Emily Blunt, Sicario — Blunt anchors this riveting, intelligent action movie that has more on its mind than simple thrills with her committed performance as an FBI agent who finds herself the sheep among wolves that include CIA agent Josh Brolin and mysterious contractor Benicio Del Too when she joins them in the US / Mexico
border war against drugs.
Not exact matches
In the lawless
border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is enlisted by an elite government task force official (Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating
war against drugs.
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating
war against drugs at the
border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating
war against drugs at the
border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
The
war that's raging near the edge of Arizona and Mexico has existed for years, pitting
drug cartels
against fed - up civilians on both sides of the
border.
A sprawling look at life on the front lines of the
war against drug cartels in Mexico, this gripping film by Matthew Heineman explores the dangerous and messy moral dilemmas that arise when vigilante groups on both sides of the
border take action.
While Traffic is essentially about the
war on
drugs in America, the film's starting point is the almost - exclusively south - of - the -
border (and nearly all Spanish language) story of Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro, doing away with his annoying tics and delivering a career performance), an average Tijuana State policeman who is given the opportunity for greater prestige by working for General Salazar's (Tomas Milian) efforts
against the
drug cartels.
A follow - up to the 2015 film, Sicario, which centers around the escalating
war against drugs along the
border of the United States and Mexico.
Set in the crime - riddled
border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is enlisted by an elite government task force official (Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating
war against drugs.