Review: Sicario (Hinckley Times)
Before Denis Villeneuve takes charge of the sequel to Blade Runner, the talented director dazzles with this edge-of-seat assault on unbitten nails, glimpsing America’s war on drugs through the eyes of a ballsy FBI agent, who is naive about the full extent of her government’s covert activities.
Sicario, which translates as hitman in Spanish, is tautly paced and expertly scripted.
Desperation drips like rivulets of sweat from every expertly crafted frame and Villeneuve heightens our discomfort with thrillingly orchestrated action set pieces including a mesmerising finale that exposes sins under cover of darkness using night vision and thermal imaging cameras.
