Brolin, like Del Toro, could have strayed into over-the-top territory here, but he gives Matt an authenticity that helps make the movie feel all too real
a blisteringly intense drug-trade thriller that combines expert action and suspense with another uneasy inquiry into the emotional consequences of violence
'Sicario' occasionally seems a little too impressed by its own nihilism. Still, this is an involving, grown-up film from a director whose muscular technique continues to impress