It was almost three years ago that Denis Villeneuve showed us Benicio del Toro as a shady hitman working with almost-as-shady government operatives in the futile "war on drugs" at the US-Mexican border. Villeneuve has moved on to other things, but the screenwriter, Taylor Sheridan - who we also know from "Hell or High Water" and "Wind River" - obviously wasn't done telling the story of Alejandro and Matt. Thus we got "Sicario: Day of the Soldado", which keeps the (male) main characters of the first part (though Emily Blunt's Kate is nowhere to be found), but tells a different story which only marginally has something to do with drug trafficking. Instead, we get a terrorist attack on US soil, which was helped by the fact that Mexican cartels help foreigners into the US illegaly. The US government decides to retailate by instigating a cartel war, and once again solicitates the services the titular "sicario". The film was made by italian director Stefano Sollima in his english- (and spanish-) language debut after becoming known for crime drama series like "Romanzo Criminale" or "Gomorra" (which Sky co-produced and/or picked up for international airings).
Here' the trailer for "Sicario: Day of the Solado":
How did you like this sequel to "Sicario"? What about del Toro, and Josh Brolin, who's had a very busy 2018 so far? How did it compare to the original? Tell us what you thought about the film in a reply to this post - oh, and my 2015 warning about anyone name Alejandro (sorry again, VerdeART ...) still stands.
"Sometimes, you can still catch me dancing in it."
"My mind has an endless capacity for useless information."
Solide Fortsetzung, wenn auch nicht so gut wie der erste Teil.
Brolin und Del Toro haben mir wieder gut gefallen in ihren Rollen und einen Einblick in die Handlungsweisen und Taktiken der US-Soldaten zu bekommen gefiel mir auch sehr.
Was mir gefehlt hat war ein Charakter wie Emily Blunts aus dem ersten Teil, mit dem ich mich als Zuschauer besser als "Normalo" identifizieren konnte und die auch als moralischer Kompass fungiert. Weil so gab es eine dirty Taktik nach der anderen ohne, dass es hinterfragt wurde.
Das nächste mal auch gerne weniger Babysitten und mehr Fokus auf die Kartelle =)
Auch wenn der Score sehr einseitig war hat er trotzdem super dazu beigetragen die Stimmung aufzubauen.
