Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Of the two Sicario films, the first is most certainly the better, though, in my opinion, not at all by the margin that I have seen many others imply. These are both great movies, not great in an identical way (even if their formula is identical) but both great. I don't know that Sicario had to be a film series as opposed to just the one movie, but the best experience I've had at the cinema for the past couple of months was with Day of the Soldado, so I'm glad it became one.

Final rating:½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.

Not as good as the original, but still pretty decent

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Noticeably not as commanding as its predecessor, but 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' is still a good time.

It's pleasing to have the returns of Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, the former isn't as great as before though the latter is basically the same. Isabela Merced, meanwhile, makes for a positive addition. Some parts of the story are more interesting than others, e.g. the bits directly with Elijah Rodriguez's Miguel aren't all that noteworthy.

It does set the atmosphere really well, sound-wise it's good - except for that one amusing (unintentionally, granted) use of 'girl screaming' stock audio, which I'm fairly certain is the exact same sound effect used in '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_(video_game)"...