Sentences with phrase «drug war thriller»

Cinematographer Roger Deakins continues in his quest to go down as the Academy's version of Susan Lucci, receiving his 13th nomination for shooting drug war thriller Sicario, while legendary composers Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight) and Carter Burwell (Carol) are hoping for this first Oscar win after decades of unrecognized musical excellence.

From the moment Lionsgate confirmed that it was developing a sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2015 drug war thriller Sicario, the studio has been adamant that it's not just doing the first movie a second time.

Not exact matches

Naranjo numbs sensation to make his points about the drug war's damage to Mexico, turning Miss Bala into a thriller from the dissociative first person perspective.

As a thriller its quite nerve wracking and as a metaphor for how innocent Mexican citizens are used as pawns in the drug war between the various gangs and the DEA its effective.

Denis Villeneuve's gleaming thriller is arguably one of the year's best - made movies, but it's so glib and superficial in its treatment of the war on drugs — and the collateral damage left in its wake — as to border on exploitation.

Denis Villeneuve's war - on - drugs epic, Sicario, was one 2015's most refreshing hits, a bloody crime thriller lathered in grit and tension.

OLIVER STONE»S SAVAGES By Scott Foundas Oliver Stone interviewed about his post-Iraq War drug thriller

Acclaimed director Denis Villeneueve explores the war against the Mexican drug cartels with the action thriller Sicario, which topped one of our writers» individual favourite lists and claims # 9 in our countdown.

Sicario (Lionsgate, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD), a violent, chaotic, adrenaline - fueled thriller set in the brutal violence of the drug war on the American border with Mexico, is a film that constantly seems to be spinning out of control.

This is a thriller about the drug war on the U.S. - Mexican border.

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve's bleak, taut thriller Sicario is one of the best films of the year (read my full review here), but it presents a stark and candid portrait of the U.S.'s response to violence with more violence, specifically in the case of the War on Drugs.

A masterfully photographed and edited look at the carnage and chaos of the Mexican drug wars, Miss Bala is a crime thriller that pivots around this shell - shocked victim.

The result is one of the most intoxicatingly unusual, visually entrancing and darkly funny films of recent years.Johnnie To may be best known for ultraviolent crime thrillers like Election, Vengeance and Drug War, but Office isn't as great a leap into the unknown as one might assume.

«Sicario» isn't the first movie to tackle the illegal drug trade along the U.S. - Mexico border, but it's easily one of the best, a relentlessly suspenseful crime thriller that offers a merciless look behind the curtain of the real War on Drugs.

Not so much a direct sequel to Denis «Blade Runner 2049» Villeneuve's brilliant 2015 crime thriller, more a tangential spin - off story exploring a new angle on the US / Mexican drug war, Soldado, as its title suggests, is taking a somewhat more militarised direction.

Drug War (Unrated) Explosive crime thriller, set in Tianjin, China, about a convicted meth dealer (Louis Koo) who fingers members of his former drug cartel in order to avoid the death penaDrug War (Unrated) Explosive crime thriller, set in Tianjin, China, about a convicted meth dealer (Louis Koo) who fingers members of his former drug cartel in order to avoid the death penadrug cartel in order to avoid the death penalty.

CULVER CITY, Calif. (June 19, 2017)-- When the drug war hits home, the tables are turned in the explosive action - thriller S.W.A.T.: UNDER SIEGE, available to own on Blu - ray ™, DVD and Digital August 1 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Denis Villeneuve hands the directing reins to Stefano Sellima in this new crime thriller — which shifts the focus to Benicio del Toro's former undercover agent in the drug wars along the U.S. - Mexico border.

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