No direction this year was as stunning as Denis Villeneuve’s in Sicario (yes, even more than Miller with Fury Road). The first time I saw it I left a fan but crudely summarized it as “two-thirds serious, credible socio-political drama and one third preposterous Breaking Bad episode”. Watching it again I was fully taken by the staggering power of his vision, so much so that even the over the top quality to the Benicio del Toro character’s revenge didn’t detract from it and my few reservations melted away. This bleak and morally queasy story about the government’s war on drugs is a thriller that rivals Zero Dark Thirty in intensity. Emily Blunt’s performance is equally riveting.
Sicario