Sicario (2015)

Sicario rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 528K votes

Rotten Tomatoes91%

Metacritic82%

TMDb7.419/10· 10K votes

With 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 82/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Sicario

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Cast of Sicario

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  Emily Blunt

  as Kate Macer

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  Benicio del Toro

  as Alejandro Gillick

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  Josh Brolin

  as Matt Graver

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  Victor Garber

  as Dave Jennings

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  Jon Bernthal

  as Ted

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  Daniel Kaluuya

  as Reggie Wayne

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  Jeffrey Donovan

  as Steve Forsing

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  Raoul Max Trujillo

  as Rafael

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  Julio Cesar Cedillo

  as Fausto Alarcon

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  Hank Rogerson

  as Phil Coopers

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  Bernardo P. Saracino

  as Manuel Diaz

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  Maximiliano Hernández

  as Silvio

Sicario facts

Budget

$30M

Box office

$85M

Collection

Sicario Collection

Our take on Sicario

Denis Villeneuve's 2015 crime thriller drops an idealistic FBI agent into a murky government task force fighting the escalating drug war along the U.S.–Mexico border. What she expects to be a clear mission becomes a descent into moral fog, where rules bend and the line between the law and its enemies blurs. Tense, precisely controlled and quietly menacing, it trades constant action for dread, building unbearable pressure from silence, geography and uncertainty. Best for viewers who want a smart, unsettling thriller that questions the ethics of the fight rather than a straightforward good-versus-evil action piece. Expect discomfort, not reassurance, and a strong sense of atmosphere.