Film Review – Sicario

Director Denis Villeneuve generally makes one type of movie. With “Prisoners,” “Enemy,” and “Incendies,” the helmer has displayed a fascination with the darkness of human behavior, exploring cruelties and lies with surgical precision, but also maintaining his distance from drama, which doesn’t always result in the most engrossing storytelling. “Sicario” doesn’t alter his modus operandi, with the director once again reaching into the void to observe the death of spirit. What “Sicario” has that separates it from the rest of Villeneuve’s work is a merciless script by Taylor Sheridan, which clears away most of the director’s interest in stasis, paying attention to thriller cinema basics before returning to long takes of silent contemplation. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com