re: Sicario

I've always made the argument that Sicario is really a horror movie. That opening scene is straight up horror, from the camera direction to the music to the reveal.

Yes this is not a movie that needed a sequel.

I remember when the trailer first dropped and Carson lol'd at the way Alejandro did the stylish gunplay and he was 100% right.



Symbolic of the movie. Adios to quality is right, Alenajdro

The second movie kind of had a legit premise that could ask similar questions, and it literally just drops it in the middle to focus on setting up a character-based trilogy with Alejandro...for....reasons?

The convoy scene to Juarez



Knew I was watching a great movie in real time in the theater during that scene.

Yeah the scene at the border is the highest form of elite direction.

That whole piece, from the arrival at the air Force Base to the reaction after (not the interrogation), just tells you what you're about to watch

Will there ever be a 3rd Sicario? The final scene in 2 practically begs for one.

The previous rumor was that the original 3 would return for a third film.

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I liked the sequel too and it worked with human smuggling background.

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It was an interesting setup but it got derailed

Yep. That was the director’s way of acknowledging that she was an uptight bitch and needed to blow off steam.

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but I'll make it clear: Josh Brolin, Alejandro, et al are not the good guys

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As per usual…you are wrong and I completely disagree with you.

Brolin and Alejandro are the definition of anti-hero. They absolutely are the good guys and are battling evil and what it is doing to our country. Now, do they go about it in a way that we as normal American citizens can justify morally…maybe not, but they are definitely fighting for the god guys.

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but I'll make it clear: Josh Brolin, Alejandro, et al are not the good guys

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We sure could use men like them right now