Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

The Worst Film Ever

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Sicario Day of the Soldado had standards hard to beat, and we are talking about Denis Villeneuve standards. So does it even graze it? Fortunately, yes. The series that kickstarted in 2015 with the first installment has not been lost yet thanks to Taylor Sheridan who has once again taken the story forward by writing an absolute beauty. Sadly this movie is less on the action front as was promoted via trailers, but if you have a good solid fortified story in the front seat, petty things like that hardly matter. The politics in Sicario Day of the Soldado is high on dope and the capricious behavior of government is simply frustrating. You almost get an idea of how the government works, how it doesn't flinch whilst taking bold decisions and then how it becomes terrified trying to see it all the way through. You fathom that even the people who actually get the job done, happen to be nothing but tiny specks who don't matter to a comfy sprawled up system. Unfortunately, it works the same in every enclave of life. You go anywhere, that's how the world rolls today. You don't have a say in anything if you are not at the top of the chain. All you can do is suggest your ideas, put forth things to keep the engine of life rolling, but even if somebody at the highest notch wishes to listen, you are tightly bound to a single order. One word and everything that you have so carefully built will fall like dominoes. Everything boils down to just one man's command who will do anything to save his name. Sicario Day of the Soldado leverages that quotient effectively and depicts men trapped under decisions. It shows how brave men crumble even when they are at the top of their game. Direction and Plot of Sicario Day of the Soldado (Spoilers) The direction of Sicario Day of the Soldado by Stefano Sollima turned out to be surprisingly good if not matching the levels of Denis. That brings to mind the glorious depiction of an ambush from the perspective of a little girl inside a van. Not for once do we see a theatrical glorification of the men shooting at the convoy. It is like living a tale from your very own perspective. There are no faces to evil. From the vantage of a girl every man with a gun is. It is one of the most powerful scenes from the movie. Sollima is great with building up. He becomes successful in creating some real tension. When you see your hero trapped in a situation, you are constantly feeling that mind-numbing blow in your heart, scanning tiny moves by the enemy. You are constantly rooting for him to escape a tight situation. If a director is able to create that thrilling nail-biting moment without giving away what's going to happen, he has managed to rivet you in a trance. That's what happens here. Stefano Sollima is also unafraid of depicting gore. Blood is not splattered all across the movie since a lot of areas are left to the viewer's imagination. But when it is an absolute necessity there is no doubt aplenty. The Story This sequel explores US's involvement once again on Mexico's soil after a tragic bombing occurs in a mall in Kansas City. As a comeback bid, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) is put on a mission to use extreme measures against those suspected to transport terrorists from Mexico. In comes Alejandro Gillick (Benicio Del Toro) who is hired to start a war between cartels. Matt Graver: You gonna help us start a war. Alejandro: With who? Matt Graver: With everyone. Alejandro then slays a crooked lawyer of Matamoros cartel in a theatrical display of wrath. Later the team nabs Isabel Reyes (Isabela Moner), the daughter of a kingpin of their rivals to piss them off. They stage a rescue with the help of DEA, to plant the idea that she was kidnapped by her father's enemies. Their mission is to escort her back to Mexico but to hand her over to her father's rivals so as to inflame the strain. The team gets ambushed by Mexican police as Isabel escapes amid havoc. That's where Alejandro parts with Graver and decides to pursue Isabel alone. The US Government figures out that they messed up since two of the suicide bombers were actually US citizens and were not smuggled in as were preconceived. The mission to mess with the cartels is aborted at once and Graver is asked to erase everything that could link their involvement. Meaning even Isabel is to be executed. I could throw a stick across the river and hit fifty grieving fathers. Saying No On being ordered to do so, Gillick refuses thereby turning rogue. Disguised as illegal immigrants Gillick and Isabel try to enter the US as Graver and his team tries to hunt them down in Mexico. One of the best conversations happens when not a word is spoken. It is aced by a power pack performance by Bruno Bichir's character of a deaf person. Gillick and Isabel bump into him as the former uses sign language to speak to him. In a world of chaos where nobody trusts anyone, the poor old deaf man comes as a blessing

Soldado is a solid follow up to the original. With Emily Blunt's absense, Del Toro and Brolin get increased screen time, and they carry the movie on their soldiers. The opening sequences are intense and hard to watch, and it's the overwhelming intensity that makes this movie one heck of a ride.Sollima does a solid job doing a Villeneuve impersonation. There is very similar cinematography making this movie feel like the first one, however it's a very different movie. The suspense of particular scenes is on par if not greater than the original. The action is turned up in this one and more brutal. This makes the movie it's own movie. I don't understand a lot of the negative reviews. It's a solid movie in its own right. Some people feel liked the ending was stupid and ruined the movie and too me, the ending is what make this an 8 instead of a 10. I think if they had changed it and a certain character stayed the way he was, it could have been an interesting take and shown true consequences for the life of a sicario, but then they couldn't set up a sequel. Positives- Del freaking Toro Increased screen time for Brolin. More great action scenes Better story. Solid soundtrack More stakes than the originalNegatives- Feels like it relies on the first one to justify its existence The ending 8/10

It didn't feel there was as much action as in the first one . a bit draggy at times . no head dizzying cg . plenty of senseless killing . a nice set up for the next episode . hopefully it will be well directed .

If all you are interested in is brainless action and violence then this is the movie for you. But from a technical perspective this movie made absolutely no since. The story line was very flawed. And the editing was atrocious. It was so poorly thrown together I spent the movie looking for the mistakes. And in the end I left the theater. embarrassed for anyone associated with making this piece of garbage.