The director of Prisoners helms this Palme d'Or-nominated Cartel crime thriller led by Emily Blunt, co-starring Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin. Set on the dangerous US and Mexico border, FBI agent Kate Macer (Blunt) is shot into a ruthless journey as she joins the war against drugs with an elite government task force. As the experience reaches darker territories, the line of the law becomes harder to see…
Chilly Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Incendies) may not seem the obvious choice to helm a hot-blooded action thriller. And English rose Emily Blunt couldn’t have been top of anyone's list to play its ass-kicking all-American heroine. But the ambitiousness of the match fits the ambitiousness of the movie. Even the title (it means “hitman” in Spanish) shows the film-makers are thinking differently. Plus, it sounds really cool.
Full reviewThe kind of creeping tension that coils around the audience like a snake suffocating its prey.
Full reviewDenis Villeneuve takes on the Mexican drug trade in this stern, robust, abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter thriller.
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Blunt’s performance has an edge of steel. She brings off a mix of confidence, bewilderment and vulnerability, which functions very well against the alpha male characters higher up the chain of command.
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This very accomplished, expertly written and acted drama drives home its point in subtle, yet forceful fashion.
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A beautifully murky, hard-edged thriller. Quite simply, one of the best films of the year.
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