Showing posts with label Denis Villeneuve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Denis Villeneuve. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2015

"Sicario" Is A Total Knockout

"Sicario" begins with one of the most quietly mesmerizing opening sequences in recent history. Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), an FBI agent leads a house raid in Arizona connected to the drug cartel responsible for kidnapping a group of hostages. What ensues, however, is anything but what Kate or her team expected; an all 'too easy' shoot out, rows and rows of dead bodies hidden behind the walls and a deafening explosion. The film's booming (but never overbearing) score by the always reliable Jóhann Jóhannsson lingers over the scene. It's clear to us that the team further from finding there target than before they started.