SICARIO Explained | Everything YOU Missed!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2024
- SICARIO Explained | Everything YOU Missed!
In today's video, I do a deep dive into both the SICARIO script and film to cover all the relevant details and explain exactly how everything went down. SICARIO explained!
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What is Sicario all about? What’s the structure of the film? What character arcs appear in the film? And what’s the overall premise of Sicario?
Alejandro-who’s played by Benicio Del Toro-Alejandro is the sicario. If you’ve seen the film, you probably knew that already, but I’ll explain all the reasons why throughout this show. Just know that Alejandro is the title character of this film.
In today’s video, I’m breaking down Denis Villaneuve’s 2015 film, Sicario.
Whenever I do these “explained” videos I really study the film and-if it’s available-I read the film’s screenplay.
Sicario’s script-written by Taylor Sheridan of Yellowstone fame-has a completely different opening scene.
ACT 1 starts with a SWAT/FBI raid of a house in Chandler, AZ.
Kate accuses Matt of being in the CIA. She decides to go with them.
Kate making the decision to go on the mission and operate outside of her jurisdiction-in my opinion-is Plot Point 1.
At the start of ACT 2, the task force heads into Juarez via a convoy of black SUVs. Kate’s in the same vehicle as Alejandro.
When they travel deeper into Juarez, they get a local police escort.
The convoy picks up their target, Manuel Diaz’s brother Guillermo Diaz.
The implication is that the U.S. can’t fight the cartels legally, and this engagement is more like war than it is like law enforcement.
Alejandro interrogates Guillermo, and the implication is that he tortures him… and probably kills him without getting any significant information.
Matt reveals: “We are going to make enough noise that Manuel Diaz is called back to Mexico to see his boss.”
Kate entering the bank and the freezing of Manuel Diaz’s bank accounts, in my opinion, both serve as the Midpoint of the film.
Why? Because this is Kate’s biggest mistake.
The special forces, along with Kate, Reggie, Alejandro, and Matt prep to launch their attack on the cartel’s drug-smuggling tunnel. They note that Manuel Diaz has been called back to Mexico.
The entire reason Kate has been involved? It allows Matt-a confirmed CIA agent-to do whatever he wants.
Three things are now happening all at once:
The special ops team is headed into Mexico to attack the tunnel.
Manuel Diaz is driving back to Mexico.
The cop from Nogales with the son who likes soccer-I referenced him earlier-he heads to the tunnels to drop off a shipment of drugs to be smuggled through the tunnel into the U.S.
They were trying to plant Alejandro in Mexico. Why? Because Alejandro-the real sicario, the real hitman-is on a solo mission to kill Manuel Diaz and Fausto Alarcon.
Kate discovering that Alejandro is on a separate mission to find and murder Fausto Alarcon is Plot Point 2.
And the CIA-via Matt and now Kate-is making it happen. It’s like regime change, but in cartel terms. And that’s obviously horrible for the FBI to get involved in. It’s super illegal.
The next sequence of scenes follows Alejandro as he forces Manuel Diaz to take him to Fausto.
Kate wants to bring down the Sonora Cartel legally.
Matt wants to bring down the Sonora Cartel by any means necessary while working to fix the chaos by reinstating the Medellin Cartel.
Alejandro wants to murder the leaders of the Sonora Cartel who killed his wife and daughter.
Kate and Alejandro are pawns in a game wherein the U.S. wants to maintain order. It’s as simple as that.
The U.S. has a strategic interest in maintaining power and order-because that keeps Americans safe. But those interests aren’t pure or just, they’re only strategic.
What’s the Premise of the film? You can’t fight evil with evil and expect justice.
Said differently, the Premise of Sicario is: Corrupt pursuit of justice only results in more corruption. - Фільми й анімація
This was soo good. Thank you for explaining.
Of course! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I unfortunately couldnt fully pay attention to the movie so this analysis was SOOO helpful and makes me want to rewatch it
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
The premise is stated in the last meeting between Alejandro and Kate; "this is the land of wolves now." The Sicarii were not legal entities, but were fighting a just war. There are no "illegal moves" in a street fight when your life is on the line. The same is true when facing an enemy who knows no rules. You either die fighting by the rules, or you overcome and survive.
Yeah, and then the question becomes: Are Matt and the agency actually fighting a just war? In this case, if it’s avenging Alejandro’s family, the answer is a probable “yes” (even though he murders women and children, which is going too far into an “eye for an eye”). BUT, if we’re talking about the agency taking down one cartel only to reinstate the Medellin Cartel… that gets a little dicier. Excellent point!
@@HowStoriesWork Good point... But as Matt says, "...until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that shit, order's the best we can hope for." The US has not the political will to go to war with Mexico or those citizens who are the cause of the market. In the face of that, "order's the best we can hope for," and, to the majority of both American and Mexicans, order, instead of the chaos and death they currently face, is probably about as just a goal as can be hoped for.
100%. That’s what makes the film so powerful. The concept of how the individual perspective (Kate’s) can’t accept the need for this gray area, whereas the overall system must do something and the gray area is the “best” solution that can currently be found. Really great stuff!
great video! thank you. Also your No Vacancy trailer looks great
Thank you so much for the comment! Can’t wait to release the entire film. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know!
It’ll be in theatres?
10/10 explanation
Thank you! I appreciate the comment!
Awesome breakdown!
Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Love this!
Thanks, Joth! I enjoy doing these because it gives me a chance to really study the film in depth. Thanks for watching!
Great analysis of my favorite movie! 😃 I actually never caught that Guillermo Diaz was nothing but "a gift" to Alejandro from his friend - and that Matt never cared about his "potential intel" because they already had enough to go on and verify said intel - later. BUT that killing/torturing/imprisoning Guillermo Diaz -> Was PART of shaking Manuel Diaz's tree.
= Like a "buy 2, get 1 free" special deal 😅😂 And I think Matt Graver would actually call it just that in his completely casual mood.
- However I did THINK I caught you in a mistake as well: 12:45 - you call Fausto Alarcon the TOP DOG which it's said that he is not. Back at the first inter Agency meeting, they called him the number 3. guy (or believed to be) and in the second Sicario movie, the girl Reyes knew of "The grieving lawyer" from her father who was ranked higher than Alarcon.
= I think I'm right on that one, but it IS a bit hard to remember everything exactly as it was said (or written) so I may still be wrong 😃
That makes sense. I feel like Matt calls him something like that in the meeting… but it’s been a while since I studied the film. Even knowing how the real cartels work, in that the guys at the top are SUPER undercover, it would make sense that Alarcon isn’t the apex. But maybe Matt and the inter-agency team are referring to him that way as he’s the target? I’d have to go back and verify that, though.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I’ve been asked to do a video on Day of the Soldado, so stay tuned for that one!
@@HowStoriesWork No it was the guy looked like Bart Simpson had grown up who called him the 3rd guy 🙂 Irrelevant detail though.
Uhh I'd love to see you do Day of the Soldado! So looking forward to it 😁
The Medellin Cartel was the organisation created by none other than Pablo Escobar, considered to be the original cartel that everyone else that has come after(like Sinaloa) wants to emulate.
Just a little info that helps viewers understand the weight behind the word "Medellin".
Facts. Thanks for the comment!
Can u do a day of soldado video just like this?
Yes! I need to. Another viewer also asked for one. I have two other ones coming out before then, but I’m definitely interested in doing one on Day of the Soldado!
@HowStoriesWork Ok, thanks!!
“We have to play it by the book.” Said by every loser of any conflict in history.
This is an excellent point. And a sad, but true one. Which is so wild. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Do the new one please thanks
I definitely need to revisit that one! Thanks for the suggestion!
Jay sicario😂
LOL - I can neither confirm nor deny being one. (I’m definitely not one). 🤣🤣🤣
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