Sicario: Day of the Soldado

THE GIST: After Mexican drug cartels start smuggling terrorists across the US border, DHS and DOD authorize agent Matt Graver to covertly instigate a war between rival cartels, no holds barred. He enlists the aid of Alejandro Gillick, and together they engage in assassinations and kidnappings in order to accomplish the mission. Not everything goes according to plans.

I remember the first Sicario as being entertaining without really leaving a lasting impression. The sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, sort of comes out of the same mold.

Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin are back, but I miss Emily Blunt, whose character was the best thing of the first movie. Here we also get Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Matthew Modine, and Shea Whigham.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Plenty of action as well as firepower corral a gripping tale, which unspools rather well. Good acting also.

Grade: 7