“Sicario” Fiction and reality created by director Villeneuve and genius screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, who have a divine perspective

A sense of immersion that comes from not being able to understand the situation

I wrote, ``It feels like it's on another planet,'' and the sense of unreality brought about by the visuals of this film is in sync with the feelings of the main character, FBI agent Kate (Emily Blunt). Kate specializes in hostage situations, but after an investigation, she is selected to join a joint investigation team led by the Department of Defense against drug cartels. The team's leaders are a man named Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), who calls himself a ``Department of Defense advisor,'' and Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), a mysterious Latin American man who is introduced as his partner.

Eventually, Kate witnesses the team she is a part of carrying out an unconventional conspiracy plan on the front lines of the drug war, but the story progresses without her knowing the full extent of the plan. is.

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In fact, in the first mission Kate takes part in, she is told nothing at all other than the instructions to put on a bulletproof vest, leaving the audience in the same state of confusion as Kate. The mission was supposed to be in the United States, but before they knew it, they entered Mexico and, led by a heavily armed Mexican police vehicle, rushed into the center of Juarez, a city notorious for being the city with the most violent drug war. I'm going there.

Approximately 35 minutes into the movie, when Kate and her group are about to enter the United States from Mexico, a gunfight suddenly begins in the convoy of vehicles waiting to enter the country. No, it can't really be called a gunfight. Matt, Alejandro, and his friends point their guns at the Mexicans, who they think are members of a drug cartel, and shoot them all as soon as they show signs of fighting back.

Kate's confusion and anger, saying, ``There's no way this kind of investigation is legal,'' also represents the values ​​of us, the audience. However, on the other hand, Kate, who is aware of the cruel deeds of drug cartels, is exposed to the conflict of ``Are my values ​​really correct?Do my common sense and beliefs have the power to change the current situation?''

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Although Kate is the main character of this film, she remains a confused bystander throughout most of the story, and the cruel direction, in which her powerlessness is further accentuated by the aforementioned visuals and sounds, is at the heart of director Villeneuve. The layer of the reality of the drug war overlays Kate as an individual, and as the society and nation surrounding her grow larger, different layers emerge. ``Sicario'' is such a multilayered work.

The Sicario fiction and reality drawn by genius screenwriter Sheridan