Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

Short one: "Sicario 2" doesn't have much left of "Sicario 1". It shows that Denis Villeneuve is not directing anymore, so pretty much all specific camera work, sound and generally speaking the feeling in the first part is gone. What's not gone is the maybe too convoluted subject, especially in the first part of the movie. You don't really get what's going on, except that the CIA/army/whatever wants to create a conflict between the rival drug cartels in Mexico, and to do that the daughter of a clan boss is kidnapped. The assassin in the first movie returning to complete his revenge (which I thought it was complete...), trying to bring back the girl but being stopped by the Mexican police who you don't really know for who's working anymore, the US state department wishing two people taken out when everybody's anyway on their tail and they probably also don't know what's really going on to tell further, there's just too much to understand especially if you're very tired when you watch this. To be fair, maybe on a second view with enough hours slept ahead I'd see this in a better light. In any case, the movie saves itself with one of the most "what the ..." moments I've seen lately, which is really hard to believe (especially if you've seen the first "Sicario" and you're convinced who's the main character in all this, even though might not be that clear). I won't give more spoilers, but the impact was enough to change significantly my impression on this. What's happening towards the end it's probably even less believable, but in a strange way cuts off the previous shock. So in the end it works ;) even though it's a bit unfinished...

Rating: 3.5 out of 5