It's a good thing that "Sicario" is often cited as the best Denis Villeneuve movies, seeing as the director, cast, and crew apparently risked their lives to make it. Imagine putting yourself through life-threatening situations just to witness the poor reviews roll in and the almighty Tomatometer bestow an abject splat upon your film. Thankfully, "Sicario" currently stands at a muscular 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the third highest-rated of Villeneuve's films on the website, behind "Arrival" and "Dune: Part Two."
But without "Sicario," those other two blockbusters arguably wouldn't exist. This was the movie that established Villeneuve as a director capable of balancing human drama with large-scale action and set him on a course to shepherd the big-budget movies he's now known for. As "Dune: Part Two" crosses box office milestone after box office milestone, "Sicario" still stands as the movie that made it all possible.
As such,...
But without "Sicario," those other two blockbusters arguably wouldn't exist. This was the movie that established Villeneuve as a director capable of balancing human drama with large-scale action and set him on a course to shepherd the big-budget movies he's now known for. As "Dune: Part Two" crosses box office milestone after box office milestone, "Sicario" still stands as the movie that made it all possible.
As such,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Denis Villeneuve At Worldwide Box Office (Photo Credit – Facebook/IMDb)
Denis Villeneauve’s Dune: Part Two is about to hit the screens in just a few days, and this month, the first part was re-released in the theatres. The film has done well again, adding a few more million to its global collections. But besides the Dune franchise, Villeneuve has done other films as well, and today, we have brought to you a least to the best-ranked list of his movies, per their global collections.
The French-Canadian filmmaker is known for his sci-fi movies like Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, and more. He received an Oscar nomination as a director for his film Arrival. In 2021, his movie Dune came out with Timothee Chalamet in the lead role, winning six Academy Awards, including Best Sound and Visual Effects. The sequel’s early reviews have been positive, and the critics only praise it.
Denis Villeneauve’s Dune: Part Two is about to hit the screens in just a few days, and this month, the first part was re-released in the theatres. The film has done well again, adding a few more million to its global collections. But besides the Dune franchise, Villeneuve has done other films as well, and today, we have brought to you a least to the best-ranked list of his movies, per their global collections.
The French-Canadian filmmaker is known for his sci-fi movies like Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, and more. He received an Oscar nomination as a director for his film Arrival. In 2021, his movie Dune came out with Timothee Chalamet in the lead role, winning six Academy Awards, including Best Sound and Visual Effects. The sequel’s early reviews have been positive, and the critics only praise it.
- 2/20/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Isabela Merced was already one of the industry’s most sought-after young actors, and then she went on an unparalleled casting streak that includes the likes of Madame Web, Alien: Romulus, Superman: Legacy and The Last of Us season two. She also has her second John Green adaptation, Turtles All the Way Down, releasing this spring, and it happens to be the performance she’s most proud of to date.
On Feb. 14, Merced returns to the big screen in Sj Clarkson’s Madame Web, as her character, Anya Corazon, is one of three future Spider-Women that Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson) must protect from baddie Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) and his premonition that they’re all responsible for his eventual death. Anya’s Spider-Woman alter ego is named Araña, and due to Cassie’s clairvoyant visions, Merced, along with Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor, had to perform multiple different versions...
On Feb. 14, Merced returns to the big screen in Sj Clarkson’s Madame Web, as her character, Anya Corazon, is one of three future Spider-Women that Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson) must protect from baddie Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) and his premonition that they’re all responsible for his eventual death. Anya’s Spider-Woman alter ego is named Araña, and due to Cassie’s clairvoyant visions, Merced, along with Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor, had to perform multiple different versions...
- 2/12/2024
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You might recognize Taylor Sheridan from his role as David Hale on "Sons of Anarchy" or Travis Wheatley in Paramount+'s "Yellowstone," but the actor's work on screen is arguably not as impressive as the stacked résumé of films and television shows that he has written.
Sheridan began acting in the 1990s and took on a number of small roles in various TV shows and movies throughout the remainder of the decade into the 2000s. But his career as an actor never quite took off, which is when he discovered his talent and passion for screenwriting. After writing the pilot for "Mayor of Kingstown" in 2011, he knew that's exactly what he was meant to do. "I was a fair actor, but that's all I was ever going to be," Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter in a June 2023 interview. "Hollywood will tell you what you're supposed to do if you listen.
Sheridan began acting in the 1990s and took on a number of small roles in various TV shows and movies throughout the remainder of the decade into the 2000s. But his career as an actor never quite took off, which is when he discovered his talent and passion for screenwriting. After writing the pilot for "Mayor of Kingstown" in 2011, he knew that's exactly what he was meant to do. "I was a fair actor, but that's all I was ever going to be," Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter in a June 2023 interview. "Hollywood will tell you what you're supposed to do if you listen.
- 11/3/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin are keen to return for 'Sicario 3'.Producers Molly Smith and Thad Luckinbill have revealed that they are planning to bring the trio back for the third movie in the action franchise, even though Blunt's FBI Special Agent Kate Macer did not feature in the 2018 sequel 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado'.Speaking to Collider, Molly said: "Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we've got a great story to tell... Benicio, by nature of just working with us most recently, has been probably the closest to it at the moment."But we're keeping all the talent informed. They've stayed close to it. Like Trent said, the strike has just slowed us down a bit on this last draft, but I think everybody is very excited. Everyone sort of knows the framework of the...
- 10/30/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Now that we know that Sicario 3 is as close as ever to happening, producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill are hoping – just as much as fans – to bring back the original three stars from the 2015 original, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin and Emily Blunt.
Speaking with Collider, Smith stated that a primary goal for Sicario 3 is to bring back the trio, although only one of whom is considered close to the project at this point. “Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we’ve got a great story to tell…Benicio, by nature of just working with us most recently, has been probably the closest to it at the moment.”
Still, those behind Sicario 3 are keeping the aforementioned stars abreast, despite the roadblocks that the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and the recently settled WGA strike set in place. “But we’re keeping all the talent informed.
Speaking with Collider, Smith stated that a primary goal for Sicario 3 is to bring back the trio, although only one of whom is considered close to the project at this point. “Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we’ve got a great story to tell…Benicio, by nature of just working with us most recently, has been probably the closest to it at the moment.”
Still, those behind Sicario 3 are keeping the aforementioned stars abreast, despite the roadblocks that the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and the recently settled WGA strike set in place. “But we’re keeping all the talent informed.
- 10/29/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
A third "Sicario" movie still seems to be in the works, and according to an interview producers recently gave Collider, there's a good chance it'll get the original band back together. Producers Trent Luckinbill and Molly Smith spoke to the outlet about the potential third film, revealing that their idea for it involves not just Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin's characters (who both appeared in the less fully embraced sequel "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" in 2018), but also Emily Blunt's, who hasn't been seen since the 2015 original.
"Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we've got a great story to tell," Smith told Collider. The last time audiences saw Blunt's FBI special agent Kate Macer, she was mulling over the idea of killing Del Toro's Alejandro, a CIA-trained assassin who oversaw the team's cartel-catching mission and went...
"Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we've got a great story to tell," Smith told Collider. The last time audiences saw Blunt's FBI special agent Kate Macer, she was mulling over the idea of killing Del Toro's Alejandro, a CIA-trained assassin who oversaw the team's cartel-catching mission and went...
- 10/28/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
It’s been five years since the release of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, but fans are still waiting for Sicario 3 to come around and complete the trilogy. While some haven’t been optimistic that it will happen, including franchise star Josh Brolin, others are more hopeful.
In fact, Sicario producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill recently told THR that Sicario 3 is “very close” to happening.
“We’re very close,” Smith said. “As Trent just mentioned, it’s one of the projects where we’re ready to put the train on the tracks as soon as the strike ends and our path is cleared. So we’re very excited to get that whole band back together. Taylor [Sheridan] always envisioned it as a trilogy, so we have to close it out right. There’s no point in making it unless we can do justice to the true fans of Sicario.
In fact, Sicario producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill recently told THR that Sicario 3 is “very close” to happening.
“We’re very close,” Smith said. “As Trent just mentioned, it’s one of the projects where we’re ready to put the train on the tracks as soon as the strike ends and our path is cleared. So we’re very excited to get that whole band back together. Taylor [Sheridan] always envisioned it as a trilogy, so we have to close it out right. There’s no point in making it unless we can do justice to the true fans of Sicario.
- 9/28/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The Sicario series has been one of the most acclaimed and successful action-thrillers of the past decade, with its gritty and realistic depiction of the drug war at the U.S.-Mexico border. The first film, released in 2015, introduced us to the complex and ruthless characters of Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro), a former Mexican prosecutor turned CIA assassin, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), a CIA officer who recruits Alejandro for his covert missions, and Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), an FBI agent who gets caught up in their dangerous operation. The sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, released in 2018, followed Alejandro and Matt as they tried to start a war between rival cartels by kidnapping the daughter of a kingpin, only to face betrayal and moral dilemmas along the way.
Fans of the franchise have been eagerly waiting for news about the third film, and now we have some exciting updates...
Fans of the franchise have been eagerly waiting for news about the third film, and now we have some exciting updates...
- 9/25/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
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The Location Managers Guild International has unveiled the winners of its eight annual Lmgi Awards, with Warner Bros.’ drama Judas and the Black Messiah and its Christopher Nolan blockbuster Tenet among a list that also included Netflix’s The Crown, Lupin & The Queen’s Gambit.
Judas was recognized with the award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Feature Film, with Tenet recognized for its Contemporary Feature Locations. The Crown Season 4 received the award for Period TV Locations, with Lupin taking that for Contemporary TV Locations, and The Queen’s Gambit being recognized in the category of TV Serial Program, Anthology or Limited Series Locations.
Additional awards went to the teams behind Apple Watch commercial “It Already Does That” (Outstanding Locations in a Commercial) and The Savannah Regional Film Commission (Outstanding Film Commission), with the latter recognized for its work on Amazon’s The Underground Railroad. Then, there were the Lmgi’s four honorary awards,...
Judas was recognized with the award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Feature Film, with Tenet recognized for its Contemporary Feature Locations. The Crown Season 4 received the award for Period TV Locations, with Lupin taking that for Contemporary TV Locations, and The Queen’s Gambit being recognized in the category of TV Serial Program, Anthology or Limited Series Locations.
Additional awards went to the teams behind Apple Watch commercial “It Already Does That” (Outstanding Locations in a Commercial) and The Savannah Regional Film Commission (Outstanding Film Commission), with the latter recognized for its work on Amazon’s The Underground Railroad. Then, there were the Lmgi’s four honorary awards,...
- 10/23/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
To mark the release of Sicario 2: Soldado on 29th October, we’ve been given 5 copies to give away on DVD.
In Sicario 2: Soldado, the merciless drug war reaches new extremes as cartels begin trafficking terrorists across the Us-Mexican border, pushing law enforcement to the brink of morality in order to end the terror.
When the Us government begins to suspect that cartels are trafficking terrorists across the border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious hitman Alejandro to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the wanted kingpin’s daughter (Isabela Moner; Transformers: The Last Knight) to inflame the conflict, but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will divide the two men and push them to question what they are fighting for.
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In Sicario 2: Soldado, the merciless drug war reaches new extremes as cartels begin trafficking terrorists across the Us-Mexican border, pushing law enforcement to the brink of morality in order to end the terror.
When the Us government begins to suspect that cartels are trafficking terrorists across the border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious hitman Alejandro to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the wanted kingpin’s daughter (Isabela Moner; Transformers: The Last Knight) to inflame the conflict, but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will divide the two men and push them to question what they are fighting for.
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- 10/26/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With Sicario: Day of The Soldado, director Stefano Sollima roughened the edges of screenwriter Taylor Sheridan‘s potential trilogy. With Kate Macy (Emily Blunt) no longer around, Sollima felt Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) and Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) unleashed naturally meant things would turn bleaker. A crowd-pleasing thriller Sollima’s sequel is not, and nor should it be. It’s a suitably bleak […]
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- 10/20/2018
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Sicario: Day of the Soldado, headlined by Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin, hits 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD October 2nd via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
This time out CIA operative Matt Graver (Brolin) is given the green light to wage war against Mexican drug cartels who may be responsible for smuggling terrorists across [...]
The post ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Hits Blu-Ray In September appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
This time out CIA operative Matt Graver (Brolin) is given the green light to wage war against Mexican drug cartels who may be responsible for smuggling terrorists across [...]
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- 8/20/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
As if you haven't seen Josh Brolin enough on the big screen this summer, here he is again for the 4th of July ... getting his cornhole on with pro surfing legend Laird Hamilton. The actor -- who's been in 3 blockbusters so far this year -- was out at a beach in Malibu Wednesday celebrating Independence Day with a good old-fashioned game of throw-this-sack-in-that-hole. Based on how damn happy he looks, we're guessing he scored well.
- 7/5/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Despite Taylor Sheridan’s script seeming like a dead cert for success, director Denis Villeneuve was racked with doubt when he was directing 2015’s Sicario.
The story of a Emily Blunt’s FBI agent, Kate Macer, caught up in a secret war between the Us government and the Mexican drug cartels certainly seemed appealing, but Villeneuve wasn’t in it to make a safe, studio action flick.
Instead, for Villeneuve, less was more. The cartels were far more sinister as they hid beneath the surface of the story (few Sicarios appeared on screen) and the good guys were painted in shades of grey. Even the car chase took place in a traffic jam.
With Villeneuve doing his thing, he was unsure that audiences would respond. A strong box office performance ensured opportunity, while the depth of the world he and Sheridan had created meant a sequel was most welcome.
With...
The story of a Emily Blunt’s FBI agent, Kate Macer, caught up in a secret war between the Us government and the Mexican drug cartels certainly seemed appealing, but Villeneuve wasn’t in it to make a safe, studio action flick.
Instead, for Villeneuve, less was more. The cartels were far more sinister as they hid beneath the surface of the story (few Sicarios appeared on screen) and the good guys were painted in shades of grey. Even the car chase took place in a traffic jam.
With Villeneuve doing his thing, he was unsure that audiences would respond. A strong box office performance ensured opportunity, while the depth of the world he and Sheridan had created meant a sequel was most welcome.
With...
- 7/3/2018
- by Richard Phippen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Update, Writethru: Make it four in a row for Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and its dino-might atop the international box office. In 68 markets, the Ja Bayona-helmed sequel grossed $56.1M this weekend to take the overseas cume to $667.6M. That lifts the global gobble to $932.4M with the $1B milestone in stomping distance.
Jwfk saw an overall 50% offshore drop in the 4th session, and in several markets is seeing similar or stronger holds compared to 2015’s Jurassic World — folks just love dinosaurs, and international rollout on the classic franchise’s latest entry was set across a prime piece of the calendar’s real estate.
While it won’t (and wasn’t expected to) beat the previous film overall, Jwfk in its 3rd China weekend grossed $15M to bring the Middle Kingdom total to $237.1M — topping Jw‘s take. However, T-Rex stepped into the No. 2 position for the frame there,...
Jwfk saw an overall 50% offshore drop in the 4th session, and in several markets is seeing similar or stronger holds compared to 2015’s Jurassic World — folks just love dinosaurs, and international rollout on the classic franchise’s latest entry was set across a prime piece of the calendar’s real estate.
While it won’t (and wasn’t expected to) beat the previous film overall, Jwfk in its 3rd China weekend grossed $15M to bring the Middle Kingdom total to $237.1M — topping Jw‘s take. However, T-Rex stepped into the No. 2 position for the frame there,...
- 7/1/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Why wasn’t Emily Blunt’s “Sicario” character, FBI agent Kate Macer, brought back for its sequel, “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” which opened this weekend? Director Stefano Sollima said she was the moral compass for the film, which wasn’t his vision for “Soldado.”
“Emily Blunt is an amazing actress, but her role was sort of a moral guidance for the audience,” Sollima told Business Insider. “In ‘Soldado,’ we don’t have that. This is closer to my vision of storytelling. I prefer not to have a moral guidance for the audience.”
Sollima’s words somewhat echo what writer Taylor Sheridan told TheWrap two years ago while he was writing “Soldado,” saying that he couldn’t think of a reason to keep Macer in the sequel and that her story had already been fully told.
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“Emily Blunt is an amazing actress, but her role was sort of a moral guidance for the audience,” Sollima told Business Insider. “In ‘Soldado,’ we don’t have that. This is closer to my vision of storytelling. I prefer not to have a moral guidance for the audience.”
Sollima’s words somewhat echo what writer Taylor Sheridan told TheWrap two years ago while he was writing “Soldado,” saying that he couldn’t think of a reason to keep Macer in the sequel and that her story had already been fully told.
Also Read: 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Stays Atop Box Office With $60 Million...
- 7/1/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Chicago – We don’t really know what is going on at the Mexican border, nor if we’re lucky understand the desperation in crossing over. “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is a cynical and sad film, but gives a bit of perspective on the this ongoing situation, especially as it deflates the current presidential administration.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
This is not a direct sequel to 2015’s “Sicario,” but it does include a couple of characters from that film, portrayed by Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. Stefano Sollima takes the director reins from Denis Villeneuve and original film writer Taylor Sheridan again formulates the tale. The story is a pretty bitter pill, with a border standoff that is manufactured by the U.S., and border crossing teams that trades upon a need for souls seeking a new life in exchange for cold hard cash. There is an odd journey for the character portrayed by Isabela Moner,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
This is not a direct sequel to 2015’s “Sicario,” but it does include a couple of characters from that film, portrayed by Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. Stefano Sollima takes the director reins from Denis Villeneuve and original film writer Taylor Sheridan again formulates the tale. The story is a pretty bitter pill, with a border standoff that is manufactured by the U.S., and border crossing teams that trades upon a need for souls seeking a new life in exchange for cold hard cash. There is an odd journey for the character portrayed by Isabela Moner,...
- 6/30/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“Day of the Soldado” couldn’t be timelier during this “zero-tolerance” escalation of the immigration crisis, in which children are separated from their parents. Only the “Sicario” sequel from Italian director Steffano Sollima (also scripted by Taylor Sheridan) is somehow creepier and more disturbing than Denis Villeneuve’s original crime thriller.
It conjures a situation in which the Mexican drug cartels have taken to human trafficking, which reunites CIA operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) with hit man Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) after the suicide bombing of a shopping mall. Their mission is to take down the Mexican drug cartels suspected of smuggling the terrorists.
The plan: kidnap Isabela (Isabela Moner), the teenage daughter of the kingpin who killed Gillick’s family, and incite a war between the cartels. But when the plan goes awry and Graver is ordered to kill Gillick and the girl, the hitman has a surprising change of conscience.
It conjures a situation in which the Mexican drug cartels have taken to human trafficking, which reunites CIA operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) with hit man Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) after the suicide bombing of a shopping mall. Their mission is to take down the Mexican drug cartels suspected of smuggling the terrorists.
The plan: kidnap Isabela (Isabela Moner), the teenage daughter of the kingpin who killed Gillick’s family, and incite a war between the cartels. But when the plan goes awry and Graver is ordered to kill Gillick and the girl, the hitman has a surprising change of conscience.
- 6/29/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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“Sicario” means a hitman in Mexico, and the U.S.-Mexico border is the setting for the violent thriller Sicario 2 Day Of The Soldado. In the original 2015 film Sicario, a local policewoman played by Emily Blunt teams with a federal agent (Josh Brolin) and his hired Mexican hitman (Benicio Del Toro) to assassinate a Mexican drug lord, in an effort to gain control of the cartels. In Sicario 2 Day Of The Soldado, the federal government is worried that drug cartels’ new lucrative business, trafficking people illegally over the U.S.- Mexico border, now includes terrorists and Brolin and Del Toro take on a new mission...
“Sicario” means a hitman in Mexico, and the U.S.-Mexico border is the setting for the violent thriller Sicario 2 Day Of The Soldado. In the original 2015 film Sicario, a local policewoman played by Emily Blunt teams with a federal agent (Josh Brolin) and his hired Mexican hitman (Benicio Del Toro) to assassinate a Mexican drug lord, in an effort to gain control of the cartels. In Sicario 2 Day Of The Soldado, the federal government is worried that drug cartels’ new lucrative business, trafficking people illegally over the U.S.- Mexico border, now includes terrorists and Brolin and Del Toro take on a new mission...
- 6/29/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In spite of its laborious title, Sicario: Day of the Soldado barrels through with an almost alarming simplicity. Taylor Sheridan’s follow-up script to the 2015 sleeper hit runs with efficiency, but lacks nuance. The film (now helmed by Stefano Sollima) boils itself down to assuredly taut action sequences and a pair of effortless performances from the two returning leads, but the four missing tenets of Denis Villeneuve, Emily Blunt, Roger Deakins, and Jóhann Jóhannsson leave an absence as stark as the film’s desert landscapes.
After leaving us in a “land of wolves” back in 2015, Soldado opens in a semi-fictional world only slightly more tolerable than the one we currently inhabit. After a botched border crossing, and harrowing suicide bombing — both perpetrated by Isis, with the aid of Mexican cartels — the film appears to check the boxes of “dangerous outsiders” coming just shy of fear-mongering. Cue the return of Matt Graver,...
After leaving us in a “land of wolves” back in 2015, Soldado opens in a semi-fictional world only slightly more tolerable than the one we currently inhabit. After a botched border crossing, and harrowing suicide bombing — both perpetrated by Isis, with the aid of Mexican cartels — the film appears to check the boxes of “dangerous outsiders” coming just shy of fear-mongering. Cue the return of Matt Graver,...
- 6/29/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Stars: Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner, Elijah Rodriguez, Catherine Keener, Matthew Modine | Written by Taylor Sheridan | Directed by Stefano Sollima
2015’s Sicario was the film that elevated its director Denis Villenueve and got him the Blade Runner gig. Relentlessly grim and sometimes frustratingly evasive, it might not have functioned brilliantly as an informative exploration of real-world tensions, but as an exercise in unbearable tension and greytone morality, it did the job. What it certainly didn’t do is cry out for a sequel. But three years later, here we are.
After opening titles which make it very clear this is not about economic migration but cartel-controlled trafficking, the film opens with a truly shocking suicide bombing in a Us supermarket – a scene which is wryly followed by Secretary of State James Riley (Matthew Modine) publicly stating that terrorism won’t terrify the American people.
Riley brings in Matt Graver...
2015’s Sicario was the film that elevated its director Denis Villenueve and got him the Blade Runner gig. Relentlessly grim and sometimes frustratingly evasive, it might not have functioned brilliantly as an informative exploration of real-world tensions, but as an exercise in unbearable tension and greytone morality, it did the job. What it certainly didn’t do is cry out for a sequel. But three years later, here we are.
After opening titles which make it very clear this is not about economic migration but cartel-controlled trafficking, the film opens with a truly shocking suicide bombing in a Us supermarket – a scene which is wryly followed by Secretary of State James Riley (Matthew Modine) publicly stating that terrorism won’t terrify the American people.
Riley brings in Matt Graver...
- 6/29/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
by Chris Feil
That crowdsourced “fan” remake of The Last Jedi that made the rounds in the past week? The one rooted in thinly veiled misogyny, white supremacy, and general ill-advised sentiment to tool with material that’s perfectly fine on its own? Put yourself in front of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the new prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s layered 2015 film musing on the pervasive institutional evils of the War on Drugs, and you might be convinced that those fans got their hands on this narrative as well.
The warning signs make themselves known immediately, this time focusing on the more enigmatic men in the thick of the corruption: Josh Brolin’s task force leader Matt Graver and Benicio Del Toro’s patiently vengeful hitman Alejandro. Kicking the film off with a demonstratively labored Islamophobic sequence, the audience is served a video game brand of warfare as Graver and...
That crowdsourced “fan” remake of The Last Jedi that made the rounds in the past week? The one rooted in thinly veiled misogyny, white supremacy, and general ill-advised sentiment to tool with material that’s perfectly fine on its own? Put yourself in front of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the new prequel to Denis Villeneuve’s layered 2015 film musing on the pervasive institutional evils of the War on Drugs, and you might be convinced that those fans got their hands on this narrative as well.
The warning signs make themselves known immediately, this time focusing on the more enigmatic men in the thick of the corruption: Josh Brolin’s task force leader Matt Graver and Benicio Del Toro’s patiently vengeful hitman Alejandro. Kicking the film off with a demonstratively labored Islamophobic sequence, the audience is served a video game brand of warfare as Graver and...
- 6/29/2018
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Armored vehicles are rolling and tension is high in our exclusive, extended clip from Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Led by Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, the mission takes a sudden turn, coming under a fierce attack. When the dust settles, however, an urgent new mission presents itself. The film follows Alejandro (Del Toro) and Matt Graver (Brolin) as they continue to fight the vicious cartels that are now trafficking terrorists across the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Can they...
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- 6/28/2018
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Plot: After discovering that the cartels are helping smuggle terrorists across the border, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) is ordered to assemble his team, including Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) so that they can instigate a cartel war to destabilize the regimes. To that end, they kidnap the daughter (Isabela Moner) of a drug lord, framing a rival cartel, but the plan quickly goes awry. Review: Sicario was my pick... Read More...
- 6/28/2018
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
For starters, the follow-up to 2016's Sicario is not in the same essential-viewing category as the original – that's what happens when you remove inspired director Denis Villeneuve from the equation. Ditto actress Emily Blunt who humanized the original's covert drug action as a conflicted FBI field agent and is Awol here. Director Stefano Sollima, who made his bones on Italian TV (Gomorrah), has been brought in to stage a sequel filled with ultra-violence, which he's bloody good at – it's the moral undercurrents that elude him.
The good news is that bruising,...
The good news is that bruising,...
- 6/28/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Not every film needs a sequel or to be turned into a franchise, and although I was a big fan of Denis Villeneuve's Sicario, I didn't think that it needed the sequel treatment, but here we are. Sicario: Day Of The Soldado will hit theaters this Friday and finds Benicio del Toro's Alejandro Gillick and Josh Brolin's CIA agent Matt Graver joining forces in order to help start a war... Read More...
- 6/27/2018
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
As a very successful June at the box office comes to a close, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is expected to easily hold onto the No. 1 spot with an estimated $75 million second weekend; meanwhile Lionsgate’s “Uncle Drew” and Columbia’s “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” will try to carve out a decent return on their mid-level budgets.
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” which opens on 2500 screens this weekend, is the sequel to Denis Villeneuve and Taylor Sheridan’s critically acclaimed “Sicario,” which made $84 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. Though that’s not exactly the sign of a franchise starter, “John Wick” was made into a franchise over at Lionsgate, and that film had an $88 million total against a $20 million budget.
Also Read: 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' Film Review: Slick Sequel Ups the Violence But Loses the Point
What makes “Soldado” risky is that Benicio Del Toro...
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” which opens on 2500 screens this weekend, is the sequel to Denis Villeneuve and Taylor Sheridan’s critically acclaimed “Sicario,” which made $84 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. Though that’s not exactly the sign of a franchise starter, “John Wick” was made into a franchise over at Lionsgate, and that film had an $88 million total against a $20 million budget.
Also Read: 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' Film Review: Slick Sequel Ups the Violence But Loses the Point
What makes “Soldado” risky is that Benicio Del Toro...
- 6/27/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
As a fan of Sicario, even I was a bit surprised to hear about a sequel. Although, the fantastic Sicario: Day Of The Soldado tells us that they certainly had another story to tell. With the return of Alejandro (Benecio Del Toro) and Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), the new feature also introduces us to the very talented Isabela Moner who plays an integral part in this dark new chapter. Taylor Sheridan has delivered yet another suspenseful and intelligent script, while director... Read More...
- 6/27/2018
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Universal/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom stomped to an estimated $18.4 million yesterday, making it the second-best take for a live-action movie in June on a Tuesday, filing behind Jurassic World‘s $24.3M and ahead of Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman at $14.3M.
This weekend the J.A. Bayona-directed movie is poised to make $60M in its second frame, off 60%, but know that the dinosaurs will continue to own the box office through July 4 — until Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp arrives the following night July 5. Through five days, Fallen Kingdom has amassed $181.2M stateside.
Technically, Fallen Kingdom‘s Tuesday is the fourth best for the month, those titles ahead of it being largely animated pics. June’s top films on a Tuesday include Incredibles 2 ($27M last week on June 19), Jurassic World ($24.3M, June 16, 2015), and Finding Dory ($23.1M, June 21, 2016).
Last weekend, Fallen Kingdom came in $2M shy of...
This weekend the J.A. Bayona-directed movie is poised to make $60M in its second frame, off 60%, but know that the dinosaurs will continue to own the box office through July 4 — until Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp arrives the following night July 5. Through five days, Fallen Kingdom has amassed $181.2M stateside.
Technically, Fallen Kingdom‘s Tuesday is the fourth best for the month, those titles ahead of it being largely animated pics. June’s top films on a Tuesday include Incredibles 2 ($27M last week on June 19), Jurassic World ($24.3M, June 16, 2015), and Finding Dory ($23.1M, June 21, 2016).
Last weekend, Fallen Kingdom came in $2M shy of...
- 6/27/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Josh Brolin reprises the role of federal agent Matt Graver in his new movie, Sicario: Day of the Soldado. It’s the sequel to 2015’s Sicario, and even when he was making the original, there was talk of a second (and even third) installment. Brolin tells us he wasn’t sure it would ever be made, especially [...]
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- 6/27/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
We certainly didn’t need a sequel to Sicario. That top notch procedural worked quite well as a stand alone movie. Luckily, despite Sicario: Day of the Soldado being unnecessary, it’s also way better than it has any right to be. Opening this week, the film isn’t the shot of near brilliance that the first one was, but it definitely works. Having screenwriter Taylor Sheridan return to pen this sequel is a big shot in the arm, as the flick doesn’t have star Emily Blunt, cinematographer Roger Deakins, composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, and director Denis Villeneuve back for more. That below the line touch is missing, but this is still a movie that entertains while making you think. The film is, obviously, a sequel to Sicario. The IMDb plot synopsis is as follows: “The drug war on the Us-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the Us border.
- 6/26/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
There were apprehensions from fans of Sicario when they announced there would be a sequel. A change of director, composer and cinematographer, not to mention the lack of involvement from Emily Blunt, and all in all, it just didn’t sound like the best idea in the world. But there was something that did draw us in, that gave is hope the film could live up to its predecessor; Benicio del Toro.
We had the pleasure of meeting the man himself – though as you’ll soon be aware, we didn’t quite dress up for the occasion. Nonetheless, what transpired was an interesting chat with one of the world’s very best, as we discussed his own uncertainties regarding this sequel and what drew him in. He speaks about the levels of corruption in the world, researching characters of this nature, and we ask what it’s like to be...
We had the pleasure of meeting the man himself – though as you’ll soon be aware, we didn’t quite dress up for the occasion. Nonetheless, what transpired was an interesting chat with one of the world’s very best, as we discussed his own uncertainties regarding this sequel and what drew him in. He speaks about the levels of corruption in the world, researching characters of this nature, and we ask what it’s like to be...
- 6/26/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Ischia Global Film and Musical Festival will open on July 15 with the Italian premiere of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, starring Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin.
The film will screen in the festival's outdoor cinema, overlooking the Lacco Ameno Bay, at sunset.
The film opens June 29 in the U.S. but not until Oct. 18 in Italy. Soldado is the heavily anticipated sequel to the 2015 film Sicario.
In the middle of the drug war, the CIA sends Matt Graver (Brolin) to team up with former undercover operative Alejandro Gilick (del Toro) to kidnap ...
The film will screen in the festival's outdoor cinema, overlooking the Lacco Ameno Bay, at sunset.
The film opens June 29 in the U.S. but not until Oct. 18 in Italy. Soldado is the heavily anticipated sequel to the 2015 film Sicario.
In the middle of the drug war, the CIA sends Matt Graver (Brolin) to team up with former undercover operative Alejandro Gilick (del Toro) to kidnap ...
- 6/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Ischia Global Film and Musical Festival will open on July 15 with the Italian premiere of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, starring Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin.
The film will screen in the festival's outdoor cinema, overlooking the Lacco Ameno Bay, at sunset.
The film opens June 29 in the U.S. but not until Oct. 18 in Italy. Soldado is the heavily anticipated sequel to the 2015 film Sicario.
In the middle of the drug war, the CIA sends Matt Graver (Brolin) to team up with former undercover operative Alejandro Gilick (del Toro) to kidnap ...
The film will screen in the festival's outdoor cinema, overlooking the Lacco Ameno Bay, at sunset.
The film opens June 29 in the U.S. but not until Oct. 18 in Italy. Soldado is the heavily anticipated sequel to the 2015 film Sicario.
In the middle of the drug war, the CIA sends Matt Graver (Brolin) to team up with former undercover operative Alejandro Gilick (del Toro) to kidnap ...
- 6/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sicario: Day Of The Soldado will next week become the first indie to open day-and-date in Saudi Arabia since the 35-year movie theater ban was lifted. The follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s gritty 2015 Mexico-set action thriller is again scripted by Taylor Sheridan, with Gomorrah‘s Stefano Sollima directing.
Sony is distributing the Black Label/Thunder Road production domestically on June 29. In Saudi, Italia Film will release Sicario 2 at the AMC Theaters in Riyadh on June 28. Italia, which is Disney’s local sub-distributor, also released Marvel’s Black Panther which launched the break of the ban in April.
Saudi has largely been working with studio tentpole fare, but is quickly expanding the incoming slate. Paramount’s A Quiet Place recently scored a release in the market as the first title for the studio, and the first horror pic. That film was given a +15 certificate while Day Of The Soldado has an...
Sony is distributing the Black Label/Thunder Road production domestically on June 29. In Saudi, Italia Film will release Sicario 2 at the AMC Theaters in Riyadh on June 28. Italia, which is Disney’s local sub-distributor, also released Marvel’s Black Panther which launched the break of the ban in April.
Saudi has largely been working with studio tentpole fare, but is quickly expanding the incoming slate. Paramount’s A Quiet Place recently scored a release in the market as the first title for the studio, and the first horror pic. That film was given a +15 certificate while Day Of The Soldado has an...
- 6/22/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
When Texas-born actor-turned-writer Taylor Sheridan broke out with “Sicario” (2015) and “Hell or High Water” (2016), he hoped that the two markedly original screenplays would wind up as a trilogy of “the modern-day American frontier,” he told me. “When I write a movie, I write it for me. I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren’t that great, we can understand it.”
If “Wind River,” Sheridan’s 2017 directorial debut, was the third installment, then the next in the series arrives in theaters Friday: “Sicario: Day of the Soldado.” Columbia Pictures didn’t know quite what to expect when Sheridan handed in a finished script, written without studio input.
Sheridan said the first “Sicario” was “toxic” to financiers because, among other things, it had a female lead. “I wrote the Spanish dialogue without subtitles,” he said. “It was dark, the act structure didn’t make sense,...
If “Wind River,” Sheridan’s 2017 directorial debut, was the third installment, then the next in the series arrives in theaters Friday: “Sicario: Day of the Soldado.” Columbia Pictures didn’t know quite what to expect when Sheridan handed in a finished script, written without studio input.
Sheridan said the first “Sicario” was “toxic” to financiers because, among other things, it had a female lead. “I wrote the Spanish dialogue without subtitles,” he said. “It was dark, the act structure didn’t make sense,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Texas-born actor-turned-writer Taylor Sheridan broke out with “Sicario” (2015) and “Hell or High Water” (2016), he hoped that the two markedly original screenplays would wind up as a trilogy of “the modern-day American frontier,” he told me. “When I write a movie, I write it for me. I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren’t that great, we can understand it.”
If “Wind River,” Sheridan’s 2017 directorial debut, was the third installment, then the next in the series arrives in theaters Friday: “Sicario: Day of the Soldado.” Columbia Pictures didn’t know quite what to expect when Sheridan handed in a finished script, written without studio input.
Sheridan said the first “Sicario” was “toxic” to financiers because, among other things, it had a female lead. “I wrote the Spanish dialogue without subtitles,” he said. “It was dark, the act structure didn’t make sense,...
If “Wind River,” Sheridan’s 2017 directorial debut, was the third installment, then the next in the series arrives in theaters Friday: “Sicario: Day of the Soldado.” Columbia Pictures didn’t know quite what to expect when Sheridan handed in a finished script, written without studio input.
Sheridan said the first “Sicario” was “toxic” to financiers because, among other things, it had a female lead. “I wrote the Spanish dialogue without subtitles,” he said. “It was dark, the act structure didn’t make sense,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Welcome to “Playback,” a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you exclusive conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films.
Josh Brolin is having quite the moment. With marquee roles as the cosmic supervillain Thanos in “Avengers: Infinity War,” time-jumping cyborg soldier Cable in “Deadpool 2” and his first-ever reprise, as deep-state operative Matt Graver in “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” the Summer of Brolin is leaving the Oscar nominee feeling a touch exposed. But it’s the result of a career trajectory that has skyrocketed ever since the turning point of “No Country for Old Men” 11 years ago.
Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below. New episodes air every Thursday.
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“This sounds so lame but I’m glad it’s happening now and not [when I was younger],” the 50-year-old star says of his success. “I just wouldn’t have dealt well. There...
Josh Brolin is having quite the moment. With marquee roles as the cosmic supervillain Thanos in “Avengers: Infinity War,” time-jumping cyborg soldier Cable in “Deadpool 2” and his first-ever reprise, as deep-state operative Matt Graver in “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” the Summer of Brolin is leaving the Oscar nominee feeling a touch exposed. But it’s the result of a career trajectory that has skyrocketed ever since the turning point of “No Country for Old Men” 11 years ago.
Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below. New episodes air every Thursday.
Click here for more episodes of “Playback.”
“This sounds so lame but I’m glad it’s happening now and not [when I was younger],” the 50-year-old star says of his success. “I just wouldn’t have dealt well. There...
- 6/21/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
Josh Brolin returns as take no prisoners CIA operative Matt Graver in Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Though Matt has a great relationship with his lethal right hand man Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), there union may be threatened due to a recent mission that went south.
“I really like what this movie does,” said Brolin. “Because [...]
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“I really like what this movie does,” said Brolin. “Because [...]
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- 6/21/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
First it was drugs. “Sicario” captured that threat as few movies have, depicting the brutality with which cartels control the flow of illegal substances across the U.S.-Mexico border, and imagining a no-nonsense response by a shadowy group of American enforcers every bit as corrupt as the criminals they’re attempting to extinguish. Now, the cartels are dealing in human traffic, introducing a toxic dimension to what may once have seemed a simple refugee issue. That’s the dynamic screenwriter Taylor Sheridan wanted to explore in his cold-blooded follow-up, “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” addressing not only the ultraviolent Mexican gangs who control which people cross the border but also the notion that outlaws and potential terrorists may be able to enter the country with their blessing.
Considering how rare it is that an intelligent, topical action movie comes along, there might be reason to question whether “Soldado” stands...
Considering how rare it is that an intelligent, topical action movie comes along, there might be reason to question whether “Soldado” stands...
- 6/21/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is a mean movie. That’s sort of its thing. Much like the previous installment of this unlikely franchise, the film drapes itself in darkness so that it can focus our attention on any stray specks of light; one early shot, in which the white halo of a helicopter spotlight tracks a brown man as he sprints towards the Texas border during the dead of night, provides a convenient visual metaphor.
It’s also a hard movie, in the way that Josh Brolin’s jawline is hard, or that Hemingway is hard, or that trying to carve a coherent narrative out of the Escher-like power struggle of the Mexican Drug War is hard. Like “Sicario,” “Wind River,” and everything else that Taylor Sheridan has ever scripted, “Day of the Soldado” feels like it was written on a bender of whiskey and Viagra — even the female...
It’s also a hard movie, in the way that Josh Brolin’s jawline is hard, or that Hemingway is hard, or that trying to carve a coherent narrative out of the Escher-like power struggle of the Mexican Drug War is hard. Like “Sicario,” “Wind River,” and everything else that Taylor Sheridan has ever scripted, “Day of the Soldado” feels like it was written on a bender of whiskey and Viagra — even the female...
- 6/21/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Denis Villeneuve’s “Sicario” is a somewhat remarkable thriller, one where all of the movie’s biggest thrills are just disturbing symptoms of a morally compromised government. It’s surprising that a film so dour and portentous would lead to a sequel, but it’s a little less surprising once you realize that “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” sidelines most of that pointed commentary in favor of blunt force, action-packed trauma.
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” begins with a group of people illegally crossing the Mexico-u.S. border, but when American agents hold one of the immigrants at gunpoint, he blows himself up using an explosive vest. The camera then slowly pans over several prayer blankets as threatening music emanates in the background, an overblown moment which would be absurd if it wasn’t followed by Middle Eastern terrorists blowing up a big-box store while a blonde woman begs for the life of her child.
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” begins with a group of people illegally crossing the Mexico-u.S. border, but when American agents hold one of the immigrants at gunpoint, he blows himself up using an explosive vest. The camera then slowly pans over several prayer blankets as threatening music emanates in the background, an overblown moment which would be absurd if it wasn’t followed by Middle Eastern terrorists blowing up a big-box store while a blonde woman begs for the life of her child.
- 6/21/2018
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Sicario: Day of the Soldado is one of my most anticipated films of the year. I loved director Denis Villeneuve‘s first movie and everything that I've seen from this sequel has looked incredible. Well, it sounds like the movie actually turned out as amazing as it looks! At least that's what the first wave of reactions have been.
The sequel was directed by Stefano Sollima, and a lot of fans wondered if a director other than Villeneuve would be able to pull it off, and it looks like he did. The buzz you'll read below is overwhelmingly positive. Of course, he wouldn't have been able to do it without the script written by returning screenwriter Taylor Sheridan.
Not only is the movie praised, but so are the performances by Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro. Before we get to what the critics are saying, here's what Denis Villeneuve said...
The sequel was directed by Stefano Sollima, and a lot of fans wondered if a director other than Villeneuve would be able to pull it off, and it looks like he did. The buzz you'll read below is overwhelmingly positive. Of course, he wouldn't have been able to do it without the script written by returning screenwriter Taylor Sheridan.
Not only is the movie praised, but so are the performances by Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro. Before we get to what the critics are saying, here's what Denis Villeneuve said...
- 6/20/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Denis Villeneuve’s lack of involvement in “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” has made fans of the original a bit nervous about what to expect from the follow-up, but the filmmaker is here to assure moviegoers the sequel is a worthy follow-up to his original. The “Sicario” sequel is directed by Stefano Sollima, the Italian director best known for “Suburra” and helming numerous episodes of the series “Gomorrah.” He also served as the drama’s showrunner and executive producer.
Villeneuve first reacted to “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” by telling producers, “[The sequel is] a knockout. Sollima did a masterful follow up to ‘Sicario.’ I was blown away!” When asked for further comment by IndieWire, the “Blade Runner 2049″ director had more praise to share about the film.
“Having seen his film, I’m proud to say that Stefano did an impressive, powerful, masterful follow-up,” Villeneuve told IndieWire. “It’s a hell of a good movie!
Villeneuve first reacted to “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” by telling producers, “[The sequel is] a knockout. Sollima did a masterful follow up to ‘Sicario.’ I was blown away!” When asked for further comment by IndieWire, the “Blade Runner 2049″ director had more praise to share about the film.
“Having seen his film, I’m proud to say that Stefano did an impressive, powerful, masterful follow-up,” Villeneuve told IndieWire. “It’s a hell of a good movie!
- 6/19/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Making a sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s “Sicario” felt unneeded to most fans when the project was first announced, and the fact Villeneuve, Emily Blunt, and cinematographer Roger Deakins would not be returning created more ill will. Despite some skepticism, it turns out fans have nothing to worry about. First reactions to the film, officially titled “Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado,” have landed on social media and they are all enthusiastic.
“Sicario 2” is being called “amazing,” “superb,” and “fantastic” in the first round of reactions. Uproxx’s Mike Ryan says the movie is “tense and gritty,” while The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood says the sequel has “unexpected heartbreaking moments,” plus “strong performances” from Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin.
“Day of the Soldado” finds Del Toro’s Alejandro being recruited once again by Brolin’s U.S. government agent Matt Graver to kidnap the daughter of an infamous drug kingpin.
“Sicario 2” is being called “amazing,” “superb,” and “fantastic” in the first round of reactions. Uproxx’s Mike Ryan says the movie is “tense and gritty,” while The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood says the sequel has “unexpected heartbreaking moments,” plus “strong performances” from Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin.
“Day of the Soldado” finds Del Toro’s Alejandro being recruited once again by Brolin’s U.S. government agent Matt Graver to kidnap the daughter of an infamous drug kingpin.
- 6/18/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Take one look at the summer 2018 movie release calendar and you’ll probably start to notice a recurring pattern – and no, we’re not referring to the onslaught of superhero films. Though that’s certainly there.
Instead, we kindly point you in the direction of Mr. Josh Brolin, who’s already defeated Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War, while Deadpool 2 steered the venerable actor into R-rated territory earlier this month – and to great success. Capping off his impressive hat-trick is Sicario: Day of the Soldado, which will see him reprise his role as FBI tough nut, Matt Graver. Look for that one to release on June 29th.
That’s exciting in and of itself, but on the superhero front, it’s fair to say that Brolin’s back-to-back performances as Thanos and the one-armed Cable have been stealing headlines left, right and center. And now, hoping to keep the hype train going,...
Instead, we kindly point you in the direction of Mr. Josh Brolin, who’s already defeated Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War, while Deadpool 2 steered the venerable actor into R-rated territory earlier this month – and to great success. Capping off his impressive hat-trick is Sicario: Day of the Soldado, which will see him reprise his role as FBI tough nut, Matt Graver. Look for that one to release on June 29th.
That’s exciting in and of itself, but on the superhero front, it’s fair to say that Brolin’s back-to-back performances as Thanos and the one-armed Cable have been stealing headlines left, right and center. And now, hoping to keep the hype train going,...
- 5/31/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
After wrapping up Cannes Film Festival, the summer season continues with one premiere from that festival, and much more. Including a few studio tentpoles that pique our interest, as well as other festival favorites finally hitting theaters, there’s something for everyone this month.
Matinees to See: Adrift (6/1), Hotel Artemis (6/8), Hearts Beat Loud (6/8), The Workers Cup (6/8), Gabriel and the Mountain (6/15), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (6/22), The Catcher Was a Spy (6/22), Love, Cecil (6/29), The Cakemaker (6/29), and Woman Walks Ahead (6/29)
15. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (June 29)
Synopsis: The drug war on the Us-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the Us border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Without the creative contributions from Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins, one can’t quite shake the feeling that this Sicario follow-up might be better fitting as a straight-to-Netflix release.
Matinees to See: Adrift (6/1), Hotel Artemis (6/8), Hearts Beat Loud (6/8), The Workers Cup (6/8), Gabriel and the Mountain (6/15), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (6/22), The Catcher Was a Spy (6/22), Love, Cecil (6/29), The Cakemaker (6/29), and Woman Walks Ahead (6/29)
15. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (June 29)
Synopsis: The drug war on the Us-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the Us border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Without the creative contributions from Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins, one can’t quite shake the feeling that this Sicario follow-up might be better fitting as a straight-to-Netflix release.
- 5/30/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Cast one eye over the summer 2018 movie line-up and you’ll start to notice a recurring pattern – and no, we’re not referring to the onslaught of superhero films. Though that’s certainly there.
Instead, we kindly point you in the direction of Mr. Josh Brolin, who’s already kicked the crap out of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Avengers: Infinity War, while Deadpool 2 steered the venerable actor into R-rated territory earlier this month – and to great success. Capping off his impressive hat-trick is Sicario: Day of the Soldado, in which he’ll reprise his role as FBI tough nut, Matt Graver. Look for that one to release on June 29th.
That’s exciting in and of itself, but on the superhero front, it’s fair to say that Brolin’s back-to-back performances as Thanos and the one-armed Cable have been stealing headlines left, right and center. And for good reason.
Instead, we kindly point you in the direction of Mr. Josh Brolin, who’s already kicked the crap out of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Avengers: Infinity War, while Deadpool 2 steered the venerable actor into R-rated territory earlier this month – and to great success. Capping off his impressive hat-trick is Sicario: Day of the Soldado, in which he’ll reprise his role as FBI tough nut, Matt Graver. Look for that one to release on June 29th.
That’s exciting in and of itself, but on the superhero front, it’s fair to say that Brolin’s back-to-back performances as Thanos and the one-armed Cable have been stealing headlines left, right and center. And for good reason.
- 5/28/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Sony Pictures have dropped a new Us trailer for Stefano Solima’s sequel to Sicario, Sicario: Day of the Soldado.
The sequel to Sicario sees Benicio Del Toro’s killer, Alejandro, return and resume his personal vendetta against the Mexican drug lords who killed his family.
Directed by Suburra’s Stefano Sollima from a screenplay by Tayler Sheridan calls on the mysterious Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin, to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin’s daughter to inflame the conflict – but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men as they question everything they are fighting for.
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The sequel to Sicario sees Benicio Del Toro’s killer, Alejandro, return and resume his personal vendetta against the Mexican drug lords who killed his family.
Directed by Suburra’s Stefano Sollima from a screenplay by Tayler Sheridan calls on the mysterious Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin, to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin’s daughter to inflame the conflict – but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men as they question everything they are fighting for.
The post Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro go head to head in new trailer for Sicario: Day of the Soldado appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 5/25/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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