Sicario <Amazon Prime>
There was a lot of buzz about this when it came out, I thought. But I'm not seeing it as a great flick. Three primary leads are del Toro (Colombian cartel looking for revenge), Brolin (CIA lead pointing del Toro where to attack and enabling him), and Blunt (FBI agent getting used by Brolin). We follow Blunt through her perspective of events to make you feel bought in, but the way she's treated you feel just as 'in the dark' as she is throughout. Maybe that is supposed to leave it open for the audience to keep guessing what's going on, but as the plot flows there aren't significant twists/turns/a-ha_moments. It's only mildly predictable, but it's not that entertaining. I'll give kudos on a good soundtrack keeping the mood where it should be, and the actors portray their roles fairly well, but all in all I'm left disappointed. Blunt's partner tags along...for what? Blunt gets abused along the way both by withholding information and physically, and while the physical attack has a point, it's still kinda dumb. Best I could take from the film was del Toro trying to show some compassion for her, and you wonder how much of it is self serving to play her vs genuine, but even that bit of storyline is weak and doesn't take you very far. I'd give it about a 5/10 and not recommend it. I don't have hopes for the sequel they have in the works.
