Sicario
”You will not survive here. You are not a wolf. And this is the land of wolves now”
Sicario is not your typical revenge story. The movie is not (spoiler warning) told from the protagonist’s perspective; Kate is not the protagonist she is a side character. The real protagonist is Alejandro. It’s his goal how getting revenge that we follow. Not Kate’s. Telling the story from Kate’s perspective serves as a way to make it more mysterious and thrilling because we, the audience, doesn’t know everything. If we followed Alejandro we would now everything about the cartel, and that would make it less engaging. Instead we view the cartel and its leader as an all evil entity capable of unspeakable evils. I really liked this type of storytelling it really is what makes this movie unique. Denis Villeneuve is an amazing director and one of my all time favorites. His choice of music, both what type of music and when to play music, made the movie so good. The music enhances the suspense and makes the scenes more thrilling. I loved the action sequences, then had me holding my breath. Benicio del Toro and Emily Blunt were fantastic in this. How Benicio didn’t win an Oscar for his role as Alejandro is beyond me. This movie was very enjoyable but I don’t think it will stay with me that long and I will probably not think about it as much as other movies I have rated five stars and that’s why it doesn’t get it.