Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Stefano Sollima | Final Trailer Page 9 | June 29

[Eric Prime]

Reviews are coming in:

 

Indiewire (C)

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/sicario-2-day-of-the-soldado-review-1201976615/

 

Hollywood Reporter (positive)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sicario-day-soldado-review-1121126

 

TheWrap (mixed-to-negative)

https://www.thewrap.com/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-film-review-benecio-del-toro-josh-brolin-2/

 

Uproxx (positive)

https://uproxx.com/movies/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-review/

 

Variety (positive)

https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-review-1202853135/

 

Entertainment Weekly (B)

http://ew.com/movies/2018/06/20/sicario-2-review-day-soldado/

 

 

Starting out with a 62 on Metacritic, and an 83% on RT, both with only six reviews so far.

[WrathOfHan]

🤔

[Pinacolada]

Looks mixed-positive... probably will be around 70% on Rotten Tomatoes

[filmlover]

I'm still seeing this even though I don't expect it to be anywhere nearly as masterful as the first Sicario was.

[oMeriMombatti]

'Sicario: Day Of The Soldado' Review: A Mediocre Sequel With A Bad Sense Of Timing via @forbes by @ScottMendelson https://t.co/ZzijQGmSQZ#SicarioDayOfTheSoldado #EmilyBlunt #JoshBrolin #beniciodeltoro

— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) June 21, 2018

[The Panda]

Those reviews make it sound like somebody shat all over a Villeneuve masterpiece

[Jake Gittes]

saw this. unsatisfying. gets by for a while on being all hardass and amoral but ultimately can't hide that, in Emily Blunt's absence, it never came up with a strong idea or purpose to push it forward. spends the entire second half sorta just sputtering out. also manages to somehow underuse Del Toro, which is perversely impressive. 

[baumer]

Can't wait to see this.  Friday morning for sure.

[lilmac]

1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said:

saw this. unsatisfying. gets by for a while on being all hardass and amoral but ultimately can't hide that, in Emily Blunt's absence, it never came up with a strong idea or purpose to push it forward. spends the entire second half sorta just sputtering out. also manages to somehow underuse Del Toro, which is perversely impressive. 

That’s disappointing as Sicario is one of my favorite movies this century. The trailers for this one made it seem like a damsel in distress storyline involving a little girl that Del Toro needs to protect. I hope not! Ugh, I respect your opinions on things Jack so I’l probably come away with the same view but I’ll see it anyway. 

[OdinSon2k14]

Be checking this out this weekend. The rare adult skewing, voilent summer movie. 

[Pinacolada]

Checking it out tonight! Can't wait!

[antovolk]

loved it except the last two minutes

[Pinacolada]

2 minutes ago, antovolk said:

loved it except the last two minutes

Good to hear!!! Yeah it's crazy a lot of people are really having problems with the ending... Is it because it's SOO sequel bait or what?

 

[Jake Gittes]

the ending practically dares you not to laugh at it, yeah

[Rebeccas]

Why is there like a post credit scene where Emily Blunt is like "hey guys what'd I miss" lol

[cookie]

14 minutes ago, antovolk said:

loved it except the last two minutes

 

4 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

the ending practically dares you not to laugh at it, yeah

Sounds like from what I've heard online. Even those who like it say the ending is bad.

Edited June 28, 2018 by cookie

[Pinacolada]

Spoiler

I've read the script and I don't read that as sequel bait... Maybe I'm reading it wrong or maybe they changed it but him saying "lets talk about your future" and the way it's described in the screenplay sounds like Alejandro is gonna to kill the kid... not train him or whatever people think it means

 

 

"Anything but victim negotiating how to survive with his killer ... "

This is how the script describes it after Alejandro's last line.

16 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

the ending practically dares you not to laugh at it, yeah

 

Edited June 28, 2018 by Pinacolada

[Jake Gittes]

3 minutes ago, Pinacolada said:

 

Spoiler-tag that or better yet delete it. This is not the stuff for a general discussion thread.

Edited June 28, 2018 by Jake Gittes

[antovolk]

14 minutes ago, Pinacolada said:

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I've read the script and I don't read that as sequel bait... Maybe I'm reading it wrong or maybe they changed it but him saying "lets talk about your future" and the way it's described in the screenplay sounds like Alejandro is gonna to kill the kid... not train him or whatever people think it means

 

 

"Anything but victim negotiating how to survive with his killer ... "

This is how the script describes it after Alejandro's last line.

 

Spoiler

I just read that draft too and basically the issue is that in the context of the final film - where almost all of that scripted final act and ending was ripped out - it plays like an out of place post credit scene

The spoiler-free version, I just read a script and basically a lot of the last act was ripped out in the film, with only that ending scene remaining. Which now plays a lot differently despite being basically the same.

Edited June 28, 2018 by antovolk

[JB33]

Decided to go see this tonight. Couldn't wait!