Wednesday, December 9, 2020

2015-SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO, tough followup to the original film

 Pretty decent sequel to Sicario.  The action is tough and there is more of an emphasis on the personal stories of the criminals and cops this time around.  Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro repeat there roles as off the grid (to put it mildly) DEA agents.  This time they are trying to provoke a war between competing drug cartels.

The film was shot in New Mexico, the technical credits are at a high standard.  If there is any problem with the film it's probably the loss of Emily Blunt who played the rather clueless FBI agent in the first film.  It would have been interesting to see how they planned to develop her character.

The film was written by Taylor Sheridan and runs 122 minutes.

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