Sicario

Emily Blunt plays the FBI agent enlisted for a special operation against Mexican cartels, in this pulsatingly tense thriller from Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Prisoners).

Emily Blunt plays the FBI agent forced to unlearn everything she knows after being enlisted for a special operation against Mexican cartels. As she delves further into an impenetrable and unforgiving world she has to rely on the tutelage of Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), a shadowy ‘consultant’ whose links to the cartels are perilously opaque.

With Blunt, Del Toro and Josh Brolin constituting a top tier cast, Sicario may appear like a mainstream thriller, but acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Enemy, Prisoners) fashions something far beyond the standard Hollywood treatment. Constructed around a handful of elongated, tightly wound set-pieces, Sicario is a prolonged and pulsating study in pure tension. Its nomination for the Palme d’Or alongside Oscar® and Bafta nods testify to a stunning technical accomplishment that’s been acclaimed as one of the best films of 2015.