The Reel Rejects - SICARIO (2015) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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Starting point is 00:01:18 Do it. Let's go. By the way, if you are listening to us on Apple or Spotify, if you don't mind giving us a rating, really help us out we'd appreciate it um again as i mentioned at the beginning of this i think the only other deneval new film that i have seen is dune which as previously mentioned uh was my favorite film of 2021 uh the cinematography the music by hans zimmer uh the characters obviously i know he brought back josh brolin that film they have a rapport together um i know he's made a ton of other

Starting point is 00:01:54 films, arrival, prisoners, many other incredible films. Enemy. Yes, which, I mean, this guy is a freaking amazing director. I was so invested in this entire film just from

Starting point is 00:02:10 storyline, from the storyline and from the characters. From the second that beat started drumming on with the score, my heart started pulsating immediately. This film is a great example of building suspense

Starting point is 00:02:25 yeah and tension yes but um yeah the just the um the scope of the film the cinematography just chef's kiss absolutely phenomenal and I mean you really had a lot of layered characters and also characters who were dealing with a lot

Starting point is 00:02:44 of crap you know just trauma and stuff from the best especially I mean Alejandro it was the standout at least acting wise the acting throughout all the characters characters, or all the actors, excuse me, phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal acting from everyone. Guillermo del Toro, for me, I think for you as well, was particularly the standout, just what his character was dealing with. And I know you called what was going to happen with that scene in the

Starting point is 00:03:10 end. I'm obviously not as smart as you, so I didn't see that coming. But again, just at the beginning there, from his tremors and then waking up and seeing like, I just think that's the power of his Benicio Deltore's acting just seeing that trauma I could just tell right away from you know his acting just how much trauma this guy has been through

Starting point is 00:03:34 and I just appreciated that in his performance and just seeing like what this man had and then I like that right away we didn't get that reveal of what had happened it was like building and like we had just talked about with you know building up suspense and tension that was kind of yeah exactly It was kind of like a thing with his character, just letting us the audience just wait until the proper moment to let us in on, you know, we kind of get a hint of, okay, this guy's definitely got some trauma, clearly from the tremor.

Starting point is 00:04:04 But, you know, there was a time to reveal this, why he's doing him when she kind of caught him with Sitwell from Captain America or from the MCU, like, that's when it was all revealed after she had punched Josh Brolin's character. And, I mean, that was insane, that whole reveal. and just what had happened in that I mean my jaw just dropped to the ground I got a lot more to say but what did you think of the film I thought it was great I thought it was great from start to finish

Starting point is 00:04:33 yeah it really does from that opening scene really pulls you in from the music to the sound design to the mystery or the reveal the fact that there's bodies in the wall to that explosion like you guys saw me

Starting point is 00:04:45 that scared the crap out of me but yeah that's that's very real and that's a very it felt authentic I don't know the degree in which this movie is based off of real events that happens in Mexico but it felt authentic

Starting point is 00:05:00 from every aspect of this movie. I liked watching Emily Blunt be our point of view in this movie because it really I feel like she's more of a traditional protagonist to say

Starting point is 00:05:15 so to speak because she is that person that's by the book. She does want to actually fix things or help people, and then she's put within these people that don't have the clearest or cleanness of motives. They are there to do a job, which is to bring order in the way that they feel is obtainable to Mexico, to the cartel. And yeah, that whole journey was really incredible. Even the way that this movie visually represents those sort of aspects of like, you know, even at the end were Emily Blunt's characters in light and Benicio D'Otooro or Alejandro

Starting point is 00:05:52 was shrouded in darkness especially after the events of what he just did this horrible, horrendous thing you know, and I like the fact that this mystery about him is held to the very end to like the audience absolutely needs to know it or like holds it out because

Starting point is 00:06:08 it really has you flip in your perspective of how you view Alejandro because you think like oh yeah he's on our side he's with Emily Blunney like okay Like even we don't trust Josh Bolin But like we can trust him because he helped us

Starting point is 00:06:24 Because when we're about to die We're about to be murdered He was there and just for that flip of oh no He is there to do a job He is there on his own personal mission His own personal vendetta Because he experienced a horrible horrible tragedy From a prosecutor to essentially the punishment

Starting point is 00:06:41 Yeah lawyer right To someone who is willing to do Any mean murder by any means necessary to do whatever it takes to accomplish a mission. So watching that, it was, it was, it was sad. I know, I didn't know exactly where it was going to go. Like, I'm very curious as to where the sequel goes

Starting point is 00:07:04 because I was looking at the screen now, it doesn't look like Emily Blunt's in the movie. It's just Josh Brolin and Anisio Dutoro, which means the light of this movie, the light that Emily Blunt and, what's his name? Dan. Daniel DeVis, not Daniel DeLuah brought to this movie is not going to be present in the second one.

Starting point is 00:07:27 So I imagine the second one's going to be even more shrouded in darkness. I don't think the need came back for the second one. So if you get the chance to watch that, I'm curious to see how that contrast from this. I believe he was doing the arrival, so I don't think he did. But yeah, no, in terms of Benicio del Toro's character, yeah, I'm most fascinated to see where we go with his character because, all right, your mission is done. you've gotten retribution for your family

Starting point is 00:07:49 so where do we go with his character so I am very curious with that I definitely want to watch the second one for sure oh 100% yeah because I did see that that one has a pretty high rank not as high as this one but it did have a pretty high ranking so also the Hurlager never seen that one I might have seen a long time

Starting point is 00:08:06 I might have fallen this because I was fine not because the movie was born I know Catherine Bigelow directed just say you hated it okay I hate one director I hate it sorry but yeah no and like you said two, the first scene just really sets the tone for the rest of the film.

Starting point is 00:08:21 I also love, too. I mean, I think you made a great point with Emily Blunt's character just like, you know, she goes by the book and it's kind of like the audience POV almost too in terms of like, just like the everyday common person in terms of like, just like how we would deal with

Starting point is 00:08:37 the situation in that and then these guys just play outside the rules and justifiably so like with, I mean, other, I mean, we do get the reveal that, you know, they're trying to control it, but again they're playing with guys who play outside the rules too so we understand their motivations and why they're doing what they do so i thought that was justified uh in the end you know do the what's the old saying do the means justify the ends kind of thing or the ends justified in the means i said reverse um but yeah no i mean that like i said that that first scene just i mean what a tone setter uh because i didn't mention it 65 times uh in the reaction the cinematography by roger deacons again like i said too was my favorite film a big part of it was the cinematography and i understand i believe that was roger deacons if i'm not mistaken if i am let me know in the common section i understand why denevel

Starting point is 00:09:29 new loves working with this guy i mean this guy has an eye for uh i was going to say an eye for the sky which he did on a lot of those shots but i mean this guy with the cinematography he is unbelievable those shots in the sky um even some of those shots where we were in uh on like on the car where he had the the camera and we were going along for the bumpers. I mean, he really made you feel that sense of, I mean, like we were talking about suspense and tension where we were like feeling like we were in the cars with these people, you know, with the, what, DOD and all of them. I mean, he just did such a great job of, you know, making you feel like we were there with these guys.

Starting point is 00:10:13 And the cinematography was so breathtaking. Like I said, I got to imagine that this was in consideration if it was not nominated for an Academy Award. What did you think of the cinematography? Oh, I thought it was incredible. I thought it was amazing from top to bottom. Just the way that it used color and the way that it really put you in the shoes of Emily Blunt. And even when we're in the car, we really feel the effects of what's happening. Like the scene that comes to mind that I was referring to is we're in the car with John Bernthal

Starting point is 00:10:45 and with Josh Rowland. And Alhondra. And yeah, even just the close nature of that, it felt, yeah, you just really feel the, yeah, that interrogation. But I think also what more specifically comes to mind outside of that scene was the scene at the end of the movie when they're in the cave and just felt like the claustrophobia of the tension of that. Yes, that was incredible. Between the thermal and the night vision, I thought that was a great scene. I was so, I don't know how they were able to capture all that. That was amazing.

Starting point is 00:11:19 Truly. So cool. And then also, too, a lot of the shots, too, with how they had it lit up or decided, like, hey, we're not going to actually put, because a lot of times, if you know anything, like, you know how they have lights up on set. Yeah. They chose not to do lights. And I actually thought that was a wise choice.

Starting point is 00:11:34 Because there's times where we, you know, where you watch a movie, like, this is way too dark, Alien versus Predator Requiem. This is way too dark. And I had to get specific. This is way too dark. I can't see anything. There were times in this where I thought it was actually appropriate because now we can get a feel for what these characters are going through.

Starting point is 00:11:52 And also too, like that one shot where he had sit well, you know, the Silvio, I believe, the police officer. I could barely see anything, but it was just enough to where like, again, I felt like I was there in the scene with those characters. So again, cinematography, absolutely phenomenal. The action in this film, along with the sound design, you really feel. I mean, just from the car screeching and all the bullets flying, you just feel the impact of all these bullets, all these characters when they're firing guns. It's just, it's incredible,

Starting point is 00:12:24 just how authentic and organic all the action was in this film. I thought it was absolutely incredible. Again, from the tone setter of the opening scene, all the action was done on the squibs and, you know, all the special effects that were done on set. What do you think of the action? I thought the action was great. you know it was really shocking when it was used very tactically it was used and it wasn't overused

Starting point is 00:12:49 it was used in moments of not necessarily shock not for shock value but when it did happen when it did play naturally into the story it was shocking it was in some sense it's tragic when we lost sylvio you know and i thought that was very smart of them to put sylvio as a character like we kind of kept checking back in with because we thought he would be like you saw us we thought he'd be Like the Kingpinner, we thought he would have some major role within the story. It turns out he was just this officer who was taking up a line of crime in order to help his family. And Bernicio de Toro coming in contact with that guy, and you see that he's just a cannon fodder. He's just another casualty in his crusade to avenge his family.

Starting point is 00:13:35 Yeah, I thought that was very impactful because it really, it serves two purposes. It shows that, you know, death is just so cavalier, so, like, just a Tuesday in this world. But also shows the lengths in which Benacio D'Otoro's darkness goes. You know, he's not above killing children. He's not, he's above pleading and letting you know that you have a family. Like, he does not care. All right, Reject Nation. So today I want to share something with you that has been a wonderful addition to my health and fitness journey that I've discussed.

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Starting point is 00:17:35 Yeah, and I also thought that was interesting, too, the way it showed how Alejandro, how much he cared for Emily Blunt's character and why he did. And, like, when pushed to the limit, like, why he had to stop her when he did in terms of when she saw what she did. And then also why he had to sign the way the paper. And, like, he didn't want to have to do that because it reminded him of his daughter. I thought that was, you know, an emotional touch to the film. I mean, like I said, this film was extremely well balanced from the emotional. and the action, just everything was just across the board. So many complex layers that Denisville knew was able to just land and execute from the acting to the production design to the cinematography, the music.

Starting point is 00:18:19 I mean, just so many damn good things in this film. I'm so impressed. I'm excited to see a lot more of his films. He's just so good. Same, same. No, he's truly a masterful director from Doom to arrival to, This movie To enemy, prisoners

Starting point is 00:18:38 Yeah I got to see that one I think yeah This is one of the few I have not seen of him And yeah he's very versatile In his subject matter But still has that air of attention

Starting point is 00:18:49 To his filmmaking This movie made me feel Sad Educated I think what made me the most sad Was The thing that made me sad Yeah but seeing all the families

Starting point is 00:19:05 have to get deported because yeah we see the world that they're coming from you know a world of people getting shot on the freeway a world of bodies being hung i would not want to look there over the over the freeway you know and yeah man it really adds perspective into why there's so many people trying to flee and you and just to add to your point you see like when they're playing the soccer game at the end after you know they just dealt with their father sylvio uh or from the soccer player's father and the woman, her husband, they're just playing a soccer game. And then gunshots are going off and like, oh, okay, let's just continue the soccer game. Like, that's just an regular day occurrence.

Starting point is 00:19:43 So understandable why you'd want to flee from something like that. I mean, we would want to live something like that every day. So is there anything else you want to add before we get some of our fun? No, let's get some facts in. Okay. And obviously, guys, as always, I can't read every single one. We would be here for a very long time. I'll just read a like a few or 10 or 15 or 20 and then you guys let us know in the comments section,

Starting point is 00:20:08 some other incredible ones that we did not get to. But I'll start with the very first one because it looks like 2,162 people found this one interesting, even though it's a little bit long. So fair with me at all. While Benicio D'Oro's character is frequently silent in the movie, he initially had more lines. In the original script, the character explained his background several times to Kate. Del Toro said, and that gave me information about who this guy was,

Starting point is 00:20:35 but it felt a little stiff to have someone you just met 15 minutes ago, suddenly telling you what happened to him and who he is. Working with director Denis Villeneu, Del Toro began cutting some of his dialogue to preserve the mystery of who the character is. I like that a lot. Yeah, Villeneu estimated they cut 90% of what Del Toro was originally intended to, say by screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. Like Del Toro, Villeneu saw power in stripping the character down to a brooding silence,

Starting point is 00:21:02 stating that the dialogue belongs to plays and movies are about the movement, character, and presence, and Benicio had all that. Wise choice, again, we talked about that while we were doing in the beginning of this review, that, you know, we liked that mystery that he was shrouded, and also, too, that tremor and just, like, again, just seeing the trauma when he was waking up

Starting point is 00:21:20 from his nap on the jet, like, again, I like seeing that mystery of the character. If he would have announced right away, I mean, it just takes away some of that mystery. And again, it is what it is. I still would have liked the character, but I think that that was such a wise choice. Yeah, he's also there to service the story.

Starting point is 00:21:35 You know, it's not about the actor's sense of how much screen time am I getting or how much dialogue do I have. You're there to be part of this larger ensemble and I feel like not having him say a lot of things really added to his character and made it more impactful because when he did speak,

Starting point is 00:21:52 it really served a purpose. And by withholding all of that, you felt his presence a lot more than probably what he did. he would have said. Oh, yeah. And, yeah, it was very smart of them to cut all that. And also, too, as audience members, it was interesting, like, what happened?

Starting point is 00:22:08 Was it a family member? What's the deal with this character? Like, I thought that was the mystery. Yeah, the mystery. Having just completed the film Everest and exhausted Josh Brolin, originally turned down this film, cinematographer Sir Roger Deacon sent him an email imploring him to join the project, since it was so uncharacteristic of Deacon. of deacons to take this stand josh brolin immediately changed his mind wow all right so if rider deacon

Starting point is 00:22:37 sends you an email you get on it um interesting that was a good fact yeah it's cool i like that he he oh i'm glad he did by josh brolin i mean i he's also a fascinating character the fact that he was so cavalier the fact that we were introduced to him wearing sandals for him to be granted not as brutal at least what we're seeing of um as alexandro but but he still has that sense of like, yeah, we are the good guys. No, we're necessary. We're not claiming to be good, but we're necessary because what we're going against is worse.

Starting point is 00:23:14 Yeah, I'll do a few more. Aaron's like three more later. When discussing the score with composer, sorry if I mispronounce, Johan. Johann? Where? Johann. Okay.

Starting point is 00:23:29 Johann Johansen, director Denis Villeneu said he wanted the sound of a threat. The one film Valneu used as a comparison was director Steven Spielberg's Jaws. Makes total sense. Because like I said, from that first moment, we got that pulsating beat. I just felt tension and threat. It was a very tension and tense score. Yeah, and throughout the whole film, I could feel that. So, again, wise choice.

Starting point is 00:23:55 And Jaws is a good staple example to, look through for a threatening feel from a score. It's one of the greatest scores of old time, so very, makes sense. I'll give you a couple more, guys. Actress Emily Blunt, who plays Kate, was so sick from food poisoning

Starting point is 00:24:12 whilst filming in Mexico. And also, too, fun fact, before I continue this, that happens so much. I remember the film Total Recall, which was filmed in Mexico. Everyone got sick on that film because of what they were eating in Mexico or drinking the water, except for Arnold Schwarzenegger, because he always has all his food and stuff.

Starting point is 00:24:29 uh is always flown in from america oh wow the same thing happened in predator me let me know if i'm wrong on that one but i believe that's uh always case but sorry continuing here was so sick from food poisoning while it's filming in mexico that she required iv fluids between takes just to make it through her scenes oh my god i mean like when i'm sick just in general i can't do anything so kudos to her for i mean granted she's being paid a lot of money so it's like obviously she's doing a job but still yeah what a troop i mean i mean these are emotional intense scenes which she's doing in most of this film so I can only imagine from food poisoning I've had food poisoning once or twice it's not a pretty side it's it's pretty bad so uh to have iV take

Starting point is 00:25:11 or iB fluids and to still be able to continue on damn let's go one more in all right let me find a good one uh let's see yeah no she was really great for i could not tell that she was sick oh yeah no I just felt like she was stressed out, which, you know, maybe it added to our performance. Yeah, the scene that she was sick was when John Bernthal was there. Right. For the sequence involving the thermal and night vision goggles that were non-functional, a props man heated the souls of his shoes so his footprints would register more prominently throughout the length of the shot. Two systems were used, one for night vision and one for thermal imagery.

Starting point is 00:25:52 In order to differentiate between the two POVs, the production only had the use of the F-L-I-R-F-L-I-R-S-C-8-300 infrared camera for one day. For one day? Wow. Very cool. That's impressive. Yeah. It's been a very stressful and long shoot if I only had one day to use it.

Starting point is 00:26:11 Very cool. Well, if there's any other facts that, well, I mean, it's clearly way more facts we could have gotten into, but let us know some of the more interesting other facts that we did not get into down below. We'd love to hear. Yeah, let us know more facts. Let us know how you felt about the movie. let us know what you thought of our reaction and should we do the second one as well should we do

Starting point is 00:26:30 the second one i want to see it but we want to hear from you guys yeah like this video tell your friends about it we had a i wouldn't say a good time but we had an interesting intense time watching yes intense yeah okay thank you guys so much for watching and have a great rest of your day this is all brian perry oh brian brian brian brian brian oh the countless things I can say about Brian Perry. Brian Perry. Just Brian Perry is that, you know. He's a Brian Perry of sorts.

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