Sicario

Question: Why drive into Juarez? Why not extradite the criminal by air?

Question: Was the violence depicted in this film accurate to what happens in Juarez today?

Answer: The film was apparently offensive to at least the mayor of Juarez. According to him, the film is based somewhat on stereotypes of the region and the depiction of Juarez as a violent region controlled by drug cartels is outdated.

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Question: A major scene and gunfight take place right after the convoy crosses the border and is forced to stop in traffic. The members of the convoy scan the surrounding vehicles and find two filled with men carrying weapons in full view, not to mention the occupants looking like stereotypical gang members. How did those two cars cross the border in order to be in the same slow traffic - surely border control would have stepped in? How did they come to be there for the attempted ambush?

Answer: They haven't crossed the border yet, and the gang members were there to kill them. They had no intention of actually crossing the border.

Question: So did Matt really work for the DOJ? Or a different organization (DOD, CIA, etc)?

Answer: Likely CIA as the waiver the agent is forced to sign essentially allows him to operate in the USA. Alejandro doesn't need it as he works for...well you know.

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Factual error: At the beginning when Kate enters the bedroom and is shot at, the hole made by the shotgun could only be made by slug ammunition, but you see buckshot around the hole. Buckshot at that range of about 12 to 15 ft. would not have made a center hole anywhere near that size. (00:03:20)

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Suggested correction: The shot from the shotgun shell will make a hole like that from that distance, as the shot or the pellets haven't dispersed yet. Then a slug would leave just a single hole and a lot smaller. Bottom line: it is realistic. Also, from the story point of view, the hole in the wall is needed to take the story forward.

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Quotes

Alejandro: You're asking me how a watch works. For now we'll just keep an eye on the time.

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Trivia

Trivia: Originally, Alejandro was meant to have much more dialogue, and his tragic origin would have been revealed earlier in the film. Actor Benicio Del Toro and director Denis Villeneuve ended up agreeing that the character worked better as a silent, mysterious type and that the revelation of his origin should occur late in the film. It is estimated that as much as 90% of his dialogue was deleted during rewrites.

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