Director Stefano Sollima
Starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner
Rated MA
Score 4/6

The drug war on the U.S.-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.

Apparently, Denis Villeneuve could not return to direct this sequel due to scheduling conflicts with Arrival (2016) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Also, for those of you who might have been wondering Emily Blunt did not reprise her role as FBI Agent Kate Macer.

Though Day of the Soldado is certainly worth watching, it suffered a little bit because Denis Villeneuve was unable to direct it. With sequels and by extension I feel that a movie suffers when there is a directorial change, though I suppose there is a small saving grace considering that writer Taylor Sheridan wrote the screenplay for both films. The preview for Day of the Soldado might have been a little misleading heading into this I was hoping for something that was a little more action packed then this movie was for some reason I was expecting Benicio Del Toro’s character to really get his hands dirty instead the practicalities of political decisions seemed to play a large part in the plot. Sitting here writing this review caused me to make a seemingly odd connection as I think about the politicians in Day of the Soldado I was reminded of a line from the 1999 movie The Boondock Saints ‘The question is not how far. The question is do you possess the constitution, the depth of faith, to go as far as is needed?’
I liked Elijah Rodriguez’s performance his character Miguel had an interesting story arc and judging by the current political it would seem that the human trafficking subplot seemed to be rather apt.

Judging by the way the movie ended I hope Sicario becomes a trilogy.