Analysis Of Sicario

Sicario is a 2015 film starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. The movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve and is a realistic take on the war against drugs on the border of US and Mexico. In many aspects this is a perfect movie: editing, acting, movement, photography and sound. Though the story is nothing to write home about, the subject matter remains serious enough to write to Obama about. As crucial as it is to win the war on drugs the movie does a great job at showing the dark underbelly of the US secret operations. Not everything is done by the books and the events that do make it onto the news may be a glossy fabrication of propaganda. The story does not have major plot twists or jaw dropping story elements and that is what makes it grounded. The plot understands what it is and makes room for the real hooks of the movie. Right off the bat, the acting in this movie is amazing. Many of the actors in

For example, in Argo, a movies based on real events, there is some interwoven American propaganda about how the mission was so smart and brave. The movie also criminalizes the Middle Easterns to a fault by not really showing their motives. Meanwhile, The Revenant, also based on real events, is constantly bogged down with supernatural images and flashes of a “higher” journey that can make the story convoluted. And though the character of Hugh Glass may have been religious or supernatural, the visions feel out of place in an otherwise brutally realistic film. Both movies I mentioned have won Oscars and are great films in their own right. However, they have issues that makes someone double take or doubt an otherwise great film. Sicario, has seemingly learned from these mistakes and has strayed clear of such obstacles by exhibiting an entirely boots on the ground approach to a frequently discussed and dramatized