# Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

> A ruthless CIA operative and a haunted assassin drag a cartel kingpin’s daughter through a covert border war that steadily erodes every remaining moral boundary.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/266641

## Facts

- Runtime: 122 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
- Director: Stefano Sollima
- Cast: Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052474/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: tense, brutal, paranoid, late night thriller viewing, action movie marathon

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