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Sicario Movie Review

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Unhuman, warzone, dangerous are just a few words that would describe the film Sicario. During the first day of Chicanos studies I got the privilege to see this film among my fellow classmates. While watching this interesting film many things came up to my head like does this really occur, why would people live in places like this. Overall, I would say that the movie was amazing from start to finish. From the music, locations, words, and actions I would say they captured the harsh reality of how it is to live in the borderlands. In the beginning of the film, the music of Sicario was sketchy. By the word sketchy I mean, like something mischievous was going on. Indeed, they were in a crime scene the music then started getting darker and darker. It was not until Kate the FBI agent, found the dead body. The director and producer did a great job in even disgusting the audience with what Kate had found, dead bodies all over the house. Not only did it disgust the audience, but in my perspective it gave me the chills. Throughout the movie the music did not get any happier from there it just got darker, like if you were being observed and you did not know. Scared to life, not secured, is what the music of the film made me feel. The location for this movie was precise, since I am assuming the director wanted to give one the Borderdlands feels. Sicario, did …show more content…

It is true living in the borderlands as what I have absurd is harsh, but I also know that it is not always the case. This movie I would recommend to everyone because at the end of the day we all learn something knew. It opens ones eyes up and realize that, “Hey the United States is also a corrupt country just like any other.” The director and producer as well did a phenomenal job in capturing and making one feel like if we where there all along. Sicario is a movie I will never

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