The scariest detail about Brolin's character is him wearing flip flops in that conference room. I have never seen that dude in real life, but god damn if you're familiar with those environments then you know someone dressed like that leading a meeting in a federal building is someone you don't want to fuck with.
It's mind boggling to me that that sequence is 11 minutes of not much really happening just building tension until you get to the action which from first to last shot fired is 6 seconds.
I always loved that ending, Alejandro tells her she isn’t a wolf and when she points the gun at him… he knew she didn’t have it in her and walked away.
I have a feeling Alejandro wanted Kate to prove him wrong and shoot him. If it was just him knowing she wouldn't shoot, he would've kept walking. Instead, Alejandro straight up stopped and turned around to give her a clear shot. This tells me that he was ready to die in the hopes of maybe Kate was ready to be a wolf and that he can stop and rest since his primary goal was already met.
Also Alejandro's line right before the border scene: "You will doubt everything we do. But in the end, you will understand.". Evne though Kate did not agree with anything during the whole deal and being intimidated by him, she understood him and thus couldnt kill him. At least thats what I always took from that last scene.
Denis Villeneuve is an S tier filmmaker, Sicario, Bladerunner 2049, Prisoners, DUNE, Arrival, they might not make money for the studio but man do they grab you by the heart and not let go till the credits!
He also picked a great composer. RIP Mr. Johansson, this was your finest work. The music only makes the movie more terrifying and it wouldn't have been as good without you.
12:29 I remember a former Mexican cop said that the first task he was given as a cop was to use a pair of bolt cutters to cut the chains off of some bodies that were hung from a bridge or overpass by one of the drug cartels. He said that a veteran cop who was there with him commented that the cartel was being merciful, and when he asked "How is this merciful?" the vet told him "They're letting the families have the bodies to mourn over." It's was an interesting lesson in perspective.
I disagree. Being merciful is letting the rest of the families live. Sometimes the most savage cartel (CJNG - Calisco New Generation) hunt down the person who angered them and kill the entire family too. The WORST video I have ever seen is a snuff video that was put online by CJNG. They tortured a member of Los Zetas, their worst enemy and put all on video. I say this: do NOT bother looking up the video. I am no stranger to gore but this was on a compleeeetely different level of horror. To give you an idea of how horrific it is, the "victim" had his face burned off completely and he was still alive. Then they cut his arms off. At the end of the video, the camera panned to the side and you could see nearly a dozen men and women tied up and blindfolded. I have no doubt they were subjected to the same grisly execution.
@largol33t1 Wow, like you really don't have your facts, CJNG don't kill kid's, unlike dropping A bomb's killing woman and children what's the difference...
Fun fact: the “DELTA guys” in the border scene & the mission brief are actual active duty Navy SEALs stationed at that base in Texas. The director while scouting locations at that base saw a few of the SEALs and long story short asked them if they’d be in a scene and to act and dress exactly how they would in the scenario. Makes those scenes so much cooler knowing their legit,..not Delta but SEALs.
I think the reason why they did not choose Reggie was because he was studying law and they needed someone who would cross that line of legal and illegal in the eyes of the court.
Yep he doesn't take him cause he's a lawyer he even says as much when he's recruiting her and when Reggie demands they let them in on wtf is going on. "Just her, no lawyers on this train.", "Fucking lawyers man..." Josh brollin says before sighing rolling his eyes and explaining
@@tduffy5 Isn't that a declaration of war once you start killing citizens of another country??? Reversed if some force from another country came and started to kill bad Americans, what would be our response?
@@tduffy5 A lot. CIA killed people to give the Colombian Cartel the upper hand in the drug trade and in exchange they agreed to moderate their distribution to the US, "providing a measure of order that we can control." Alejandro was basically acting as an agent of the US and he killed a host of Mexican Nationals on their own soil. Technically speaking, that's a state sponsored act of war.
I saw this in theatres with my mom when it came out, one of the most intense films I've seen. The surround sound was amazing. My mom loved it too lol That first scene where they do a raid on the house was so damn intense I could hear my heartbeat. Films like this are perfect in theaters, although I haven't been to one since 2019..
Emily maybe, but Benicio basically just had to look threatening, cool, and mysterious. Brolin’s role was actually harder to pull off. Being the comedic relief, why actually pulling off being dangerous, and making it seem subtle is not easy to do
Emily Blunts character represented how dangerously naive the American public is when dealing with existential threats. She couldn’t stop thinking like a cop, and every situation was filtered through her own values, and what she thought the world was supposed to be. Brolin, and Del Toro see the the world exactly as it is, and faced with nothing but shit choices, they chose the one that will actually make the most difference. They know exactly what they are facing, and they need to be ruthless, or simply capitulate all together. They are the actual “heroes” in the story in my opinion
This is part of a "trilogy" that isn't an actual trilogy, but rather a string of FANTASTIC films written by Taylor Sheridan that are kind of similar in feel. Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River. All are so SO good. Wind River is my particular favorite of them which is weird to say because it may be the hardest one to watch, but all three of those films are such tense, edge of your seat thrillers.
The part that impresses me most is the convoy movement. I'm a combat veteran and that's exactly how it goes. No small talk. Everyone has their game faces on. Scanning everything. Serpentine formation. No stopping for anything.
Some viewers pointed out something that surprised me. Alejandro actually showed some mercy towards the wife. How? According to those who commented, he shot her first so she wouldn't have to see her boys killed. Then he shot them as quickly as he could so they wouldn't have much time to be disturbed by their mother's death. But the boss? He made sure the guy suffered by making him sit there, realizing that he had made a grave mistake. That's why he said "Go ahead and finish your meal." I also think it's kind of a visual metaphor for the saying "revenge is a dish best served cold."
I feel like they also chose her as psychological bait for Benicio's character. Like the more she was in danger, the more his PTSD and rage kept him amped.
Interesting cos i surly that fbi or whatever agent she in have to have male operation leader or someone that willing to lets illegal situation slide but instead they choose just her.
The gunshots at the end really demonstrate how hopeless and endless the situation is. Even after everything the characters we're presented with have gone through, from before, during and after the events of the movie, nothing they do changes anything.
Sort of correct. The point is nothing changes for the people of Mexico, they still have to live with the violence and consequences of the American drug habit. In America they still have the drug problem but they don’t the violence in their streets or have houses with bodies in the walls. Essentially, the movie is asking if it ok to have other people suffer for our problem. Can we curve the demand for drugs, likely not so it is sad.
@@RetroHondo67 But America did have the house with the bodies in the wall. That's how the whole movie started, it's how our main character who's not a federal agent was able to do federal shit. While I do kind of understand your point, it's just not true.
That was the Mexican cartel which they eliminated who brought the violence to America. They are choosing the Colombians because they did not bring the violence to the American streets. For the people of Mexico or Columbia for that matter, they still have to deal with the violence. That is the point of last scene.
That last look Alejandro gave to Kate on the balcony almost seemed like he wanted to get shot. He already got his revenge, and he understood why she'd want to shoot him. Especially after what he made Kate do. There was something empathetic about that exchange.
Just happened to be looking through your guys channel, saw sicario and clicked INSTANTLY. Enjoying your guys' content, love that you guys watch international stuff too, especially the korean movies/series! Wish you the best and hope you guys keep making more videos!
The soundtrack for this movie is fantastic. The late Jóhann Jóhannsson was brilliant; I wish he had the opportunity to do the OSTs for _Blade Runner 2049_ and _Dune_ .
I was only going to watch a few minutes of your reaction but dang you just drew me right in for the whole ride! I'd never intended to watch this movie, felling like I've seen so many on the genre, what more/new/take could be done, and it was years until I did put it on one night, figuring I could just fall asleep to it droning on in the background. Woah, it was phenomenal. It just played out like some brushstrokes of a past vague dream. I started watching more from the same director and was equally impressed every time. Then I found out he often collaborated with the same person for the music (in this it was so hypnotic). Sadly he passed away before Dune was to be made. I just can't help but wonder, if he was able to come up with something that transcended/elevated Sicario's subject matter the way he did, what fantastical work could he have done for Dune :/
The soldiers weren't mercenaries, they were the Delta Force from the US Army Special Operation Forces, one of the absolute elite units (tier one) in the world, Steve Forsing (the DEA guy with the mustache) explains that to them while they ride from the airplane to the meeting that he "Pulled a team, Just rotated back from Afghanistan, the´re a crack bunch to" That explains the ease in which they dispose of the cartel thugs by the border (who maybe was expecting "normal cops" and the guards in the tunnel, they don´t get a single guy even wounded in any of the exchanges The operations leader says that "our friends from Delta has Volunteered. Military personel cant normally do law enforcement missions within the US, but both missions takes place in the immediate border area so it´s kind of a grey zone
This movie has by far the coldest revenge scene. Even if it was just for a moment, Alejandro made the man who took his family away feel EXACTLY what that pain is like. Such an awesome movie.
You can literally see the look of disbelief in the cartel boss' eyes when he kills them. The guy genuinely thought he'd be able to talk himself out of that situation because in his mind he's the most powerful man in the country, he's untouchable.
"Sicario" is definitely not given the love it deserves. I have no doubt the government works with monsters like Del Toro's character in their "special operations". Sometimes it takes a monster to beat a monster.
MY GOD !! THAT IS JUSTICE IN MY EYES!!! !!! I am a US Army Combat Medic Vetrean, I did 2 tours in Iraq, also I attempted Ranger school but had 3 broken Metatarsals with 2 weeks left, so went for duty to the 101st! I have seen spec guys work, I consider myself to be in grade A shape!! But these spec guys are another level totally!! So focused and oriented towards a favorable result! It is truly impressive!! You know what the best is? When Benico says " Go ahead and finish your meal!!!" That is a truly great line!! I dont think he would of even cared about getting killed by her at the end!! It would have been a blessing to his misery!!
I love Sicario it has amazing shots, the acting is amazing. Great reaction, you guys really paid attention, and felt the intensity of the moment. PART 2 is also very very good. Definitely worth checking out.
Benicio Del Toro is a huge crush of mine. He's absolutely fantastic. Josh Brolin and Emily Blunt were fantastic in this. Also props to Jeffery Donovan. He was really good too. What's so scary is that this is probably pretty close to what happens with drug cartels and what agents on both sides of the border have to deal with everyday. Enjoyed y'alls reaction to this.
Great reactions. The sequel is great as well. For other movies by the same writer you should watch Wind River and Hell or High Water. Both are fantastic and well worth watching. A heads up though, they're both dark movies.
Awesome reaction! Love your channel! Really recommend you watch the sequel : Day of the Soldado. At the end, I think Benicio was never planning to kill Kate. I believe the threat of gun point was so that Kate would be able to live with herself with deciding to sign the paper and her actions from the mission. Benicio made it so that she wouldn’t feel guilty by choosing her life over doing the “right thing”. Also, another reason why Benicio would kill Fausto’s sons was not only for revenge for his daughter, but because if he didn’t, the sons would grow up and hunt Benicio down later to avenge their father’s death. Taking out the whole cartel bloodline in one go, instead of facing the consequences later.
I remember when this film came out in 2015, I was still at university and had a lot more time on my hands to watch loads of films. I was passing by my local cinema one night looking to see what was on and I saw the poster for this film. My initial reaction was that it just looked like a predictable paint by numbers, hollow action movie, even though I love a lot of the cast, so I gave it a pass. Didn't think much about it until I started seeing all the positive and glowing reviews it was getting, so I decided to bite the bullet and give it a chance. I went to see it one night and I came out afterwards feeling like I've never been happier to have been proven wrong about a film. This and Blade Runner 2049 I think are Villeneuve's crowning masterpieces. Everyone always bangs on about how Arrival is the best thing Villeneuve has done. Don't get me wrong, I like Arrival, but it didn't have the same impact on me as Sicario or Blade Runner 2049. This movie came out over 8 years ago, and whenever I re-watch it, it feels like I only saw it for the first time yesterday, that's how fresh this film has stayed in my mind.
I don't get a chance to watch you guys a lot these days as you watch stuff I'm not into, but I do love it when you watch stuff and like stuff I like. Glad you did this one (in advance).
In The end, when macer stared and pointed the gun at deltoro. She was battle inside her chest. If she pull the triggered she wont make any diffrent like manuel diaz said to deltoro. And then she made a good choice put the gun down. Emily was awesome in this. Wat a perfect acting she made ❤
The fact is that Alejandro is determined for revenge. No matter how much out of the book and unorthodox to get it. They are still in the justice side of the law in the end . The police force is dealing with someone who has been emotionally torn apart by the violence that the cartel is causing innocent civilians and family. Everything it takes to take out the objective and at the same time get revenge , personal revenge and justice .
well in a land where chaos rules and the criminals run the place, you have to get revenge that way because you aren't able to get it the legal way. Happens in many areas, even in america a lot of times the criminals run the place and the law works for them, not for the citizens.
If you guys really like this movie (especially more than II) I recommend a directors list for this specific filmmaker. Denis Villeneuve is probably my favorite modern director and his filmography has banger after banger after banger! Here’s a list for ya! Happy reacting! 1998 August 32nd on Earth 2000 Maelstrom 2009 Polytechnique 2010 Incendies 2013 Prisoners 2013 Enemy 2015 Sicario 2016 Arrival 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2021 Dune: Part I 2023 Dune: Part II
Weird, I hated Sicario 2, it felt like such an America Fuck Yeah! movie that it completely put me off, unlike the first which felt much more grounded in reality.
@@mormacil yeah it was kind of bizarre. Sicario was pretty heavily about how the War on Drugs was lost and no matter what we try to do it doesn’t change anything. Sicario 2 was… like you said, “America Fuck Yeah!” It was still a fun movie but it lacked any sort of depth
Yeah, not mercenaries. They're special operations forces trained for counter-terrorism missions under the Joint Special Operations Command. They, along with a small number of other "Special Mission Units", do the most secretive covert and clandestine missions in the US military. The fact that they're involved in this plan along with the CIA suggests that the orders are coming from the very top of the US government, which is why Kate's boss tells her not to worry about the legality of their actions. The CIA guys are almost certainly meant to be part of the Special Operations Group which conducts paramilitary operations, and most SOG members are recruited from SMUs like Delta Force which already have many of the skills needed and "only" need to be trained in the spycraft necessary.
I just watched this movie like a month ago for the first time and it blew me away. I like all Tyler Sheridans stuff, but man did this impress me. One of my favourite movies. At the risk of putting my foot in my mouth in case you already have, you gotta check out hell or high water by him. Another banger. Sorry this video is the first time I came across you guys, but I'm subbed and will be diving into your channel after this
A wildly underrated aspect of this film is how closely it shows the basic operational principles of the CIA. I've read a few books on the subject, and the basic HUMINT (HUMan INTelligence) operating procedure is that CIA Operatives (Josh Brolin) will manipulate, use, and utilize Agents (Benicio Del Toro) in order to achieve the goals of the US Government. Over time, those two people can become friendly, get to know each other, and Operatives can support their Agents so much that they risk a lot to help and protect them. This movie is a great example of that relationship, and it shows out even more in the sequel.
Hey guys I’m Cavazos Gonzalez from California. It’s a trip how there’s so many of us. Too bad our ancestors didn’t leave us any oil or land lol 😂 good video 👍
I want to put this out there, even if you guys dont want to watch it but I highly recommend you guys watch End of Watch if you haven't already. It's an amazing movie about two friends who are policemen in LA (iirc) and it's filmed almost in a documentary style so their relationship and everything that happens in the movie feels extremely real
They also didn't choose Reggie because he was a lawyer. You don't need a guy knowing the laws around illegal activity. Another movie I'd recommend is "End of Watch" if you like the crime stuff like this
There's illegal, and then there's illegal. When it's the US President ordering clandestine military and intelligence units to conduct covert operations, you can be pretty reasonably certain nobody's going to jail over it. The involvement of JSOC/Delta and CIA/SOG guys clearly shows the orders are coming from the very top. That's basically what her boss at the FBI was trying to hint at. Nobody's getting arrested. Nobody's getting prosecuted. It's a black op nobody's ever going to know about.
The question Kate has to answer is: "Does she want Alejandro out there fighting against the cartels his way, or does she want to shoot him in the back and become a cold blooded killer like he is?" Every character in this movie represents a different take on the question "Do the ends justify the means?" Matt Graver believes wholeheartedly that they do, and he is never in doubt about it. Alejandro Garcia used to believe in the law; he was a prosecutor, but after his family is killed, he decides that the ends of defeating the cartels and getting revenge for his family justifies performing the same act that made him who he is, killing a family. Kate Macer believes that the ends do not justify the means, but at the end of the movie, she is caught between two different questions about ends and means: first, does wanting to stop Alejandro from fighting the cartels justify murdering him in cold blood, and second, does wanting to put an end to cartel violence justify letting Alejandro continue fighting the war his way? In the end, she doesn't kill him, and he gets to continue fighting, which means that Kate, at least tacitly, believes that his ends justify his means. And the last scene in the movie, the soccer game, is not just showing that nothing has changed; it's actually symbolic foreshadowing about what happens in the world after the movie ends. The two teams represent the cartels and the forces fighting them. When the shooting starts, both teams stop playing, symbolizing what happened to the war now that the cartel leader Alejandro assassinated was killed. Eventually, someone, the police officer's son we've been following, starts playing again, symbolizing that eventually someone else will rise to take over the now leaderless cartel.
Benecio Del Toro should have won an Oscar for this! That sequence from Tunnel to Killing the big boss was absolutely brilliant! Probably the best stealth to kill sequence I ever seen! 😮
The thing that gets me is how they showed us the cop having a wife and kid. As someone having experienced that loss you'd expect Del Toro to maybe have some sympathy, but he's so blinded by his objective he doesn't realize/care he's doing what's been done to him.
The Operator with the glasses is based on a real life veteran called Mike Vining who did tons of things for the CIA and Delta in Vietnam and Iran (and many other places)! The guy was recruited into the CIA partly as he looked completely different to usual stereotypes people associate with being special forces. I mean, if you see him you think "IT guy" lmao! He said this gave him a big advantage when he was on a mission.
Im a film&tv major at SCAD and one of my first film professors was one of the producers for this movie. We looked at the entire Juárez scene and it was really cool to see what went into planning that scene. They storyboarded the whole scene and we got to see a small bit of the storyboard pages and read through that bit of the official script and it was really cool to see the changes they made during production and editing from the original script. They shot this in Mexico city and shut down whole highways and parts of the city to shoot this. It's a phenomenal film.
Fun/terrifying bit of trivia. If you pay attention at the bus station scene, Alejandro uses the phrase "Fausto Alarcon, El Verdugo". El Verdugo means "the executioner".
At the end when Kate is aiming at him, Alejandro turns and presents his heart side to her. He's saying he is done, ready to die even, he's gotten his revenge.
This is the movie I was thinking about when I was watching John Wick 4. The newest Wick, was just such a pretty looking movie. Great setting. Just like Sicario.
You guys need to watch Traffic the film that gave Benicio del Toro his first OSCAR, Below are his top three career defining roles 1: Javier//Traffic 2 : Ernesto CHE Guevara//Che 3 : Alejandro//Sicario
I am delighted with this film, everything is on top, acting, camera work, and the theme of the film. Emily blunt is beautiful and talented, Josh Brolin is charismatic, and Benicio del Toro is an actor from another planet 100 percent to watch ..
You gotta do Arrival! In fact, you can't go wrong with any Denis Vileneuve movies, especially Enemy and Prisoners! But Arrival is in my in my top 10 sci-fi list!
Such a great movie! Taylor Sheridan wrote this. Another great movie he’s written for is Hell or High Water. Definitely check that one out if you haven’t seen it already.
Underrated Movie. Other great underrated movies that seem to get no reactions are The Rock , Smokin Aces, Tears of the Sun and Kingdom of Heaven the Unrated Directors cut ( long but worth it)...
*WE LOVED THIS MOVIE!! Should we watch the sequel next??* ⬇⬇
Sure, if your froggy.
Yes, please watch the sequel!
Yes, it was a good sequel for a strait to DvD
The sequel is good a 7 , but first one is better a 9 but still worth a watch.
If u like this check out the other movies by the writer. Hell or high water and wind river
The fact that Benicio and Josh always spoke calmly and sometimes even quieter made them seem even more threatening.
Absolutely compare that to some of the villains we see in movies in this day and age
The scariest detail about Brolin's character is him wearing flip flops in that conference room. I have never seen that dude in real life, but god damn if you're familiar with those environments then you know someone dressed like that leading a meeting in a federal building is someone you don't want to fuck with.
The border crossing scene and the build up of tension culminating in the shootout is just flawless filmmaking
It goes to show that life on the border can change on a daily basis.
It's mind boggling to me that that sequence is 11 minutes of not much really happening just building tension until you get to the action which from first to last shot fired is 6 seconds.
yeah that was intense. it makes you anxious
@@sidekick4 all these happen bro it is the hard reality and the worst
"It won't even make the papers in El Paso !"
I always loved that ending, Alejandro tells her she isn’t a wolf and when she points the gun at him… he knew she didn’t have it in her and walked away.
I have a feeling Alejandro wanted Kate to prove him wrong and shoot him. If it was just him knowing she wouldn't shoot, he would've kept walking. Instead, Alejandro straight up stopped and turned around to give her a clear shot. This tells me that he was ready to die in the hopes of maybe Kate was ready to be a wolf and that he can stop and rest since his primary goal was already met.
Also Alejandro's line right before the border scene: "You will doubt everything we do. But in the end, you will understand.". Evne though Kate did not agree with anything during the whole deal and being intimidated by him, she understood him and thus couldnt kill him. At least thats what I always took from that last scene.
He didn't give a f*** whether she shot him or not. He's already lost everything
Good book
@@onemuststand7353 lol bro you are smoking hella amount of copium. that's a shit ass beta comment man.
Denis Villeneuve is an S tier filmmaker, Sicario, Bladerunner 2049, Prisoners, DUNE, Arrival, they might not make money for the studio but man do they grab you by the heart and not let go till the credits!
He also picked a great composer. RIP Mr. Johansson, this was your finest work. The music only makes the movie more terrifying and it wouldn't have been as good without you.
12:29 I remember a former Mexican cop said that the first task he was given as a cop was to use a pair of bolt cutters to cut the chains off of some bodies that were hung from a bridge or overpass by one of the drug cartels. He said that a veteran cop who was there with him commented that the cartel was being merciful, and when he asked "How is this merciful?" the vet told him "They're letting the families have the bodies to mourn over." It's was an interesting lesson in perspective.
They should round em up and shoot I'm in the street like dogs
I disagree. Being merciful is letting the rest of the families live. Sometimes the most savage cartel (CJNG - Calisco New Generation) hunt down the person who angered them and kill the entire family too. The WORST video I have ever seen is a snuff video that was put online by CJNG. They tortured a member of Los Zetas, their worst enemy and put all on video. I say this: do NOT bother looking up the video. I am no stranger to gore but this was on a compleeeetely different level of horror. To give you an idea of how horrific it is, the "victim" had his face burned off completely and he was still alive. Then they cut his arms off. At the end of the video, the camera panned to the side and you could see nearly a dozen men and women tied up and blindfolded. I have no doubt they were subjected to the same grisly execution.
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@@RedGunBullets Yes.
@largol33t1 Wow, like you really don't have your facts, CJNG don't kill kid's, unlike dropping A bomb's killing woman and children what's the difference...
Fun fact: the “DELTA guys” in the border scene & the mission brief are actual active duty Navy SEALs stationed at that base in Texas. The director while scouting locations at that base saw a few of the SEALs and long story short asked them if they’d be in a scene and to act and dress exactly how they would in the scenario. Makes those scenes so much cooler knowing their legit,..not Delta but SEALs.
Nice catch - you can tell by the drop holsters and I think even they had 226s maybe
Hence the term, TEAM, as in Jeffrey Donovan's line, " I got us a Team."
@@tduffy5 nice
You could not be MORE WRONG JFC smdh.
@@tduffy5 OMG you're so frigging stupid.
I think the reason why they did not choose Reggie was because he was studying law and they needed someone who would cross that line of legal and illegal in the eyes of the court.
Yep he doesn't take him cause he's a lawyer he even says as much when he's recruiting her and when Reggie demands they let them in on wtf is going on. "Just her, no lawyers on this train.", "Fucking lawyers man..." Josh brollin says before sighing rolling his eyes and explaining
"No lawyers on this train." He didn't want anyone that would ask too many legal questions.
What laws were broken?
@@tduffy5 Isn't that a declaration of war once you start killing citizens of another country??? Reversed if some force from another country came and started to kill bad Americans, what would be our response?
@@tduffy5 A lot. CIA killed people to give the Colombian Cartel the upper hand in the drug trade and in exchange they agreed to moderate their distribution to the US, "providing a measure of order that we can control." Alejandro was basically acting as an agent of the US and he killed a host of Mexican Nationals on their own soil. Technically speaking, that's a state sponsored act of war.
My dad told me to see this movie too, but I missed seeing it in theaters. Totally regret that, this movie is incredible!
denis villneuve might be the best director working today... and the visuals of his movies are just as stunning as their craftsmanship
This movie jacked my high up big time in RPX!
I saw this in theatres with my mom when it came out, one of the most intense films I've seen. The surround sound was amazing. My mom loved it too lol
That first scene where they do a raid on the house was so damn intense I could hear my heartbeat. Films like this are perfect in theaters, although I haven't been to one since 2019..
@@notimportant3686 100%
People should watch it while camping because it's in tents.
josh, benecio and emily should have won oscars for this.
You don't win Oscars for good movies, you win them for being woke lol
Emily maybe, but Benicio basically just had to look threatening, cool, and mysterious. Brolin’s role was actually harder to pull off. Being the comedic relief, why actually pulling off being dangerous, and making it seem subtle is not easy to do
I don't see any reason in this case for them to win oscars
i feel people definitely do NOT appreciate this movie enough
denis villeneuve is a phenomenal director. hes been making hits since 2009
Maelstrom from 2000 is also really great. Just be prepared it's probably his weirdest movie
If you wear flip flops to a high level meeting, you know your a badass 😂
Emily Blunts character represented how dangerously naive the American public is when dealing with existential threats. She couldn’t stop thinking like a cop, and every situation was filtered through her own values, and what she thought the world was supposed to be. Brolin, and Del Toro see the the world exactly as it is, and faced with nothing but shit choices, they chose the one that will actually make the most difference. They know exactly what they are facing, and they need to be ruthless, or simply capitulate all together. They are the actual “heroes” in the story in my opinion
Exactly, Kate is essentially trying to storm the beaches of Normandy armed with a badge and search warrant.
This is part of a "trilogy" that isn't an actual trilogy, but rather a string of FANTASTIC films written by Taylor Sheridan that are kind of similar in feel.
Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River.
All are so SO good. Wind River is my particular favorite of them which is weird to say because it may be the hardest one to watch, but all three of those films are such tense, edge of your seat thrillers.
agreed, the frontier trilogy is great
Wind River is also my favorite, it's also the best one out of the 3.
Wind River is great that's why I love Yellowstone so much
@Joe Arce Really? She should've moved to a quiet town.
Completely agree there Wind River is just brilliant and Jeremy and Elizabeth's duo shines through and through.
The part that impresses me most is the convoy movement. I'm a combat veteran and that's exactly how it goes. No small talk. Everyone has their game faces on. Scanning everything. Serpentine formation. No stopping for anything.
What do you get when you put Thanos and the Collector in the same shootout film? Total Punisher-level chaos.
They even torture The Punisher himself.
@technopirate304 I bet that didn't... Sitwell with Hydra.
Also, Daniel Kaluuya, who plays Reggie was in Black Panther 1.
Some viewers pointed out something that surprised me. Alejandro actually showed some mercy towards the wife. How? According to those who commented, he shot her first so she wouldn't have to see her boys killed. Then he shot them as quickly as he could so they wouldn't have much time to be disturbed by their mother's death. But the boss? He made sure the guy suffered by making him sit there, realizing that he had made a grave mistake. That's why he said "Go ahead and finish your meal." I also think it's kind of a visual metaphor for the saying "revenge is a dish best served cold."
The realization is that Kate is not the main character… Alejandro is… it’s just shown through the narrative of Kate
I feel like they also chose her as psychological bait for Benicio's character. Like the more she was in danger, the more his PTSD and rage kept him amped.
Interesting cos i surly that fbi or whatever agent she in have to have male operation leader or someone that willing to lets illegal situation slide but instead they choose just her.
Wouldn’t surprise me. The CIA is known for mind manipulation.
The gunshots at the end really demonstrate how hopeless and endless the situation is. Even after everything the characters we're presented with have gone through, from before, during and after the events of the movie, nothing they do changes anything.
Sort of correct. The point is nothing changes for the people of Mexico, they still have to live with the violence and consequences of the American drug habit. In America they still have the drug problem but they don’t the violence in their streets or have houses with bodies in the walls. Essentially, the movie is asking if it ok to have other people suffer for our problem. Can we curve the demand for drugs, likely not so it is sad.
@@RetroHondo67 But America did have the house with the bodies in the wall. That's how the whole movie started, it's how our main character who's not a federal agent was able to do federal shit.
While I do kind of understand your point, it's just not true.
That was the Mexican cartel which they eliminated who brought the violence to America. They are choosing the Colombians because they did not bring the violence to the American streets. For the people of Mexico or Columbia for that matter, they still have to deal with the violence. That is the point of last scene.
That last look Alejandro gave to Kate on the balcony almost seemed like he wanted to get shot. He already got his revenge, and he understood why she'd want to shoot him. Especially after what he made Kate do. There was something empathetic about that exchange.
I forgot how ruthless and brutal this movie was.
Just happened to be looking through your guys channel, saw sicario and clicked INSTANTLY. Enjoying your guys' content, love that you guys watch international stuff too, especially the korean movies/series! Wish you the best and hope you guys keep making more videos!
The scene at the border crossing is one of the most tense sequences I’ve ever seen in a movie
The soundtrack for this movie is fantastic. The late Jóhann Jóhannsson was brilliant; I wish he had the opportunity to do the OSTs for _Blade Runner 2049_ and _Dune_ .
"they recruting her because they are impressed by her " 🤣
Denis Villeneuve is a master director!
I was only going to watch a few minutes of your reaction but dang you just drew me right in for the whole ride!
I'd never intended to watch this movie, felling like I've seen so many on the genre, what more/new/take could be done, and it was years until I did put it on one night, figuring I could just fall asleep to it droning on in the background. Woah, it was phenomenal. It just played out like some brushstrokes of a past vague dream. I started watching more from the same director and was equally impressed every time. Then I found out he often collaborated with the same person for the music (in this it was so hypnotic). Sadly he passed away before Dune was to be made. I just can't help but wonder, if he was able to come up with something that transcended/elevated Sicario's subject matter the way he did, what fantastical work could he have done for Dune :/
Brilliant thing about this story telling, Kate is not the protagonist. Alejandro is. It's his story but told through her eyes.
Gird your loins for the second one, guys! Your energy and attention to detail is so much fun. Like…it makes movies I’ve seen super fun.
Go back and watch the scene where they decided to pass on Reggie. It was because he is a lawyer.
The soldiers weren't mercenaries, they were the Delta Force from the US Army Special Operation Forces, one of the absolute elite units (tier one) in the world, Steve Forsing (the DEA guy with the mustache) explains that to them while they ride from the airplane to the meeting that he "Pulled a team, Just rotated back from Afghanistan, the´re a crack bunch to" That explains the ease in which they dispose of the cartel thugs by the border (who maybe was expecting "normal cops" and the guards in the tunnel, they don´t get a single guy even wounded in any of the exchanges
The operations leader says that "our friends from Delta has Volunteered. Military personel cant normally do law enforcement missions within the US, but both missions takes place in the immediate border area so it´s kind of a grey zone
The border and such missions is EXACTLY where we should have our forces.
Silvio’s last words: Hail hydra
29:24 Thanos, the Punisher, and the Collector got into a car. . . There’s a punchline in here somewhere. 😂😂😂
This movie has by far the coldest revenge scene. Even if it was just for a moment, Alejandro made the man who took his family away feel EXACTLY what that pain is like. Such an awesome movie.
You can literally see the look of disbelief in the cartel boss' eyes when he kills them. The guy genuinely thought he'd be able to talk himself out of that situation because in his mind he's the most powerful man in the country, he's untouchable.
"Sicario" is definitely not given the love it deserves. I have no doubt the government works with monsters like Del Toro's character in their "special operations". Sometimes it takes a monster to beat a monster.
he's not a monster. He lives, like the rest if us, "in a land of wolves". Now, take a long look in the mirror....
MY GOD !! THAT IS JUSTICE IN MY EYES!!! !!!
I am a US Army Combat Medic Vetrean, I did 2 tours in
Iraq, also I attempted Ranger school but had 3 broken Metatarsals with 2 weeks left, so went for duty to the 101st! I have seen spec guys work, I consider myself to be in grade A shape!! But these spec guys are another level totally!! So focused and oriented towards a favorable result! It is truly impressive!!
You know what the best is? When Benico says " Go ahead and finish your meal!!!" That is a truly great line!!
I dont think he would of even cared about getting killed by her at the end!! It would have been a blessing to his misery!!
Murdering innocent children is justice in your eyes?
I love Sicario it has amazing shots, the acting is amazing. Great reaction, you guys really paid attention, and felt the intensity of the moment. PART 2 is also very very good. Definitely worth checking out.
Wild prediction on the explosion in the beginning, great reaction guys! Hope y'all do the sequel!
This Dudes "giggle" is something serious!
I just love this move. Tremendous performances by the three leads. The strangest MCU film ever.
Yep own this on DVD. Great movie!
Benicio Del Toro is a huge crush of mine. He's absolutely fantastic. Josh Brolin and Emily Blunt were fantastic in this. Also props to Jeffery Donovan. He was really good too. What's so scary is that this is probably pretty close to what happens with drug cartels and what agents on both sides of the border have to deal with everyday. Enjoyed y'alls reaction to this.
Great reactions. The sequel is great as well. For other movies by the same writer you should watch Wind River and Hell or High Water. Both are fantastic and well worth watching. A heads up though, they're both dark movies.
not great, just good. Dennis Villanueve really a great film maker. without him in the sequel, new director just try to copy his styles
Wind River is one of my most rewatched movies its amazing
Wind River is great. Hell or High Water is Damn good
Awesome reaction! Love your channel! Really recommend you watch the sequel : Day of the Soldado.
At the end, I think Benicio was never planning to kill Kate. I believe the threat of gun point was so that Kate would be able to live with herself with deciding to sign the paper and her actions from the mission. Benicio made it so that she wouldn’t feel guilty by choosing her life over doing the “right thing”.
Also, another reason why Benicio would kill Fausto’s sons was not only for revenge for his daughter, but because if he didn’t, the sons would grow up and hunt Benicio down later to avenge their father’s death. Taking out the whole cartel bloodline in one go, instead of facing the consequences later.
I remember when this film came out in 2015, I was still at university and had a lot more time on my hands to watch loads of films. I was passing by my local cinema one night looking to see what was on and I saw the poster for this film. My initial reaction was that it just looked like a predictable paint by numbers, hollow action movie, even though I love a lot of the cast, so I gave it a pass. Didn't think much about it until I started seeing all the positive and glowing reviews it was getting, so I decided to bite the bullet and give it a chance. I went to see it one night and I came out afterwards feeling like I've never been happier to have been proven wrong about a film. This and Blade Runner 2049 I think are Villeneuve's crowning masterpieces. Everyone always bangs on about how Arrival is the best thing Villeneuve has done. Don't get me wrong, I like Arrival, but it didn't have the same impact on me as Sicario or Blade Runner 2049. This movie came out over 8 years ago, and whenever I re-watch it, it feels like I only saw it for the first time yesterday, that's how fresh this film has stayed in my mind.
I don't get a chance to watch you guys a lot these days as you watch stuff I'm not into, but I do love it when you watch stuff and like stuff I like. Glad you did this one (in advance).
In The end, when macer stared and pointed the gun at deltoro. She was battle inside her chest. If she pull the triggered she wont make any diffrent like manuel diaz said to deltoro. And then she made a good choice put the gun down.
Emily was awesome in this. Wat a perfect acting she made ❤
The fact is that Alejandro is determined for revenge. No matter how much out of the book and unorthodox to get it. They are still in the justice side of the law in the end . The police force is dealing with someone who has been emotionally torn apart by the violence that the cartel is causing innocent civilians and family. Everything it takes to take out the objective and at the same time get revenge , personal revenge and justice .
well in a land where chaos rules and the criminals run the place, you have to get revenge that way because you aren't able to get it the legal way. Happens in many areas, even in america a lot of times the criminals run the place and the law works for them, not for the citizens.
I hope they make a part three. Incredible 2 movies!!!!
If you guys really like this movie (especially more than II) I recommend a directors list for this specific filmmaker.
Denis Villeneuve is probably my favorite modern director and his filmography has banger after banger after banger! Here’s a list for ya! Happy reacting!
1998 August 32nd on Earth
2000 Maelstrom
2009 Polytechnique
2010 Incendies
2013 Prisoners
2013 Enemy
2015 Sicario
2016 Arrival
2017 Blade Runner 2049
2021 Dune: Part I
2023 Dune: Part II
Sicario 2 : Day of the Soldado. Although Emily Blunt is not in it and its a new mission (plot), it is well worth the watch!
It's actually a parallel universe
Weird, I hated Sicario 2, it felt like such an America Fuck Yeah! movie that it completely put me off, unlike the first which felt much more grounded in reality.
@@mormacil yeah it was kind of bizarre. Sicario was pretty heavily about how the War on Drugs was lost and no matter what we try to do it doesn’t change anything.
Sicario 2 was… like you said, “America Fuck Yeah!”
It was still a fun movie but it lacked any sort of depth
Well, no Denis or Deakins as the filmmakers really hurt the sequel from being as good.
Those guys are Delta's. One of the best Tier 1 special forces in America
Yeah, not mercenaries. They're special operations forces trained for counter-terrorism missions under the Joint Special Operations Command. They, along with a small number of other "Special Mission Units", do the most secretive covert and clandestine missions in the US military. The fact that they're involved in this plan along with the CIA suggests that the orders are coming from the very top of the US government, which is why Kate's boss tells her not to worry about the legality of their actions. The CIA guys are almost certainly meant to be part of the Special Operations Group which conducts paramilitary operations, and most SOG members are recruited from SMUs like Delta Force which already have many of the skills needed and "only" need to be trained in the spycraft necessary.
@@fakecubed Yup I know that Delta guys and SEAL Team 6 guys work a lot with CIA and CIA recruits their agents from SEAL Team 6 to.
I just watched this movie like a month ago for the first time and it blew me away. I like all Tyler Sheridans stuff, but man did this impress me. One of my favourite movies.
At the risk of putting my foot in my mouth in case you already have, you gotta check out hell or high water by him. Another banger. Sorry this video is the first time I came across you guys, but I'm subbed and will be diving into your channel after this
A wildly underrated aspect of this film is how closely it shows the basic operational principles of the CIA. I've read a few books on the subject, and the basic HUMINT (HUMan INTelligence) operating procedure is that CIA Operatives (Josh Brolin) will manipulate, use, and utilize Agents (Benicio Del Toro) in order to achieve the goals of the US Government. Over time, those two people can become friendly, get to know each other, and Operatives can support their Agents so much that they risk a lot to help and protect them.
This movie is a great example of that relationship, and it shows out even more in the sequel.
Oh, I had to see this reaction. Soon as I saw that ya'll recently watched this, I was like "Oh yeah, I got to see this one. I know they'll love it.
Hi Kacee and Anthony. Great reaction to this movie. Good story, action, and acting. This movie is very underrated. Aloha
The boarder scene is a master class in how to build tension.
I definitely suggest you watch the sequel. While it's not the same director it's still pretty good
Yeah the writing is pretty poor compared to the first one but it sure is entertaining!
Amazing movie! I saw this a few years back and JUST realized last week that "Silvio" the cop is Agent Jasper Sitwell from the MCU
Hey guys I’m Cavazos Gonzalez from California. It’s a trip how there’s so many of us. Too bad our ancestors didn’t leave us any oil or land lol 😂 good video 👍
this was one of the most shocking ends i ever saw
One of my favorite movies of all time, definitely watch the sequel
I want to put this out there, even if you guys dont want to watch it but I highly recommend you guys watch End of Watch if you haven't already. It's an amazing movie about two friends who are policemen in LA (iirc) and it's filmed almost in a documentary style so their relationship and everything that happens in the movie feels extremely real
Awesome reaction loved it y’all were great can’t wait to see y’all again for part two even better 👍😎
They also didn't choose Reggie because he was a lawyer. You don't need a guy knowing the laws around illegal activity.
Another movie I'd recommend is "End of Watch" if you like the crime stuff like this
There's illegal, and then there's illegal. When it's the US President ordering clandestine military and intelligence units to conduct covert operations, you can be pretty reasonably certain nobody's going to jail over it. The involvement of JSOC/Delta and CIA/SOG guys clearly shows the orders are coming from the very top. That's basically what her boss at the FBI was trying to hint at. Nobody's getting arrested. Nobody's getting prosecuted. It's a black op nobody's ever going to know about.
Did you notice that the actor playing the bald Mexican police officer is the same one who played Agent Sitwell in the MCU movies?
The question Kate has to answer is: "Does she want Alejandro out there fighting against the cartels his way, or does she want to shoot him in the back and become a cold blooded killer like he is?"
Every character in this movie represents a different take on the question "Do the ends justify the means?" Matt Graver believes wholeheartedly that they do, and he is never in doubt about it. Alejandro Garcia used to believe in the law; he was a prosecutor, but after his family is killed, he decides that the ends of defeating the cartels and getting revenge for his family justifies performing the same act that made him who he is, killing a family. Kate Macer believes that the ends do not justify the means, but at the end of the movie, she is caught between two different questions about ends and means: first, does wanting to stop Alejandro from fighting the cartels justify murdering him in cold blood, and second, does wanting to put an end to cartel violence justify letting Alejandro continue fighting the war his way? In the end, she doesn't kill him, and he gets to continue fighting, which means that Kate, at least tacitly, believes that his ends justify his means.
And the last scene in the movie, the soccer game, is not just showing that nothing has changed; it's actually symbolic foreshadowing about what happens in the world after the movie ends. The two teams represent the cartels and the forces fighting them. When the shooting starts, both teams stop playing, symbolizing what happened to the war now that the cartel leader Alejandro assassinated was killed. Eventually, someone, the police officer's son we've been following, starts playing again, symbolizing that eventually someone else will rise to take over the now leaderless cartel.
Definitely check out the second movie! Plus, I want your statue of Ryuk in the background
Benecio Del Toro should have won an Oscar for this! That sequence from Tunnel to Killing the big boss was absolutely brilliant! Probably the best stealth to kill sequence I ever seen! 😮
Great reaction guys! This movie is in my top ten. Hi from el paso!
I love this movie and getting to watch reacters find it and see them experience for the first time is always a great watch!
There are so many intense scenes in this movie but I think the one at the border is the most blood pumping.
The thing that gets me is how they showed us the cop having a wife and kid. As someone having experienced that loss you'd expect Del Toro to maybe have some sympathy, but he's so blinded by his objective he doesn't realize/care he's doing what's been done to him.
The Operator with the glasses is based on a real life veteran called Mike Vining who did tons of things for the CIA and Delta in Vietnam and Iran (and many other places)! The guy was recruited into the CIA partly as he looked completely different to usual stereotypes people associate with being special forces. I mean, if you see him you think "IT guy" lmao! He said this gave him a big advantage when he was on a mission.
Mirar una película con estos dos que no dejan de hablar
Sicario (and the second) are perfect example of how to set the tone and build suspense... incredible films.
Im a film&tv major at SCAD and one of my first film professors was one of the producers for this movie. We looked at the entire Juárez scene and it was really cool to see what went into planning that scene. They storyboarded the whole scene and we got to see a small bit of the storyboard pages and read through that bit of the official script and it was really cool to see the changes they made during production and editing from the original script. They shot this in Mexico city and shut down whole highways and parts of the city to shoot this. It's a phenomenal film.
Love it when you guys discover an awesome movie
You HAVE to watch"Wind River" & "Hell Or High Water". All 3 are written by Taylor Sheridan & they're often referred to as The Frontier Trilogy.
I've been watching this movie for a dozen time, and it never failed to amazed me.
Fun/terrifying bit of trivia. If you pay attention at the bus station scene, Alejandro uses the phrase "Fausto Alarcon, El Verdugo". El Verdugo means "the executioner".
Colombian spanish or Mexican spanish?
@@EricTD1995 pretty much all dialects, as far as I know. If you've ever played Resident Evil 4 one of the bosses is called Verdugo
I'm from El Paso I'm glad we were shown even if for a little bit
As a sicario myself I can confirm this is so realistic.
Hey, were you at the convention? 😂
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At the end when Kate is aiming at him, Alejandro turns and presents his heart side to her. He's saying he is done, ready to die even, he's gotten his revenge.
This is the movie I was thinking about when I was watching John Wick 4. The newest Wick, was just such a pretty looking movie. Great setting. Just like Sicario.
You guys need to watch Traffic the film that gave Benicio del Toro his first OSCAR,
Below are his top three career defining roles
1: Javier//Traffic
2 : Ernesto CHE Guevara//Che
3 : Alejandro//Sicario
ahora vas a conocer a dios
Is one of the coldest lines in cinematic history
I am delighted with this film, everything is on top, acting, camera work, and the theme of the film. Emily blunt is beautiful and talented, Josh Brolin is charismatic, and Benicio del Toro is an actor from another planet 100 percent to watch ..
Gotta watch Sicario 2…. like right now! Great reaction ❤️🎥❤️
You gotta do Arrival! In fact, you can't go wrong with any Denis Vileneuve movies, especially Enemy and Prisoners! But Arrival is in my in my top 10 sci-fi list!
So glad you guys watched this it’s a fire movie
Not Mercs, they’re meant to be Delta Force special forces. We’re mentioned as the team had just come back from Afghanistan.
Benicio said to her get out of the car because the sicarios didn't no who was the VIP.
So, she became a target that moment.
Such a great movie! Taylor Sheridan wrote this. Another great movie he’s written for is Hell or High Water. Definitely check that one out if you haven’t seen it already.
Underrated Movie.
Other great underrated movies that seem to get no reactions are The Rock , Smokin Aces, Tears of the Sun and Kingdom of Heaven the Unrated Directors cut ( long but worth it)...
Another great video guys! Yall need to still watch the Predators movie with Adrian Brody
Love this movie. I remember watching it, not expecting much, and being blown away.
Hell or High Water and Wind River are among the best movies I've seen in the past decade, strongly recommend both.