“Sicario” Starts Strong, but the Deeper We Go, the Dumber It Gets

Sicario (Denis Villeneuve, 2015) Sicario opens with a text-on-screen definition of its title, explaining the word’s Latin roots and current, Latin American meaning: a hitman. All the time, we hear a low bass beat that, to me, at first, sounded annoyingly like music from the theater next door. It’s persistent and grating, and then suddenly we are in the […]