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Reviewing "Sicario" Border Scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBJbqV3IROM Really a mast...
contagious spot rigor
  04/10/25
180 scene.
scarlet hateful bawdyhouse selfie
  04/10/25
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Paralegal Gianfranco
  10/03/25
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michael doodikoff
  10/03/25
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A Real Life Male Model
  10/03/25
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peeface
  10/03/25
higher def version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz0IOW...
Darnell
  10/03/25
fantastic.
peeface
  10/03/25
Brolin's 2 second glance at the kingpin is great acting
A Real Life Male Model
  10/03/25
This won’t even make the papers in Juarez. You sho...
Diane Rehm talking dirty
  10/03/25
didn’t even know about this movie. Will watch soon
,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,.
  10/03/25
Wow
Ass Hands
  10/03/25
I am jealous of you
A Dick is Not Dispositive
  10/03/25
Sicario is one of the best films of the past two decades.
A Dick is Not Dispositive
  10/03/25


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Date: April 10th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: contagious spot rigor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBJbqV3IROM

Really a masterpiece

Scene opens with cuts between dashcam and helicopter cam, and walkie-talkie voice. The traffic jam at the border creates the perfect circumstances for tension. The characters have already talked about how if anything goes wrong, it will go wrong at the border

Viewer gets brief, real-time glimpses into passing motorists. Anyone can be a threat. Quick view of the tatted up cholos. "Get your service weapon out."

The female character is a stand-in for the viewer. She's not trained for this shit.

Within a minute you have multiple cars identified as threats. There are a few blunders here. Benicio swings his rifle right past the head of Emily Blunt, and the Michael Weston guy's bolt is open and empty, lol.

But the tension is fully escalated and "WHAT ARE THE RULES HERE?" cuts directly to the movie's main themes: how do you take on cartels if you have to follow one-sided codes of ethics and legality?

Great cut to the dog barking as the ominous synth music begins

Close-ups of the bad guys

"It's coming, it's coming now"

And still another 20 or 30 seconds of tension, nothing happening.

Tension peaks with a stand-off and then the shoot-out.

Josh Brolin chewing gum and smirking the whole time.

What's most impressive is that, in most movies, something would go terribly wrong. Here, the team performs perfectly. The threats get resolved directly. Apart from the gunman who jumps out at Emily Blunt, everything remains under total control.

Amazing filmmaking to squeeze that amount of tension out of a situation firmly in hand.

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Date: April 10th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: scarlet hateful bawdyhouse selfie

180 scene.

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Paralegal Gianfranco (✅🍑)



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Date: October 3rd, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: michael doodikoff



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Date: October 3rd, 2025 10:23 AM
Author: A Real Life Male Model



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Date: October 3rd, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: peeface



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Date: October 3rd, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Darnell

higher def version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz0IOW8fV64

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: peeface

fantastic.

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 1:31 PM
Author: A Real Life Male Model

Brolin's 2 second glance at the kingpin is great acting

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Diane Rehm talking dirty (🐿️ )

This won’t even make the papers in Juarez.

You should review the opening scene in Donnie Darko.

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 11:46 AM
Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,.


didn’t even know about this movie. Will watch soon

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 1:36 PM
Author: Ass Hands

Wow

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 1:38 PM
Author: A Dick is Not Dispositive

I am jealous of you

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Date: October 3rd, 2025 1:38 PM
Author: A Dick is Not Dispositive

Sicario is one of the best films of the past two decades.

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