Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Sicario
2015
***
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Trujillo, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Bernardo Saracino, Maximiliano Hernández

FBI agent Kate Macer is invited to join a special task force that aims to make a real difference in the fight against Mexican drug cartels. The deeper she gets into the mysterious mission, the less she seems to understand who she is working with and what their ultimate objective is. Like Steven Soderbergh's Oscar winning Traffic, Denis Villeneuve's confusing and surprisingly dull drama shows that there is no winner in the war on drugs. Although Macer is a victim of manipulation, the overegged plot makes the entire character seem irrelevant to the story. However, Villeneuve stages a few brilliant set pieces along the way. Followed by Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018).