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'''''Sicario''''' ({{IPA-es|si.ˈka.ɾjo|}}, Spanish, but also Italian, for "[[wiktionary:sicario|Hitman]]") is a 2015 American [[ |
'''''Sicario''''' ({{IPA-es|si.ˈka.ɾjo|}}, Spanish, but also Italian, for "[[wiktionary:sicario|Hitman]]") is a 2015 American [[crime thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/09/16/sicario-ew-review/|title='Sicario': EW review|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=September 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/10/sicario-review-emily-blunt-is-superb-in-tense-disturbing-drug-war-thriller/#1c6763636d5c|title='Sicario' Review: Emily Blunt Is Superb In Tense, Disturbing Drug War Thriller|website=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=Sep 10, 2015}}</ref> directed by [[Denis Villeneuve]], written by [[Taylor Sheridan]] and starring [[Emily Blunt]], [[Benicio del Toro]], [[Josh Brolin]], and [[Victor Garber]]. The film follows a principled [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal [[Mexican drug cartel]]. ''Sicario'' was selected to compete for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]]. It began a [[limited release]] in the United States on September 18, 2015, followed by a nationwide release on October 2, 2015. |
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''Sicario'' received praise for its sound editing, direction, musical score, cinematography, and Blunt and del Toro's performances. The film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], and [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]] at the [[88th Academy Awards]]. It also earned BAFTA nominations for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], and [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Film Music]].<ref name="TNYT">{{cite web|title=Portrayal of Juárez in 'Sicario' Vexes Residents Trying to Move Past Dark Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/americas/portrayal-of-juarez-in-sicario-vexes-residents-trying-to-move-past-dark-times.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Victoria|last=Burnett|date=October 11, 2015|accessdate=January 17, 2016|archivedate=June 4, 2016|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6i1DvjQYC?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/americas/portrayal-of-juarez-in-sicario-vexes-residents-trying-to-move-past-dark-times.html?_r=0|url-status=live|quote=The turnaround for Juárez began in 2012 and has been significant. Kidnappings have plummeted — officially there have been none in 20 months — and the murder rate has fallen from as many as eight a day during the worst times in 2010 to 20 to 30 per month now.|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="BBC Mundo">{{cite news|language=Spanish|last1=Nájar|first1=Alberto|title=¿Por qué la película "Sicario" enoja tanto a Ciudad Juárez?|url= http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151007_sicario_cine_ciudad_juarez_boicot_an|accessdate=23 May 2016|agency=[[BBC News|BBC Mundo]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date= October 7, 2015| archivedate=November 14, 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151114193415/http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151007_sicario_cine_ciudad_juarez_boicot_an|url-status=live }}</ref> Its sequel, ''[[Sicario: Day of the Soldado]]'', was released on June 29, 2018. |
''Sicario'' received praise for its sound editing, direction, musical score, cinematography, and Blunt and del Toro's performances. The film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], and [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]] at the [[88th Academy Awards]]. It also earned BAFTA nominations for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], and [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Film Music]].<ref name="TNYT">{{cite web|title=Portrayal of Juárez in 'Sicario' Vexes Residents Trying to Move Past Dark Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/americas/portrayal-of-juarez-in-sicario-vexes-residents-trying-to-move-past-dark-times.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Victoria|last=Burnett|date=October 11, 2015|accessdate=January 17, 2016|archivedate=June 4, 2016|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6i1DvjQYC?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/americas/portrayal-of-juarez-in-sicario-vexes-residents-trying-to-move-past-dark-times.html?_r=0|url-status=live|quote=The turnaround for Juárez began in 2012 and has been significant. Kidnappings have plummeted — officially there have been none in 20 months — and the murder rate has fallen from as many as eight a day during the worst times in 2010 to 20 to 30 per month now.|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="BBC Mundo">{{cite news|language=Spanish|last1=Nájar|first1=Alberto|title=¿Por qué la película "Sicario" enoja tanto a Ciudad Juárez?|url= http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151007_sicario_cine_ciudad_juarez_boicot_an|accessdate=23 May 2016|agency=[[BBC News|BBC Mundo]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date= October 7, 2015| archivedate=November 14, 2015|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151114193415/http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/10/151007_sicario_cine_ciudad_juarez_boicot_an|url-status=live }}</ref> Its sequel, ''[[Sicario: Day of the Soldado]]'', was released on June 29, 2018. |
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Sicario | |
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Directed by | Denis Villeneuve |
Written by | Taylor Sheridan |
Produced by |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Edited by | Joe Walker |
Music by | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release dates |
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Running time | 121 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[2] |
Box office | $84.9 million[3] |
Sicario ([si.ˈka.ɾjo], Spanish, but also Italian, for "Hitman") is a 2015 American crime thriller film[4][5] directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Taylor Sheridan and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Victor Garber. The film follows a principled FBI agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. Sicario was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It began a limited release in the United States on September 18, 2015, followed by a nationwide release on October 2, 2015.
Sicario received praise for its sound editing, direction, musical score, cinematography, and Blunt and del Toro's performances. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Editing at the 88th Academy Awards. It also earned BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Music.[6][7] Its sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, was released on June 29, 2018.
Plot
In Chandler, Arizona, FBI agents Kate Macer and Reggie Wayne lead a raid on a suspected Sonora Cartel safe house, where they discover dozens of decaying corpses and a booby trap which kills two police officers. Following the raid, Kate's boss recommends her for a Department of Justice and Department of Defense joint task force, headed by SOCOM former operator Matt Graver and the secretive Alejandro Gillick, to apprehend Sonora Cartel lieutenant Manuel Díaz. Assured that the task force will bring those responsible for the safe house incident to justice, Kate joins the operation.
The team, which includes SFOD-D and CIA operators, travels to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in order to extradite Manuel Díaz's brother and henchman Guillermo Díaz. Returning to the U.S., the team engage in a shootout with cartel gunmen at the border, killing the gunmen while endangering nearby civilians, shocking Kate. Alejandro tortures Guillermo on American soil and learns that the cartel uses a tunnel near Nogales, Sonora to smuggle drugs into the U.S. Reggie and Kate begin to question the task force's illegal methods, forcing Matt to reveal that their objective is not to apprehend Díaz, but to disrupt his drug operations enough to have Diaz be summoned back to Mexico by his boss: the elusive Sonora Cartel drug lord Fausto Alarcón. By following Díaz, they plan to bring Alarcón to justice.
Later, the team raids a bank used by Díaz's money launderers and freezes his accounts. Kate and Reggie want to use their findings from the raid to mount a legal case against Díaz, but are ordered to stand down so as not to jeopardize the operation. While commiserating at a bar, Reggie introduces Kate to Ted, a friend and local police officer. Kate invites Ted to her apartment, only to realize he is working with the cartel. Ted tries to strangle Kate, but Alejandro suddenly appears and subdues him. Alejandro and Matt used Kate as bait, knowing the cartel would target her after she foolishly allowed herself to be seen at the bank raid. Alejandro and Matt coerce Ted into revealing the names of other officers working for Díaz.
The team soon learn that Díaz is being recalled to Mexico, and prepare to raid the tunnel. Matt further reveals that Kate and Reggie's involvement is simply a technical necessity, as operating with U.S. law officers grants the CIA legal auspice to operate on American soil. Reggie advises Kate that they leave, but she insists on joining the raid to learn more about the operation's true nature. At the Mexican end of the tunnel, Kate witnesses Alejandro kidnapping one of Díaz's drug mules: a corrupt Mexican police officer named Silvio. Kate attempts to arrest Alejandro, but he shoots her in her bulletproof vest to incapacitate her, and then drives off with Silvio. Kate then realizes that Alejandro is operating with the SFOD-D task force to engage and eliminate Alarcon and there was never any plan of bringing Alarcon to justice through legally executed methods.
Kate then angrily confronts Matt, who finally explains that the operation is part of an ultimate plan to eliminate all cartel competition, which will result in only a single cartel that the U.S. can easily control. Alejandro, a lawyer who worked for the Medellín Cartel, was hired to assassinate Alarcón as part of this end goal. Alejandro's motives are also personal, as Alarcón had ordered the vicious murder of Alejandro's wife and daughter. In Mexico, Alejandro forces Silvio to drive him to Díaz, kills Silvio, and then forces Díaz to continue driving towards Alarcón. Reaching Alarcón's estate, Alejandro (with the help of the task force's remote surveillance) kills Díaz, the guards, Alarcón's wife and two sons in front of him, and finally Alarcón himself.
The next day, Alejandro appears in Kate's apartment and forces her at gunpoint to sign a statement confirming that the entire operation was legal. As he leaves, she aims her pistol at him, but cannot bring herself to pull the trigger. Back in Nogales, Silvio's widow watches her son's soccer game, which is briefly interrupted by the sound of distant gunfire.
Cast
- Emily Blunt as Kate Macer
- Benicio del Toro as Alejandro Gillick
- Josh Brolin as Matt Graver
- Victor Garber as Dave Jennings
- Jon Bernthal as Ted
- Daniel Kaluuya as Reggie Wayne
- Jeffrey Donovan as Steve Forsing
- Raoul Trujillo as Rafael
- Julio Cesar Cedillo as Fausto Alarcón
- Hank Rogerson as Phil Coopers
- Bernardo Saracino as Manuel Díaz
- Maximiliano Hernández as Silvio
Production
In December 2013, it was announced that Denis Villeneuve would direct a Mexican border drama, Sicario ([si.ˈka.ɾjo], the Spanish word for "hitman", from the Sicarii), from a screenplay by Taylor Sheridan.[8] It is the first installment in Sheridan's neo-western trilogy exploring crime on "the modern-day American frontier".[9] Black Label Media financed and co-produced with Thunder Road Pictures.[10] Basil Iwanyk produced the film along with Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill, and Thad Luckinbill.[10]
Emily Blunt became involved with the film in April 2014,[11][12] shortly followed by Benicio del Toro.[12] Jon Bernthal and Josh Brolin joined the film in May, and cinematographer Roger Deakins was also hired.[13][14][15] Daniel Kaluuya, Maximiliano Hernández, and Jeffrey Donovan were then cast,[16][17][18] and Jóhann Jóhannsson was hired to compose the film's musical score in August 2014.[19]
Principal photography began on June 30, 2014, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[20][21]
Music
Jóhann Jóhannsson was selected to write and compose the score for the film, making Sicario his second collaboration with director Denis Villeneuve. Jóhannsson's work scoring the film was highly praised: Sicario was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score and the Saturn Award for Best Music.
Release
In May 2014, Lionsgate acquired the U.S. rights to the film, while Lionsgate International handled the foreign sales.[22] On February 23, 2015, Lionsgate set the film for a limited release in the United States on September 18, 2015, and a wide release on October 2, 2015.[23] The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2015.[24][25] It was then selected to be shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2015.[26][27]
Home media
Sicario was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 5, 2016, and on 4K UHD Blu-ray on March 1, 2016.[28]
Reception
Box office
Sicario was a commercial success, grossing $46.9 million in the United States and Canada and $38 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $84.9 million, against a production budget of $30 million.[3]
Released alongside The Martian and The Walk, Sicario was projected to make $8–10 million in its wide release opening weekend.[29] On its first day, the film grossed $4.3 million. In its opening weekend, it grossed $12.1 million, exceeding expectations, and finished behind The Martian and Hotel Transylvania 2.[30] In the second weekend the film made $7.6 million, dropping 38% and finishing fifth.[31]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 92%, based on 259 reviews, with an average rating of 8.05/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Led by outstanding work from Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro, Sicario is a taut, tightly wound thriller with much more on its mind than attention-getting set pieces."[32] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 48 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[33] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[30]
Richard Roeper gave the film an A, calling it one of the year's best, and applauded del Toro's performance, saying:
...then there's del Toro, who lurks about the fringes of the action for most of the story, and then springs into action in a handful of scenes in a variety of ways that will leave you shaken—and grateful to have seen such beautifully dark work.[34]
Dan Jolin from Empire magazine gave the film 5 stars, calling it "a beautifully murky, hard-edged thriller. Quite simply, one of the best films of the year."[35]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian praised the acting of Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. He stated that although her character Kate Macer was implausible, Emily Blunt "brazens out any possible absurdity with great acting focus and front".[36] Chris Ryan of Grantland compared Sicario with the 1979 film Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola, noting an analogy between the former's themes with respect to the Mexican Drug War and the latter's with respect to the Vietnam War. He also stated that the characters Alejandro Gillick and Matt Graver in Sicario resemble those of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz and Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore, respectively, from Apocalypse Now.[37]
Mark Kermode said, "What makes this work is that Emily Blunt is terrific, and Benicio del Toro has this eye-catching appearance as a riddle and an enigma... and that the film is very, very well directed."[38]
Controversy
Before the film's release, the mayor of Ciudad Juárez, Enrique Serrano Escobar, urged citizens to boycott it,[6] believing the film presented a false and negative image of the city. He said the violence depicted in the film was accurate until about 2010, and that the city had since made progress in restoring peace.[7]
Accolades
Among other accolades, the film received three Academy Award nominations, for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Editing.[39]
Themes
Director Denis Villeneuve said the film was conceived at the height of the violence in Juárez in 2010.[6] According to Sebastian Rotella, an American foreign correspondent and investigative journalist, Sicario examines many aspects of the U.S. War on Drugs against, most generally, drug cartels in Mexico, Central, and South America.[40] He noted that the illegal drug trafficking situation in Mexico has remained largely stagnant in the two decades prior to the film's release and that the film asserts that the American War on Drugs is "turning us into the very monsters we are trying to defeat."[40] Rotella asserted that progress has been made in Mexico, and expressed qualms over the depiction of the film's extralegal "black ops campaign", relative to his experience that most U.S. operations resulted in the legal arrest and prosecution of drug lords.[40]
Sequel
Lionsgate commissioned a sequel centering on del Toro's character, subtitled Soldado.[41] The project was overseen by writer Taylor Sheridan.[42] In April 2016, producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill said del Toro and Brolin would return.[43] In June 2016, Italian filmmaker Stefano Sollima was hired to direct, with Villeneuve no longer available due to scheduling conflicts.[41][44] Principal photography began on November 8, 2016 in New Mexico.[45] Sicario: Day of the Soldado was released in the United States on June 29, 2018 to generally positive reviews.[46]
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- Sicario at IMDb
- Sicario at Rotten Tomatoes
- Sicario at Box Office Mojo
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