Big-screen thrillers centered on the war on drugs are nothing new. It stands to reason, considering how ripe with inherent drama and international stakes that world is even before any Hollywood screenwriter puts pen to paper (or hand to keyboard, as the case may be). Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 Oscar winner Traffic still stands as perhaps one of the best-known cinematic interpretations of that complex and multi-faceted struggle. Still, even in a subgenre that has been mined time and again, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve — and Traffic star Benicio del Toro — bring a fresh vision to roaring life with Sicario.

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