Yo Yea Forums I just bought both Sicario and Day of the Soldado and doing a back to back mini marathon. Just finished the 1st one.
And god damn was it excellent. I hadn’t seen it in a few years and it was better than I remembered. I can’t think a movie that quite picks up the momentum the way it does. As someone that’s former military and now in the legal field, it’s accurate. They did their research. It may even have some Easter eggs for accounting nerds. It’s smart people cinema. When it finally ends, ask yourself (or the person next to you if you’re not a foreverdiealone) what genre this movie is exactly. And like it’s successor, it nails the ending while the score churns (RIP Jóhannson).
It’s at least a 3 1/2 star movie easy, but I feel like it borders on 4 stars. What’s the consensus?
Sicario is genius, the second one is one the worst blatant cash grab sequels I've ever seen. They're were trying to make some kind of covert military operation expanded universe and unsurprisingly it feels like a fast and furious film or worse. Why this needed the capeshit treatment is beyond me. I'd avoid the second one if I were you, just pretend it doesn't exist.
Adrian Hughes
I like the 2nd one in a different way. Matt was still a cowboy pulling the same shit. It wasn’t as good as the first but it turned Sicario into a popcorn theater moment, which I did see at the box office. I was thinking tonight though how disappointed I was at the fact I was that I had the chance to see the original in theaters and passed for some reason. Meh.
Adrian Foster
If you're going to marathon anything, this is the trilogy.
both renner and olsen are great and should've been nominated for stuff along with the film, but alas it was a harvey film, what terrible timing
Parker Thomas
I saw Wind River in theaters over Memorial Day.
I saw Hell or High Water in theaters too.
Saw Blade Runner 2049 in IMAX 2049 on opening night.
Seen a lot of Ty and Denis’ work.
Kevin Russell
Yup
I remember calling in theaters that it was winning some trophies, but wondering why such a cold movie was being released in the middle of summer.
Then it turns out it was Harvey’s last hurrah and they were trying to rush it out ahead of the bad press and it was blacklisted. Poor Ty. And Jeremy. And Ashley Olsen. Shit timing.
Camden Butler
What takes a response here
John Sanchez
Good ol’ fashioned ingenuity
And capeshit
Samuel Roberts
I don't think there's really much else to say, I consider on of the best films of the decade. I just want to add that the scene where they're entering the tunnels, showing the Delta guys blend in with the horizon, is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on screen. The score is fucking killer too, fits perfectly.
this scene was garbage. 2 of the guys put on the NVG's wrong and a third cant even flip them properly and just gives up.
Adrian Mitchell
You really can't go wrong with Roger Deakins / Denis Villeneuve.
Dune is going to suck due to a lack of Deakins.
Daniel Edwards
>1st Amazing fucking movie. Throws you into the world of drug trafficking and doesn't force answers to moral questions. The cinematography is peak KINO and the tension in some scenes is the best I've seen >2nd What said. All of the action and grit of the first without any real substance. Ends up being an average action movie.
I quite liked the second one, first one is better but if you go into the second one expecting an action film you'll enjoy it
Owen Mitchell
The first one was really great, solid 7/10. My only problem is with the technical shit like shooting guns tgat arent even loaded, nightvision bullshit etc.
Grayson Price
Yes, Sicario is great.
Day of the Soldado is objectively worse. The cinematography is tv tier (the sequel was more expensive than the first movie but looks like a tv show episode) and isn't nearly as intense. It's basically only a small step above an average dtv cash in.
However, I have a soft spot for the sequel because it reminds me of 80s bromance action movies. And that's basically all there is to Day of the Soldado, just Brolin and Del Toro being operator bros, at the end Brolin even dismissed direct orders to help his bro out. It's a movie you watch with friends, beer and pizza.
Jonathan Collins
Don't watch the second one. It's a cheap cash-in with different directors
