Denis Villenueve is one of the handful of modern directors who really know how to balance genre entertainment with artistic merit that is palatable for mass audiences. He's a hell of a filmmaker, and I HIGHLY recommend his early work like Polytechnique and Incendies.
@@MBIRTIRomaVillenueve had a career before his collaborations with Deakins, you know? The films I mentioned, and a couple others, still maintain Villenueve's style even without that particular cinematographer. Remember, the director is still the one with a planned style and vision. The job of a cinematographer is to make that style and vision a reality.
@@MBIRTIRoma Directors hire cinematographers/DPs to put their vision on film. Have cinematographers/DPs absolutely carried or elevated films? Of course. Deakins is a master of the craft. But if you look at his filmography, he's worked with the Coens, Scorcese, Ron Howard, Shyamalan, Mendes, Verbinski, etc. and you can't say he carried every one of those films. He elevated them. Hiring the best people to fulfill your vision is one part of being a great director.
In the scene where Emily Blunt’s character is shot, Benicio del Toro shot her in the ceramic insert in her body armor. Not necessarily deadly, but sort of the equivalent of being hit in the chest with a sledgehammer.
The last 5 minutes of the film is what the story is all about. The good guys take down the bad guy. The family carries on with their lives minus a father and husband. The shots ring out in the background, nothing has changed and the game goes on. It's about the futility of the drug war but it's hidden inside an action thriller.
It's got nothing to do with The Drug War. It has everything to do The Intelligence Apparatus, who Protect and Create these Monsters.. so They can Syphon Off The Books Credits for Their Illegal Operations.
@@azazello1784: These kinds of people will do everything to get people hooked on drugs though. It won't stop in humanity's current state, we're a total failure as a species who need to go back to our roots and develop more organically from there.
And there plenty of videos posted online that proves it without a shadow of a doubt : mexican cartels are devils, none of them should ever see the inside of a jail. They should be buried as soon as they are caught. It is one thing to kill your enemies by fighting them, its another to slice them like they are meat, while they are alive, and have the same thing done to their children, wife and other family members. I wouldn't advocate this for Hell's Angels, Cosa Nostra and such criminal organizations. They are not animals like Mexicans.
6:34 I remember Ed Calderon said that the first task given to him as a cop in Mexico was using bolt cutters to cut the chains the chains on some bodies that a cartel had left hanging from a bridge. One of the veteran cops told him the cartel was being merciful, and when Calderon asked "How is THIS merciful?" the veteran told him "They're letting the families have to bodies to grieve over." It was an eye openingly different perspective.
Mary not recognizing "the guy with the kid" was the officer was the high point of this for me, I don't know why but it cracked me up. You should add Hell or High Water to your list Mary.
Such a great movie. Hard hitting. Emily’s performance is pretty incredible! Sadly the follow up had a major fall off for me but this one is exceptional.
The sequel was fine, they couldn't recreate the concept of this one so they turned it up into more of an action flick, kind of like the sequel to Rambo First Blood
Sicario is such a great movie. On a conceptual level it may not be as deep as many the director's other movies but he still manages to do something very special with it. The creation of tension is so strong and it does a great job of showing a dark part of the world that we don't generally see, and the tough moral choices of how to deal with that darkness. Denis Villeneuve is a true master of his craft and I highly recommend to keep watching the rest of the movies that he's made.
8:20 _"Imagine you're on holiday and you're in the car in between and you turn left and see all these people with machine guns."_ Oh, Mary, you sweet summer child!😄When people vacation in Mexico, they're advised to never step foot outside the resorts and tourist areas. Ya know why? Because you'll die. Renting cars to drive around in Mexico is not something vacationers are ever advised to do.
The "order" aspect of this movie is pretty realistic as there has been a ton of evidence suggesting both the US and Mexican governments favored Medellin and Sinaloa up until around 2010. Hard to claim things got better when Mexico started picking apart the cartel, only resulted in even more extreme cartels like CJNG growing in power to start fighting for all of Sinaloa's territories.
That's how Isis , al-Qaeda, even the Soviet free reign and power got it. Everything that is wrong with the world for thousands of years started with good intentions, delusional people trying to change the world. I could even mention the French Revolution as a big one.
24:34 This shot was 100% filmed outside. That’s a real sunset you’re seeing. Cinematography by the great Roger Deakins, B.S.C. (British Society of Cinematographers).
Great reaction. Definitely check out Taylor Sheridan's other movies that he's written - Hell or High Water and Wind River (part of a trilogy of New American Frontier movies).
@iedoyer6679 Sorry man I'm not claiming to be better. Just in the mass of writers whose scripts I've read, he is generally not that great. He has decent beats that allow room for interpretation but the directors and cinematographers do the heavy lifting for him.
I'm from El Paso, and everything they show in this film is accurate. Back in the day when it was really bad you could hear the gunshots in Juarez from El Paso's downtown. Juarez is literally only 200 meters from El Paso in some places. The violence didn't cross over to our side for the most part, it was not worth it to the cartel. They could buy about 90% of law enforcement in Mexico, mostly because to them making money was better than gettting killed. That would not happen in the states as much as we have many protections for people who turn in evidence, in Mexico not as much. I loved watching your reaction to this.
"In the mood for darkness"? Wish granted! If you're ever in the mood for something even DARKER and just as haunting and morally ambiguous, Villeneuve’s "Incendies" is it... (though if you haven’t seen his "Prisoners" yet, that's also in a similar vein...)
Bullet Proof Vests _can_ stop the bullets themselves, but it can’t stop *all* of that kinetic energy, so they can still cause bruising or skin tearing. It’s kinda like getting punched by a professional boxer, so it’s no wonder she lost her breath.
The kid at the end, his dad was the cop that was shot at the end by Alejandro. So now they show the kid looking at his dad’s empty bed and his mom then having to take him to the soccer game instead of his dad. Then they hear the gunshots in the city and reflect on the ongoing violence that took his dad away. Who was working for the cartel, wether by threat of violence to the family or just for the money. Great reaction as always.
8:46 fun fact the “Delta” guys in this scene and the planning scene are active duty Navy SEALs stationed at the base in Texas shown. The scouts weee scouting locations when at that base they saw the SEALs and long story short SOCOM, t he Navy and DOD all signed off on them being in these scenes in hopes it will help bring awareness to the problem. No direction was given to them as far as tactics for scenes, all clothing etc was their own that they chose to wear according to what they would in this scenario . Awesome. Some are Also used in the tunnel scene.
In the intro you mentioned the cast but the director is also who should be looking at. Denis Villeneuve. Also Roger Deakins is the cinematographer. Familiarize yourself with those names.
I mean, Mary you can find on RUclips video of recent years, even 2023, of how life is in Mexico, with Cartel fighting government army on the street. It's crazy and unreal. This movie if anything water down what is actually taking place in Mexico since the late 60s to today. You should 100% watch the show Narcos.
The screenplay (as well as the screenplay for the sequel, SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO (2018) was written by Taylor Sheridan, who is also responsible for the movies HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016), WIND RIVER (2017), WITHOUT REMORSE (2021) and THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD (2021), as well as the hit television series Yellowstone (2018-present), Mayor of Kingstown (2021-present), 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story (2021-2022), Tulsa King (2022-present), 1923 (2022-present), Lioness: Special Ops (2023), Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023), and has several other series (mostly related to Yellowstone) being planned now.
The fact he wrote this movie, Hell or High Water and Wind river (which are great) but also wrote Yellowstone (all that Yellowstone universe stuff is sooo bad), the terrible Stalone show Tulsa King, and the also the awful Mayor of Kingstown.... is wild. The difference in quality is crazy. Sicario, Hell or High Water and Wind River are his only good outings. The rest is varying kinds of crap.
The amazing twilight sunset scene as they head for the tunnels was filmed outside but was adjusted to darken it. There are pictures of the real shoot and it's earlier in the evening. :)
You are right by saying things that happen in the movie are a real thing,in mexico we are all desensibilised by all the violence, yesterday going to work somebody got excecuted in his car a block away from my work and the street was closed for a pair of hours
This happens a LOT! My ex’s family lives in Arizona near the border and not too long ago they found DOZENS of human trafficker bodies in the walls of a “renovated” home not far from the Mexico border and it was tied to a Mexican cartel leader . Sadly this is far too common. They use people’s families to get them to do illegal things for them and kill them early on , frame them up in walls or in holes in the desert etc etc , this happens a lot with missing trafficked kids too, as a father of daughters It’s terrifying and partially why I’m SO protective and a concealed carry holder 24/7. This was far ahead of its time (the movie) and sadly I see reactions and comments of people saying this doesn’t happen or the police in this are terrible and taking rights away but they aren’t and there’s damn good reason for steps they take. I feel terrible for Mexicans in Mexico as well becasue they get forced into this stuff commonly and that country is in a war where the government is mostly corrupt and doing not much about helping the people. The US has offered over and over even recently to take on with or solo, the cartels in Mexico with our military where it’s affecting our country drastically but the Mexican government refuses the help angrily (most believe becasue they are being payed off) they have a military capable of taking care of it and it jsut doesn’t happen, ALL of the big arrests of El Chapo and other king Pins done by the “Mexican” authorities had US Special Operations (Delta Force) Operators there and coordinating everything , we could really take care care of this but it’s not our country and we can only do so much when they aren’t willing and have corrupt police and military and leaders that leak operations minutes prior for the VIP to escape. It’s tragic .
Benicio is such a great actor and he has a great feel for playing characters with quirks. I just rewatched Snatch and he’s got a great supporting role. Off the top of my head there’s also The Usual Suspects.
When you asked at about @13:25 what they are doing. That is basically our border on a daily basis. Many people looking for a better life sadly, but the cartels use this send in their members disguised as just Mexican/South American immigrants looking for a better life to get into the country. It's a very hard/complex subject
Kate threatening to tell everyone about what they have been doing is NOT a good idea being out in the middle of the desert with no one around 😂. She is so naive. I love this movie, though. I think soon, they will be working on the third "Sicario".
23:00- You will definitely understand why he's going this far. And I'm perfectly okay with it. Good for you Alejandro. 27:39- See, they made him this way.
10:25 just know in this scene the water jug is full and no water is going down the drain ............ I don't even want to picture what's happening with those sounds.
Many Marvel actors here. Josh Brolin *(Thanos),* Benicio Del Toro *(The Collector),* Daniel Kaluuya *(W’Kabi* - Black Panther), Maximiliano Hernández *(Agent Sitwell* of SHIELD/Hydra) and John Bernthal *(The Punisher).* Benicio y Maximiliano (Silvio the dirty cop) speak flawless Spanish, but the guy who tried to take the keys from Silvio not so much. The accent was fine but he had only three words to say “dame LAS llaves” and he messed them up saying “dame LOS llaves” 😂 Spanish is a binary language, most words are usually male or female, in English not so much and many descendants of migrants never learn it properly because they never spoke it in their native countries. It’s always interesting to see when that happens.
10:33- That's good. It's when you "ACTUALLY DO have the stomach for this" that's when you have to worry for your soul. It's good that this bothers you. 30:52- Exactly. It IS personal. TO ME!!!
You're right about director Denis Villeneuve - he doesn't miss. I believe PRISONERS is one you haven't seen, which another tough watch but absolutely excellent
What I think is the saddest thing about this movie is the fact they allowed them to shoot it in Mexico City, using real Mexican Federal Police as extras, is it feels a bit like a cry for help from the Mexican government - also related fun fact the used real US SF operators for those later scenes, which is why it looks pretty real (there's some debate if they were Delta or SEALS).. It's the first part in a thematic trilogy of movies, with Hell or High Water second and Wind River third - they're all different, but the theme is similar, and they're all very very good. Taylor Sheridan is one of those once in a generation writers that pops up almost out of nowhere but as a long-time actor has a lot of friends in the industry and can put a movie like this (and the follow-ups) together almost out of nowhere. I think a lot of people miss it but I've seen this movie a bunch and I'm almost certain there's an extent to which Alejandro wants Kate to shoot him at the end, like he's had enough or something - I'd love to corner Taylor Sheridan and ask him because you know he knows. Jóhann Jóhannsson, I'd have loved to have known where his movie soundtrack career would have gone after this, this and Arrival (which he also did the soundtrack for) have absolutely haunting scores that definitely enhance the movies massively and help build tension flawlessly.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for God’s wrath [and His judicial righteousness]; for it is written [in Scripture], “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. Christian Standard Bible
0:51 Along with Josh Brolin there are several actors who played in the MCU in this film. In one scene we have Thanos, the Collector and the Punisher sitting in a car. Emily Blunt’s character played by Daniel Kaluuya protrayed King T’Challa’s best friend The actor Maxmiliano Hernandez who played Mexican cop was Agent Sitwell in Captain America: Winter Soldier
I actually liked the second one. More down and dirty with the cartels, not to mention their original plan becomes such a fuck-up. My only problem was the ending. The ending with the teenage boy was kinda cheesy. Although his recruitment in the beginning was pretty spot-on.
I would recommend you never investigate about this movie the things that goes on in the Mexican drug war will haunt your dreams it is worse than what most people could imagine
theres videos of cartel members calling over kids and getting them to say “i dont wanna study, i wanna make money in the cartel”. all it takes is one persons manipulation
I knew I had to watch this the instant I saw it! Denis Villeneuve did a great job on this one, it definitely has his style and I think you'd love his other movies, even the older stuff, I definitely recommend Incendies if you want another deep experience. In this one I could tell you'd be surprised by the violent moments, especially around the start but the whole movie does a great job at creating suspense and at keeping you wondering certain things, exactly like the character of Emily Blunt. All in all, thanks for this reaction! Hope you watch the sequel too even if it's not quite the same.
Denis Villenueve is one of the handful of modern directors who really know how to balance genre entertainment with artistic merit that is palatable for mass audiences.
He's a hell of a filmmaker, and I HIGHLY recommend his early work like Polytechnique and Incendies.
i think villenueve is alright but im pretty sure he does a movie like this roger deakins carries him
@@MBIRTIRomaVillenueve had a career before his collaborations with Deakins, you know? The films I mentioned, and a couple others, still maintain Villenueve's style even without that particular cinematographer.
Remember, the director is still the one with a planned style and vision. The job of a cinematographer is to make that style and vision a reality.
yes i understand im saying deakins carried him in this movie. @@reservoirdude92
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@@MBIRTIRoma Directors hire cinematographers/DPs to put their vision on film. Have cinematographers/DPs absolutely carried or elevated films? Of course. Deakins is a master of the craft. But if you look at his filmography, he's worked with the Coens, Scorcese, Ron Howard, Shyamalan, Mendes, Verbinski, etc. and you can't say he carried every one of those films. He elevated them. Hiring the best people to fulfill your vision is one part of being a great director.
In the scene where Emily Blunt’s character is shot, Benicio del Toro shot her in the ceramic insert in her body armor. Not necessarily deadly, but sort of the equivalent of being hit in the chest with a sledgehammer.
Yeah, that shit HURTS. All the same energy is going into you rather than through you.
The last 5 minutes of the film is what the story is all about. The good guys take down the bad guy. The family carries on with their lives minus a father and husband. The shots ring out in the background, nothing has changed and the game goes on. It's about the futility of the drug war but it's hidden inside an action thriller.
I think minutes 47 thru 52 are also what the story is all about
It's got nothing to do with The Drug War. It has everything to do The Intelligence Apparatus, who Protect and Create these Monsters.. so They can Syphon Off The Books Credits for Their Illegal Operations.
Oh yeah, the "good guy", definitely. If you meant that unironically, you're probably one of the biggest morons I've ever encountered.
Maybe it would stop if people stop taking drugs.
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These kinds of people will do everything to get people hooked on drugs though. It won't stop in humanity's current state, we're a total failure as a species who need to go back to our roots and develop more organically from there.
The cartels In Mexico does a lot worse then what this movie shows
And there plenty of videos posted online that proves it without a shadow of a doubt : mexican cartels are devils, none of them should ever see the inside of a jail. They should be buried as soon as they are caught. It is one thing to kill your enemies by fighting them, its another to slice them like they are meat, while they are alive, and have the same thing done to their children, wife and other family members. I wouldn't advocate this for Hell's Angels, Cosa Nostra and such criminal organizations. They are not animals like Mexicans.
Much much worse, here in my town there is at least one execution per day
This movie is a toned-down version of true events
Pretty much imagine the worst thing you can think of, then multiply it by 10.
Just saw some glimpses of violence on TG. They make ISIS look like a cheerleader group my goodness.
6:34 I remember Ed Calderon said that the first task given to him as a cop in Mexico was using bolt cutters to cut the chains the chains on some bodies that a cartel had left hanging from a bridge. One of the veteran cops told him the cartel was being merciful, and when Calderon asked "How is THIS merciful?" the veteran told him "They're letting the families have to bodies to grieve over." It was an eye openingly different perspective.
It’s not surprising that soo many Latin Americans invade the USA everyday. We aren’t as corrupt and we aren’t ruled by cartels.
Mary not recognizing "the guy with the kid" was the officer was the high point of this for me, I don't know why but it cracked me up. You should add Hell or High Water to your list Mary.
Would be worth rounding out the Taylor Sheridan 'trilogy' with Wind River, too.
Hell or high water is amazing
It's a damn shame so many people slept on this while it was in theaters (myself included), its so good!
That is 100 percent a Southwest skyline 👍🇺🇸
Before I even watch this.....
Mary "I'm in the mood for that type of movie!"
Me - first 10 minutes, she will have lost that feeling!
Such a great movie. Hard hitting. Emily’s performance is pretty incredible! Sadly the follow up had a major fall off for me but this one is exceptional.
The sequel was fine, they couldn't recreate the concept of this one so they turned it up into more of an action flick, kind of like the sequel to Rambo First Blood
@@sparksdrinker5650 It works for what it is.
the walking dead music when we see Jon Bernthal actually killed me :D
Sicario is such a great movie. On a conceptual level it may not be as deep as many the director's other movies but he still manages to do something very special with it. The creation of tension is so strong and it does a great job of showing a dark part of the world that we don't generally see, and the tough moral choices of how to deal with that darkness.
Denis Villeneuve is a true master of his craft and I highly recommend to keep watching the rest of the movies that he's made.
Without great ear protection, firing weapons in those tunnels would leave you deaf. I'm not even joking.
That's true. Without ear protection, your ears would be ringing so bad you wouldn't be able to keep shooting.
8:20 _"Imagine you're on holiday and you're in the car in between and you turn left and see all these people with machine guns."_
Oh, Mary, you sweet summer child!😄When people vacation in Mexico, they're advised to never step foot outside the resorts and tourist areas. Ya know why? Because you'll die. Renting cars to drive around in Mexico is not something vacationers are ever advised to do.
She’s a fool
The cop killed at the end was the the father of the poor family the showed throughout the movie.
"Sicario, day of the soldado" is worth a viewing as well...
The "order" aspect of this movie is pretty realistic as there has been a ton of evidence suggesting both the US and Mexican governments favored Medellin and Sinaloa up until around 2010. Hard to claim things got better when Mexico started picking apart the cartel, only resulted in even more extreme cartels like CJNG growing in power to start fighting for all of Sinaloa's territories.
That's how Isis , al-Qaeda, even the Soviet free reign and power got it. Everything that is wrong with the world for thousands of years started with good intentions, delusional people trying to change the world. I could even mention the French Revolution as a big one.
Her option was sign the paper or get shot where he made it look like a suicide. Notice how he turned the gun as if she would have done it herself.
One of the best action crime thriller movies ever made!
Nicely added Walking Dead theme song, when Jon Bernthal first came into scene.
24:34 This shot was 100% filmed outside. That’s a real sunset you’re seeing. Cinematography by the great Roger Deakins, B.S.C. (British Society of Cinematographers).
Great reaction. Definitely check out Taylor Sheridan's other movies that he's written - Hell or High Water and Wind River (part of a trilogy of New American Frontier movies).
Definitely Wind River
The writer, Taylor Sheridan, has written two other incredible films in this style: Hell or High Water and Wind River. You HAVE to watch them!
Worked on his latest show Lioness. He's really not the greatest writer, it's really the directors that take his stuff and make it at all okay.
@@4Deadseriousthe guy writes his ass off. Non stop. Show us what you’ve written that you so arrogantly say he’s not really that good.
@iedoyer6679 Sorry man I'm not claiming to be better. Just in the mass of writers whose scripts I've read, he is generally not that great. He has decent beats that allow room for interpretation but the directors and cinematographers do the heavy lifting for him.
@@4Deadserious I understand. Sorry but I just know how many episodes he’s written without help and he seems like a hard worker.
@iedoyer6679 Oh absolutely no disrespect to his work ethic. He works hard and consistently no doubt about that.
This movie, and "A Man on Fire" are a great pairing 😉
For a similar genre film check out Traffic from 2000. Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Don Cheadle. Excellent film, worth your time.
I'm from El Paso, and everything they show in this film is accurate. Back in the day when it was really bad you could hear the gunshots in Juarez from El Paso's downtown. Juarez is literally only 200 meters from El Paso in some places. The violence didn't cross over to our side for the most part, it was not worth it to the cartel. They could buy about 90% of law enforcement in Mexico, mostly because to them making money was better than gettting killed. That would not happen in the states as much as we have many protections for people who turn in evidence, in Mexico not as much. I loved watching your reaction to this.
"In the mood for darkness"?
Wish granted!
If you're ever in the mood for something even DARKER and just as haunting and morally ambiguous, Villeneuve’s "Incendies" is it... (though if you haven’t seen his "Prisoners" yet, that's also in a similar vein...)
It's not revenge, it's JUSTICE.
Josh Brolin is the big brother in The Goonies and the main character in Thrashin'.
Bullet Proof Vests _can_ stop the bullets themselves, but it can’t stop *all* of that kinetic energy, so they can still cause bruising or skin tearing. It’s kinda like getting punched by a professional boxer, so it’s no wonder she lost her breath.
The kid at the end, his dad was the cop that was shot at the end by Alejandro. So now they show the kid looking at his dad’s empty bed and his mom then having to take him to the soccer game instead of his dad. Then they hear the gunshots in the city and reflect on the ongoing violence that took his dad away. Who was working for the cartel, wether by threat of violence to the family or just for the money. Great reaction as always.
The rudeness. That's kind of typical for this line of work. Also in the military.
My family lives in El Paso, you can see Juarez from my grandmas porch.
8:46 fun fact the “Delta” guys in this scene and the planning scene are active duty Navy SEALs stationed at the base in Texas shown. The scouts weee scouting locations when at that base they saw the SEALs and long story short SOCOM, t he Navy and DOD all signed off on them being in these scenes in hopes it will help bring awareness to the problem. No direction was given to them as far as tactics for scenes, all clothing etc was their own that they chose to wear according to what they would in this scenario . Awesome. Some are Also used in the tunnel scene.
In the intro you mentioned the cast but the director is also who should be looking at. Denis Villeneuve. Also Roger Deakins is the cinematographer. Familiarize yourself with those names.
5:28 Nice moment of you getting scared after her getting scared by him being scared. It almost scared me :D
The cartel makes Hannibal Lecter look like a saint
I mean, Mary you can find on RUclips video of recent years, even 2023, of how life is in Mexico, with Cartel fighting government army on the street. It's crazy and unreal. This movie if anything water down what is actually taking place in Mexico since the late 60s to today. You should 100% watch the show Narcos.
lolol... "did he shoot her in the place where he knew it would be caught by the thing.. ?"
yes. yes he did. : )
The screenplay (as well as the screenplay for the sequel, SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO (2018) was written by Taylor Sheridan, who is also responsible for the movies HELL OR HIGH WATER (2016), WIND RIVER (2017), WITHOUT REMORSE (2021) and THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD (2021), as well as the hit television series Yellowstone (2018-present), Mayor of Kingstown (2021-present), 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story (2021-2022), Tulsa King (2022-present), 1923 (2022-present), Lioness: Special Ops (2023), Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023), and has several other series (mostly related to Yellowstone) being planned now.
The fact he wrote this movie, Hell or High Water and Wind river (which are great) but also wrote Yellowstone (all that Yellowstone universe stuff is sooo bad), the terrible Stalone show Tulsa King, and the also the awful Mayor of Kingstown.... is wild. The difference in quality is crazy.
Sicario, Hell or High Water and Wind River are his only good outings. The rest is varying kinds of crap.
Sheridan is the man. I love all of his shows
”You should move to a small town, where the rule of law still exists. You will not survive here. You're not a wolf and this is a land of wolves now."
That bit of dialog by Alejandro ties the whole thing up. It should have been included in the review.
Silvio, the crooked cop Alejandro killed, was the kids father who played football.
5:36 For those outside the US who don’t know - El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico are neighboring cities
The amazing twilight sunset scene as they head for the tunnels was filmed outside but was adjusted to darken it. There are pictures of the real shoot and it's earlier in the evening. :)
That is a typical sunset jn El Paso.
Yeah, the shootout scene at highway also got me like "Godnondeju, zeg jeezus. Wat een scene, erg rauw en direkt"
You are right by saying things that happen in the movie are a real thing,in mexico we are all desensibilised by all the violence, yesterday going to work somebody got excecuted in his car a block away from my work and the street was closed for a pair of hours
This happens a LOT! My ex’s family lives in Arizona near the border and not too long ago they found DOZENS of human trafficker bodies in the walls of a “renovated” home not far from the Mexico border and it was tied to a Mexican cartel leader . Sadly this is far too common. They use people’s families to get them to do illegal things for them and kill them early on , frame them up in walls or in holes in the desert etc etc , this happens a lot with missing trafficked kids too, as a father of daughters It’s terrifying and partially why I’m SO protective and a concealed carry holder 24/7. This was far ahead of its time (the movie) and sadly I see reactions and comments of people saying this doesn’t happen or the police in this are terrible and taking rights away but they aren’t and there’s damn good reason for steps they take. I feel terrible for Mexicans in Mexico as well becasue they get forced into this stuff commonly and that country is in a war where the government is mostly corrupt and doing not much about helping the people. The US has offered over and over even recently to take on with or solo, the cartels in Mexico with our military where it’s affecting our country drastically but the Mexican government refuses the help angrily (most believe becasue they are being payed off) they have a military capable of taking care of it and it jsut doesn’t happen, ALL of the big arrests of El Chapo and other king Pins done by the “Mexican” authorities had US Special Operations (Delta Force) Operators there and coordinating everything , we could really take care care of this but it’s not our country and we can only do so much when they aren’t willing and have corrupt police and military and leaders that leak operations minutes prior for the VIP to escape. It’s tragic .
You just can't go wrong with a movie by Denis Villenueve.
There’s another movie called “Traffic” from 2000, Benicio plays a great role in that also, I believe you would enjoy it , thanks
Benicio is such a great actor and he has a great feel for playing characters with quirks. I just rewatched Snatch and he’s got a great supporting role. Off the top of my head there’s also The Usual Suspects.
When you asked at about @13:25 what they are doing. That is basically our border on a daily basis. Many people looking for a better life sadly, but the cartels use this send in their members disguised as just Mexican/South American immigrants looking for a better life to get into the country. It's a very hard/complex subject
Wonderful review, Mary! Enjoyed it very much. Congratulations and blessings on your newborn!
Me and my brothers used to go to Juarez bacon the 70s , wouldn’t go now , thanks Mary!
I highly recommend the sequel if you enjoyed this one.
I thought I was the only late one to see this. Definitely one of my new favorites!
Del Toro always gave me a goosebump
Kate threatening to tell everyone about what they have been doing is NOT a good idea being out in the middle of the desert with no one around 😂. She is so naive. I love this movie, though. I think soon, they will be working on the third "Sicario".
23:00- You will definitely understand why he's going this far. And I'm perfectly okay with it. Good for you Alejandro. 27:39- See, they made him this way.
"This the land of Vargr now. And you are no Vargr."
10:25 just know in this scene the water jug is full and no water is going down the drain ............ I don't even want to picture what's happening with those sounds.
There is a really good book called "Murder City" all about Ciudad Juarez .Its grim reading .
i loved the Walking Dead music at 18:47, when they show jon 😆
Many Marvel actors here. Josh Brolin *(Thanos),* Benicio Del Toro *(The Collector),* Daniel Kaluuya *(W’Kabi* - Black Panther), Maximiliano Hernández *(Agent Sitwell* of SHIELD/Hydra) and John Bernthal *(The Punisher).*
Benicio y Maximiliano (Silvio the dirty cop) speak flawless Spanish, but the guy who tried to take the keys from Silvio not so much. The accent was fine but he had only three words to say “dame LAS llaves” and he messed them up saying “dame LOS llaves” 😂
Spanish is a binary language, most words are usually male or female, in English not so much and many descendants of migrants never learn it properly because they never spoke it in their native countries. It’s always interesting to see when that happens.
29:28 “he’s a good shot” well he is a hitman I mean that’s literally the title of the movie 😂
I saw this in theaters with my dad and my palms were profusely sweating during the Juarez scene
This is my favourite suspense movie ever.
Alexandro graduated from the Vito Coleone School of Business.
10:33- That's good. It's when you "ACTUALLY DO have the stomach for this" that's when you have to worry for your soul. It's good that this bothers you. 30:52- Exactly. It IS personal. TO ME!!!
Smoking and alcohol are the exact coping mechanisms for this job lol
I love the spoon on the teacup sound while you try to recall Get Out.
LMAO HOW DO MISS THAT THE COP AT THE END IS THE DAD???
"i feel like she handles her stress in a particular way, like smoking and alcohol"
thats america baby
15:16 there's nothing wrong with a kid wanting both parents around. I'm sure if the mom was always gone, he'd ask where she was.
You're right about director Denis Villeneuve - he doesn't miss. I believe PRISONERS is one you haven't seen, which another tough watch but absolutely excellent
Hey there, Mary. Your accent is adorable. 🤭🥰🥰 xxx
What I think is the saddest thing about this movie is the fact they allowed them to shoot it in Mexico City, using real Mexican Federal Police as extras, is it feels a bit like a cry for help from the Mexican government - also related fun fact the used real US SF operators for those later scenes, which is why it looks pretty real (there's some debate if they were Delta or SEALS).. It's the first part in a thematic trilogy of movies, with Hell or High Water second and Wind River third - they're all different, but the theme is similar, and they're all very very good. Taylor Sheridan is one of those once in a generation writers that pops up almost out of nowhere but as a long-time actor has a lot of friends in the industry and can put a movie like this (and the follow-ups) together almost out of nowhere. I think a lot of people miss it but I've seen this movie a bunch and I'm almost certain there's an extent to which Alejandro wants Kate to shoot him at the end, like he's had enough or something - I'd love to corner Taylor Sheridan and ask him because you know he knows. Jóhann Jóhannsson, I'd have loved to have known where his movie soundtrack career would have gone after this, this and Arrival (which he also did the soundtrack for) have absolutely haunting scores that definitely enhance the movies massively and help build tension flawlessly.
If you have not already done a video on the movie Prisoners, I highly recommend it! Same director, great thriller with lots of tension
Why are you against revenge? In no way does opposing revenge make you morally superior.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for God’s wrath [and His judicial righteousness]; for it is written [in Scripture], “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. Christian Standard Bible
greetings from el paso
Please continue with Star Trek.
0:51 Along with Josh Brolin there are several actors who played in the MCU in this film.
In one scene we have Thanos, the Collector and the Punisher sitting in a car.
Emily Blunt’s character played by Daniel Kaluuya protrayed King T’Challa’s best friend
The actor Maxmiliano Hernandez who played Mexican cop was Agent Sitwell in Captain America: Winter Soldier
This movie was so good. I couldn't believe when they made a sequel to it that was so terrible.
There is a sequel to this movie if you are curious and another recommendation for crime thriller would be the film “end of watch”
Great Choice
You have to watch part 2. You get more of Alejandro and his story.
I disagree. Part 2 was hot, steaming garbage.
I actually liked the second one. More down and dirty with the cartels, not to mention their original plan becomes such a fuck-up.
My only problem was the ending. The ending with the teenage boy was kinda cheesy. Although his recruitment in the beginning was pretty spot-on.
Good movie ! 👍😭🇺🇸🇲🇽🇮🇹
They don't carry machine guns lol...nobody does. They are simply either AR-15, M4 or M16 rifles all semi automatic.
The rifles are not only semi-automatic, military and police weapons can also be fired fully automatically.
Yeah this movie is sooooooo tense
for a more family friendly movie with Emily Blunt...
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
should be a good one for the holidays
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This is Such a great film. The Director also did PRISONERS. So good
I would recommend you never investigate about this movie the things that goes on in the Mexican drug war will haunt your dreams it is worse than what most people could imagine
Props to the editor for the coffee cup sounds. Lol creepy.
18:46 hilarious 😂
Please check out the unrated cut of “Savages” it’s kind of like this but with John Travolta and a love story
One of the best directors going.
theres videos of cartel members calling over kids and getting them to say “i dont wanna study, i wanna make money in the cartel”. all it takes is one persons manipulation
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Josh Brolin. No Country for Old Men.
"safe we are" girl, that's relative.
Yeah it is called cinematography and it is done by the biggest of 'em all: Roger Deakins :)
I knew I had to watch this the instant I saw it! Denis Villeneuve did a great job on this one, it definitely has his style and I think you'd love his other movies, even the older stuff, I definitely recommend Incendies if you want another deep experience. In this one I could tell you'd be surprised by the violent moments, especially around the start but the whole movie does a great job at creating suspense and at keeping you wondering certain things, exactly like the character of Emily Blunt. All in all, thanks for this reaction! Hope you watch the sequel too even if it's not quite the same.