was interesting to see where your imagination went. No, Del Toro's character isn't a cartel boss now. He's at war with them.
There wasn't nothing to imagine he was legit raping him The sounds of him moaning gave it away; that was the only thing to take from that scene, he definitely wasn't forcing a blowjob out of him for he wasn't going to risk getting his penis bitten off so the only thing left to do was to flip him out of his seat and (forgive my speech) clap those cheeks, It's truly a disgusting moment and a low point for the character!🤢🤮💯😉👍
Having moral scruples is the faint line between life and death for you, your loved ones and your mission. Success required decisive action and cold brutality when called upon. And we hope to God these kinds of people are one the right side of history.
And that's why the second one fails. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun, little action thriller, but it completely disregards the established character of Alejandro. It's basically a little more grounded Extraction.@@justinbarnett9476
If you like this role, check out a movie called The Hunted. Benicio plays a special ops soldier who goes crazy and Tommy Lee Jones is the guy that taught him how to hunt and kill. It’s an intense chase movie with some really good action scenes.
She was just needed for a domestic law enforcement presence but was new so couldn’t be trusted to know what the major plans were. And she proved to be a bad asset so they were correct to keep them in the dark. I actually really liked the next one “Sicario - Day of the Soldado”. Good action.
From the moment they pass through the border going into Mexico, Villeneuve starts ratcheting the tension and doesn't let it go until after the return scene. It is incredible filmmaking.
The second part, Day of the Soldado, is definitely worth the watch, not as suspenseful since it’s different director and it’s focused around Matt and Alejandro. Holds its own as a sequel if you go in with zero expectations
It's early in his career to say this, but I see Denis Villeneuve as the next best thing to Kubrick that we will see for a while. His films are meticulous, with gorgeous design and cinematography. And they are always thoughtful films. It's a career i look forward to following for many years. And the score in Sicario should be listed as a co-star.
What's super funny is that he mentioned to the wifey a couple of Villeneuve's directorial efforts in order to jog her memory, but Denis has way more stunning movies to his credit than the ones brought up. For sure one of the powerhouse Directors of this generation, right alongside Christopher Nolan.
He really knows how to get the best out of his actors too. The performances are often so good they don't even seem scripted, but completely real. Hugh Jackman in Prisoners especially had a chance to shine. He was fantastic in that, and I had not seen him act like that before.
Villeneuve as the next Kubrick: until 2016, I would have said "why not?", but his big soulless Hollywood blockbusters with Hans Zimmer show his limitations.
16:00 She stopped the State Police assassin. They didn't even have a guy looking in that general direction. If she wasn't there prisoner could've gotten get killed by him. But luckily she wss there and the prisoner was further up in another vehicle.
The entire reason the state police shot at her is because he likely thought she was the target. A lone head sitting in the back of vehicle with tinted windows would look like someone that's being protected. It's why Alejandro told her to get out of the car twice.
Yep, "sicario" is the Spanish word for "hitman". As the language evolved from Vulgar Latin, the word comes from "sicarius", which in principle were members of an extremist branch of cloak-and-dagger Jewish zealots who killed Romans and Roman sympathizers. It eventually evolved into a general term for "murderer" and nowadays it is a term specifically for anyone involved in contract killing.
The tip of the spear of U.S. military/CIA paramilitary special operation forces making FBI agents look like kindergartners by comparison…I don’t know exactly why, but I find it so satisfying. 😂
I would literally pay to see you go to Mexico and vlog it. Now that I know you a little through your reactions I feel like like I'd enjoy a travel vlog by you two like 10x more. I'll leave it here for your consideration.
It's interesting to me how almost every reactor seems to not get the torture scene with the water jar. The guy with the glasses was making the prisoner drink lots of water, then alejandro comes in and starts punching the dude in the gut. If you've never been punched with a belly full of water, you have no idea how much that hurts. The jar is to imply that he's gonna keep forcing the guy to drink for as long as he needs to torture him. It's just punching, no blowjob or waterboarding required.
Thanks for the explanation. Though I don’t want to know how you know that getting punched in the stomach with a full belly of water would be very painful.
There is only one sequel. Not to this level but still reaction worthy. It is a great film in its own right. Benicia Del Toro and Josh Brolin return in it. I would like to see you guys react to it also. Thanks for the content.
What Alejandro was referring to at the end was that with certain enemies like cartels and terrorists that don't follow rules of conduct or ethics in combat sometines in order to effectively fight back on their level you must be wiling to play by their rules. Essentially, with no rules, at the very least around the edges. As a nation of laws this puts us at a strategic and tactical disadvantage but Alejandro knows that Beth did not have it in her to do this and she would not survive in that world. A word where Realism reigns, basic strong eats the weak. "The strong will do as they will and the weak will suffer as they must" - Thycidides
On that patrol pinching scene with John Bernthal's character: I don't think it was his eyebrow. As any Mexican of a certain age may be able to attest, it was the hair around your sideburn area. You give that a good upwards pull, you'll make a grown man squeal.
i have come to love movies directed by denis villeneuve after watching this. i totally dig all the stuff that is just hinted at or implicated (like a possible PTSD symptom of del toro's character, when he was sleeping in the plane) and the grit. the brutality is omnipresent, not just in the violence. if you ever watch "enemy" by denis villeneuve, i will be there. i am so curious, if that would be something mrs. movies could figure out.
@8:03, you have never once needed to say that out loud, we can tell who rules that roost, your wits are unmatched, and even when they are, you never give up, you're always ready for some witty banter.
The story in the sequel "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" is a little under developed and has the characters change in ways that aren't adequately built up to (I suspect that this is due to editing), but the cinematography, the combat scene coordination, and the acting by Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, and particularly Isabela Merced are excellent and make the movie worth watching.
You must've missed when confirmed he was Colombian cartel...the scene when loading trunk of police car and Alejandro shot her in vest...and Silvio asked "Medellin?" Everyone knows what THAT is. :)
Soccer isn't any more boring than any other sport. If you need big numbers or a constantly moving scoreboard to be entertained, then you're probably excessively simple. Sicario 2 isn't as good but it's good enough that I want to watch the 3rd.
18:10 male on male grape is often used by the criminal underworld as a method of extortion and dominance….plus the giant jug of water was standing next to the bone dry drain so yea…you go it.
I've seen the sequel but barely remember it. But this first one I can't forget. Incredible film. I often think about it and get the itch to watch it again, or rewatch the big scenes. It's a masterclass in how to do tension.
"Traffic" (Catherine zeta Jones, don cheadle,benicio del Toro and Dennis Quaid, and "Munich" (Eric bana) are good movies, both from the early 2000's but good
The unofficial trilogy of Sheridan penned movies that is Sicario, Wind River, and Hell or High Water are all great. Soldado, the actual sequel, is still decent but falls short of Sicario.
Alejandro never worked for any cartels, he was an actual lawyer/prosecutor, whose family was targeted because of him. They call him Medellin because it refers to a time when the Colombian cartels ran everything and there was much less violence as opposed to when the Mexican cartels took over and then broke up after the Sinaloa cartel was taken down and many different cartels were created that went to war against each other. There was a sense of peace and organization. As for the sequel, its still a great movie IMO and you should def watch it. Day of the Soldado is a great sequel. I don't think there are other sequels, just the two movies.
This type of things actually happen in Mexico 🇲🇽, bodies in the wall are nothing compared to what goes on in Mexico. One of the many reasons why I will never go back again. My dad was a cop in Mexico and he has told my pretty fucked up stories about what he has seen and been through.
I would believe that the word Sicario got into the Spanish lexicon through the Romans. Probably started as a Latin word from the Roman occupation of Jerusalem and carried on through the Romance languages of which Spanish is one.
The cartels putting bodies of trafficked people , families of betrayers , families of people that refuse to work for them etc etc actually happens more than you’d think, especially in Arizona , New Mexico and Texas . The cartel leaders own these homes : usually legally unfortunately. Last time I was in Arizona there was a news story about a new home in Tucson that neighbors complained to police a terrible smell when the wind kicked up. Police agencies know to them immidately look into who owns it , then they contact the people that complain to see if they can get any pertinent information on who lives theee , do there come and go much etc. they get warrants expedited becasue the victims in the homes often end up solving missing persons cases Such an amazing mivie
Del toro is against the cartels he would never joining or lead the people he used to work against as a prosecutor and (because of his job) killed his family. He is a broken man who grew up with violence, fought violence, and joined the CIA to use violence. His vigilante/informant character is fascinating and yet way too common in LatAm where people tired of being hurt, hurt people in retaliation continuing the cycle of violence. Emily Blunt represents the American viewer who ignores the reality of many places near and inside America, confused, disgusted, and scared. It is essential to see how no different filters are used when in the movie we see the Mexican side and the American side. In the drone scene, you can't even see where one country ends and the other begins. This is of course on purpose as a criticism of the sepia filter always used for Mexico (and other latam countries), to show how both sides are the same, etc, etc. Really cool movie and a showcase of a very harsh reality.
why would u assume this random mexican cop living in super low-income neighborhood is the mysterious cartel brother lmao like do you just assume that's how all mexicans live so it makes perfect sense he's a millionaire cartel boss
Fantastic movie... I live in Texas and it is daily war! there are over 200 miles of border country without any border patrol... nobody is suicidal enough to cross there. anybody can kill an enemy, but it takes a true artisan to break them! It's a true gift for the person who can make the world a better place by changing hearts and minds by doing unspeakable things to just a few. the only words that cover it is "Art"!
This (And its Sequel) are very nearly Documentaries. So much of what happens in them are absolutely factual/historical, and yet so many people are utterly ignorant of it (The extreme violence in particular) here in the States. Sadly, I fear it is also a portent of things happening/going to happen IRL.
I dont get why she is angry at that border shootout and saying she's not a soldier. She is fbi and literally crashed through someones wall at the start of the movie
She's said in this movie she not doing soldier shit. The reason why she keep going on because she's suspecting benicio is doing something behind their back
@boboboy8189 she was one of the first people out the truck in an armed hostage situation after breaking through a wall lol, it was just her reaction seemed really off to me on the bridge after her doing that
Personally I enjoyed Sicario 2, and would recommend seeing it at least once, but it definitely doesn't quite hit the very high bar set by the first film.
The sad thing is that none of this would help with the cartel problem. Someone else will rise to power and the cycle continues and repeats itself. If anything more chaos happens. A sad but good movie. Very intense and suspenseful.
Ive heard he actually was a prosecutor. I dont see them doing that to his family just as a rival cartell. The thousand other men behind him would be a serious problem after something like that. He would more than likely be the target instead.
Lol all these wild guesses. They didnt pick her friend because he has a law degree, by the books. What they were doing wasnt by the books. They asked her those questions to make sure she didnt have distractions.. A hooker? Lmao. Yall are wild.
As a commentary on this movie said, … you don’t realize it at first, but she is the bad guy. These guys are trying to deal with the cartel and she is stopping them.
I've never watched a game, but I like to think that reason the scores in soccer are so low is that by the time the players get from one end of the 600 mile long field to the other they're too goddamn tired to kick the ball into the 100ft tall x 300ft wide net guarded by ONE GUY who probably fell asleep waiting.
The sequels are really great as well, not as much as the first one obviously but they have a different twist to it about a comment you guys made from the first one.
It was high end white phosphorus night vision you were witnessing, not thermal vision. The thing I hate about movies that use guns is they don’t understand real gun fire is very loud & especially in closed areas like houses, hallways, cars & tunnels. Your ears will be ringing afterwards & it’s difficult to communicate with others right after gun fire because of it. Every gun shot you take without hearing protection is damaging your hearing no matter where you are, indoors or outside, but because the sound waves bounce off walls inside it is much worse. Suppressors don’t make guns hearing safe, they’re still loud & will damage hearing without hearing protection. Some handguns/rifles with suppressors can be pretty quiet, but not close to movie quiet. You definitely will know it’s a gun firing still. SWAT members have helmets with hearing protection attached & a mic to talk to their team members when doing an assignment so they are protected & able to communicate immediately after gun fire exchanges, especially indoors, just like our military members have. Also, while certain federal agencies do have select fire (automatic) weapons, it is extremely rare to actually use the automatic setting, especially in room clearing situations where hostages might be involved.
Fun fact: Taylor Sheridan considers Sicario (and his other two films), Hell or High Water, and Wind River a trilogy though none of the characters are connected. The connection that all three movies share is that they have a take on different issues in the US.
That's cool. A thematic trilogy. Sort of like John Carpenter's apocalypse trilogy of The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In The Mouth of Madness. Unrelated except by theme.
Wind River was a bit of a letdown in my opinion. It's like: hey we found some bodies, let's investigate, oh, it was the first group of guys we looked into. Bang bang shoot. The end
@@felphero it's a character piece and also speaks out about native american issues that are invisible to the public eye. It's not meant to be intricate or complex
Kate symbolizes us viewers, who watch the events unfold in bewilderment. This superbly staged thriller shows a cruel reality and asks uncomfortable questions without pretending to know the answers.
She symbolizes a obnoxious, brown nose, elitist who thinks she better than everyone. If she wanted change why would she fight the steps it takes to accomplish it
Great film. This film should have gotten a lot of award recognition, particularly for Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro. Great reactions guys, take care!
Very good acting. Football is not boring. Only Americans and Cowboys call it soccer. Yes, Mr Kaiju Cowboy Movies did leave it in the edit. The Mrs. Looks at herself in the off camera often after a particular pun.
This is one of my favorite movies. The acting, cinematography, score and subject matter make for a tension filled gem. The sequel is imo a good film but doesn't compare to this. Josh Brolin and Benecio Del Toro reprise their roles in the sequel but not Emily Blunt. She's rumored to return in the third film.
