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It's a very good film, yes. But it's essentially a more subtle and seemingly complex justification for the projection of US military industrial complex power than the film I previously mentioned.
There are strong parallels, thematically, between Sicario and Zero Dark Thirty; the latter of which is literally a US MIC funded production.
The methods which the US MIC has been castigated for involving "enhanced interrogation techniques," disdain for legal frameworks nationally and internationally, dehumanisation of those designated "other", illegal intelligence operations conducted both in the US and without, etc, etc, are now reframed within the context of the Mexican/US drug war and shown to be good and right.Or the right of might.
Whether the director's nationality has any bearing or not (I think not) the film hews to a particular framing of the projection of military force preponderant in Hollywood.
As for Del Toro melting; I think it's amazing that he's getting squintier than ever. Soon they'll have a full time assistant on the set to pry his eyelids open so that he can read the film script. :-D
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Watched Sicario the other day. Excellent movie with an intense and brutally cold Benicio Del Toro performance, yet still was essentially US MIC propaganda, but was vastly more effective then the dull, obtuse, leaden scripted wankfest that we know as American Sniper.
Also saw The Revenant. Got stressed out by the bear mauling scene.
Saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the BFI IMAX. Despite it being a reprisal of A New Hope, essentially, I sat enthralled, like a little kid.