As much as I love Del Toro, and he delivers a strong performance here, his mysterious Alejandro wasn't necessary for this go around. border secure, the film also falls back on characters and scenarios we either already saw before or just wasn't worth exploring. While it teases a larger world of counter-terrorism and the murky side of the global efforts to keep the U.S. Taylor Sheridan returned for writing duties with Stefano Sollima stepping into the director's chair. Sicario: Day of Soldado is at equal times the sequel we want to see but ultimately the one we don't need. I would keep coming back to for repeat viewings for years to come regardless if I felt the story was complete or not. It was a smart action film with colorful characters that I wouldn't mind seeing in another adventure, but I didn't need to. In a lot of ways, it left me feeling like I did when I came out of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It took you on a journey into a world you likely don't know while raising interesting ideas for you to brood over as the credits rolled. A thinking man's action movie, it brought the bullets and bloodshed while also providing strong characters with complex motivations. Let me preface this review by stating Sicario, for me, was a five outta five flick. But after the kidnapping of a cartel boss' daughter (Isabela Moner) goes sideways, the allegiance between Alejandro and Graves will be stressed to the breaking point. Bringing in his right-hand assassin Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), they light the spark that will ignite a powder keg. As a man who has done his fair share of dirty work, he's the perfect man to turn the cartels against each other and start a war. With the cartels now designated as terrorist organizations, the President and his Secretary of Defense (Matthew Modine) need someone who knows how to fight dirty. Mexican drug cartels are offering Isis terrorists safe passage into the United States.
The war on terror has opened a new front.
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