Sicario

"The border is just another line to cross."

2015 2h 2m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 9,952

ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

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An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

“The border is just another line to cross.”

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Cast

Emily Blunt
Kate Macer
Benicio del Toro
Alejandro Gillick
Josh Brolin
Matt Graver
Victor Garber
Dave Jennings
Jon Bernthal
Ted
Daniel Kaluuya
Reggie Wayne
Jeffrey Donovan
Steve Forsing
Raoul Max Trujillo
Rafael

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Taylor Sheridan, Sam Hudecki
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Sicario Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Denis Villeneuve, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jóhann Jóhannsson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joe Walker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Denis Villeneuve directs. Roger Deakins behind the camera. Jóhann Jóhannsson scores. Joe Walker cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
3Part of the "Sicario Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4257+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Denis Villeneuve, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jóhann Jóhannsson. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Joe Walker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The border is just another line to cross.".
10IMDB entry: tt3397884 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 37 themes, including "mission", "assassin", "central intelligence agency (cia)", "mexico".

The technical file

Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Original score: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Editing: Joe Walker
Production design: Patrice Vermette
Costume design: Renée April
Makeup / hair: Carmen L. Jones
VFX supervisor: Louis Morin
Sound: Matthew Iadarola
Stunt coordinator: Keith Woulard
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $84,997,446
Return: 283% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Sicario (2015)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Part of

Sicario Collection

A group of stories following secret CIA operations.

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Denis Villeneuve

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Reno2016-02-14
★ 9/10
One of the finest movie about the raids on cartel gangs. This was really a great film. Fighting against the drug trafficking was the theme. The story of an FBI agent who was recruited to work in an elite force that no one knows its existence. Their's aim is to tackle the main source, instead to deal with its lower order. Something that impossible to do without international cooperation. Every raid is done in secretively, sometime if required at any cost in whatever effort to stop it. Like I said, this was an awesome movie, and good to see it after the documentary like 'Cartel Land'. The story is kind of hard to detail it out, because it was more an action movie than the talking. How a special force unit goes after the bad guys and stops them is the main plot. But the characters were so distinctive, every main roles had their own agenda for what they are doing and that's how the narration dominated with the high standards. The cast who played them were simply outstanding, including that starts with Emily Blunt, who is someone looks changed the attitude to play physically challenging roles after 'Edge of Tomorrow'. And then Josh Brolin and another one, an upcoming young British actor who I really don't know, but Benicio Del Toro was actually the show stealer. His part was unexpectedly great, totally raw and aggressive. Especially the his end scene, no one could have guessed it, but that's how the way it is. No doubt any top actors would have denied to perform that, anyway well shot with minimum violence, but the intention was very clear as fighting against the dark forces to cut off the head first. One of the best movie of the year, so definitely recommended if you're interested. 8½/10
Andres Gomez2016-03-04
★ 8/10
An stereotypical plot with, somehow, some interesting addition. The plot is not superb but the script is really good, Del Toro makes a good performance and, as alway, a great pleasure to watch any movie with Emily Blunt on it. Great performance. The directing is also really good and the soundtrack is remarkable, creating quite an atmosphere. Finally, the action scenes are very well done, with a sense of contempt. No fireworks here, just something that can be the closest to reality.
mattwilde1232017-03-09
★ 7/10
'Sicario' was a really good action film. The acting all around was very good (in particularly Emily Blunt). The set pieces were very well made. ★★★½