Title - Sicario: Day Of The Soldado
Production - Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Starring - Josh Brolin, Benecio Del Toro, Catherine Keener, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan
Writer - Taylor Sheridan
Director - Stefano Sollima
Release - 29 June 2018
The first Sicario movie opened with the explanation of the word "Sicario". I went in to this one hoping and expecting the word "Soldado" to get an explanation as well but alas, that did not happen. Instead, all we got was a few sentences to set up the story; which disappointed me.
The sequel was almost as good as the original. That sentiment is a fair comparison for the opening for both movies. In Sicario, Denis Villeneuve opened up the story with a big bang. Sollima chose a slower build up before things started happening.
But once things started happening, the pace also picked up and we were right back into that universe where Josh Brolin plays another badass character.
I also really liked Taylor Sheridan's storytelling as we were quickly reminded again the many layers that Brolin's character was able to descend to get to the source of the crime ring. That interrogation room was very telling.
This movie also once again was as much a Brolin-movie as it was a Del Toro-movie. But I would say by the end of the movie, Del Toro had a much better arc that started from the first movie. And his performance in the third act was one of his best I have ever seen.
Halfway through the movie I also quickly realized just how much of a different story Sheridan has presented to us. You could watch this movie on its own merit without ever knowing what happened in the first. But of course if you did, the familiarity would raise the enjoyment level more.
However, in between the second and third act, Sollima took too long to get across that threshold. Especially when you introduce a kid into the movie, played quite well by Isabela Moner as she shed away the stink of Transformers: The Last Knight; her presence somehow did not sit well with the R rating.
Perhaps Sollima wanted to show Moner's range as an actress but I thought we were getting way too much screentime from her. Either that or I did not want to sympathize with her situation because it was not a good feeling.
But the movie ended superbly. At first I wasn't sure what I felt about Del Toro's character; but by the end of it, I loved it. He has one of the best arcs for a character between two movies.
And if you have seen this movie, you may feel the same as I do as I cannot wait for the next sequel to arrive.
Production - Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Starring - Josh Brolin, Benecio Del Toro, Catherine Keener, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan
Writer - Taylor Sheridan
Director - Stefano Sollima
Release - 29 June 2018
The first Sicario movie opened with the explanation of the word "Sicario". I went in to this one hoping and expecting the word "Soldado" to get an explanation as well but alas, that did not happen. Instead, all we got was a few sentences to set up the story; which disappointed me.
The sequel was almost as good as the original. That sentiment is a fair comparison for the opening for both movies. In Sicario, Denis Villeneuve opened up the story with a big bang. Sollima chose a slower build up before things started happening.
But once things started happening, the pace also picked up and we were right back into that universe where Josh Brolin plays another badass character.
I also really liked Taylor Sheridan's storytelling as we were quickly reminded again the many layers that Brolin's character was able to descend to get to the source of the crime ring. That interrogation room was very telling.
This movie also once again was as much a Brolin-movie as it was a Del Toro-movie. But I would say by the end of the movie, Del Toro had a much better arc that started from the first movie. And his performance in the third act was one of his best I have ever seen.
Halfway through the movie I also quickly realized just how much of a different story Sheridan has presented to us. You could watch this movie on its own merit without ever knowing what happened in the first. But of course if you did, the familiarity would raise the enjoyment level more.
However, in between the second and third act, Sollima took too long to get across that threshold. Especially when you introduce a kid into the movie, played quite well by Isabela Moner as she shed away the stink of Transformers: The Last Knight; her presence somehow did not sit well with the R rating.
Perhaps Sollima wanted to show Moner's range as an actress but I thought we were getting way too much screentime from her. Either that or I did not want to sympathize with her situation because it was not a good feeling.
But the movie ended superbly. At first I wasn't sure what I felt about Del Toro's character; but by the end of it, I loved it. He has one of the best arcs for a character between two movies.
And if you have seen this movie, you may feel the same as I do as I cannot wait for the next sequel to arrive.
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