Sicario was a big success. It starred a half-dozen A-listers and it returned triple its budget. This one is supposed to support a third film in a proposed trilogy, and even with all that money to work with it gives us only three big stars, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin and Graham Beckel in a decidedly minor roll. The rest are has-beens and wannabes. Catherine Keener? Matthew Modine? TV actor Jeffrey Donovan? What are they doing in a major modern movie? There are good supporting actors, especially the excellent Shea Whigham and Raoul Max Trujillo. But even with a lot of good support the entire movie is watered down by the casting decisions. This was evidenced in the net being 25% lower than the original.
Review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado
