A suicide bombing in a Kansas City grocery store kills fifteen people. The United States government responds by authorizing CIA agent Matt Graver to apply extreme measures to combat Mexican drug cartels, who are suspected of smuggling the terrorists across the border. Graver and the Department of Defense decide the best option is to instigate a war between the major cartels, and Graver recruits black operative Alejandro Gillick for the mission.
Gillick assassinates a high-profile lawyer of the Matamoros cartel in Mexico City while Graver and his team kidnap Isabel Reyes, the daughter of the kingpin of their rival, in a false flag operation. Graver, Gillick, and their team take Isabel to Texas and stage a “rescue” with the DEA and local police to make her think she was kidnapped by her father’s enemies.
Gillick bonds with Isabel and the team makes plans to transport her back to Mexico, intending to leave her in territory controlled by her father’s rivals in order to further escalate the conflict. However, the Mexican police escort for their trip back across the border double-cross them and attack the American vehicles. Graver and his team kill dozens of Mexican policemen to escape the ambush.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (titled Sicario 2: Soldado in the UK) is a 2018 American crime drama action film directed by the Italian filmmaker Stefano Sollima and written by Taylor Sheridan. A sequel to 2015’s Sicario, the film features Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Jeffrey Donovan reprising their roles, with Isabela Moner, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Catherine Keener joining the cast. The story relates to the drug war at the U.S.-Mexico border and an attempt by the United States government to incite increased conflict among the cartels.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Directed by: Stefano Sollima
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, Elijah Rodriguez, Jacqueline Torres
Screenplay by: Taylor Sheridan
Production Design by: Kevin Kavanaugh
Cinematography by: Dariusz Wolski
Film Editing by: Matthew Newman
Costume Design by: Deborah Lynn Scott
Set Decoration by: Meg Everist, Daniela Rojas
Art Direction by: Marisa Frantz, Carlos Y. Jacques
Music by: Hildur Guðnadóttir
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, bloody images, and language.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: June 29, 2018
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