The one saving grace of Sicario is the considerable talent of cinematographer Roger Deakins, who continually finds new, striking images to couch all the action in: breathtaking
aerial shots that fittingly transform the border zone into some hugely elaborate model, the green - tinged night - vision
shots that accompany the team taking
over a cartel tunnel, the impenetrable sea of dust a bomb blast carries in its wake.
Aerial shots taken at London's Elstree Studios, and published
over the weekend by the Mirror, reveal stormtroopers gathered at the ramp to a ship on a set for what appears to be a desert oasis or perhaps a beach.