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| Posted: Sicario (the Spanish word for hitman), the first English-language film by French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, landed like a hand grenade in a festival that had dropped down a pace or two after the explosive Fury Road. Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro and shot by Coens collaborator Roger Deakins this gripping narco-thriller plays out like a mix of Oliver Stone’s Salvador with a dash of Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, but with a voice of its own. Blunt is the ostensible star, playing Kate Macy, a kidnap-situation specialist who is recruited by Brolin’s funky CIA agent Matt to help with a special ops mission down in Mexico. Kate is concerned at first but soon agrees, believing she is serving her country in the war on drugs. Before too long, however, it becomes clear that agent Matt has a far more sinister agenda and that Kate isn’t simply valuable to the mission for her capability. Kate isn’t reassured by the presence of mysteriou... |
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