gourimoko
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The new Sicario looks awesome but also like they realized the first one needed more action and ramped the Action Meter from a 2 to a 12.
The plotline seems stupid though... and there's a lot of causes of concern around the film for me..
What made Sicario a great film was the fact that it felt so grounded, so real.. It was a very serious take on the Mexican drug cartels and the violence that plagues Mexico. My Mexican friends all commented on just how much they appreciated the realism in the movie and frankly, that's what makes it a poignant film.
But Soldado seems to be about something that's a complete fiction; i.e., drug cartels not smuggling drugs, but smuggling terrorists into the United States. That's... not a thing... and why the filmmakers, particularly the producers, would think to go from a movie that is very grounded in reality, almost bathing in grit and realism, to something that is entirely fanciful and seems to belong more in American Assassin 2 or Mission Impossible 9; I dunno, it just seems strange to me. Like, was there nothing left to say about the plight of modern-day Mexico, or even Latin America on the whole as it relates to the cartels? No? Okay.. well, let's talk about terrorism then...
Considering Emily Blunt was given the ax, Denis Villeneuve is no longer involved and they've hired Stefano Sollima (who?) to direct; my guess is that this is going to be a money-grab, if anything. But I hope I'm wrong.
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