Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- brutal
- paranoid
- late night thriller viewing
- action movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the sequel to be a stylish, tense, and dynamic action thriller, while judging its amoral machismo and plotting less subversive than the original.
What sets it apart
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The CIA operation unfolds amid cartel violence and an unstable usa mexico border, with no clean moral framework.
Matt Graver’s mission relies on abduction, manipulation, and black ops rather than lawful investigation.
Isabel Reyes becomes the leverage point in a cartel and intelligence operation after her abduction.
The film repeatedly frames crossings, open terrain, and covert movements as zones of tactical vulnerability.
Films like Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and why
Sicario
Shares tense border crime, morally compromised operatives, ruthless violence, and politically charged thriller atmosphere.
Traffic
Shares bleak cartel warfare, covert operations, hard-edged action, and ethically compromised institutions.
No Country for Old Men
Shares borderland crime, ultraviolent suspense, and a grim neo-western vision of lawlessness.
Zero Dark Thirty
Shares black-ops machismo, escalating tactical violence, and a morally ambiguous pursuit across international borders.
Movie Details
- Director
- Stefano Sollima
- Release Date
- 2018-06-27
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (4214)
Cast
- Benicio del Toro
- Josh Brolin
- Isabela Merced
- Jeffrey Donovan
- Catherine Keener
- Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
- Matthew Modine
- Shea Whigham
- Elijah Rodriguez
- Howard Ferguson Jr.
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Sicario: Day of the Soldado about?
- 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.
- What is Sicario: Day of the Soldado like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sicario: Day of the Soldado as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Sicario: Day of the Soldado violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Sicario: Day of the Soldado as brutal.
- What did critics think of Sicario: Day of the Soldado?
- Critics broadly found the sequel to be a stylish, tense, and dynamic action thriller, while judging its amoral machismo and plotting less subversive than the original.
- Which films are like Sicario: Day of the Soldado?
- Films with a similar feel include Sicario, Traffic, No Country for Old Men, and Zero Dark Thirty.
- How long is Sicario: Day of the Soldado?
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado runs 122 minutes.
- Where can I watch Sicario: Day of the Soldado?
- In United States, Sicario: Day of the Soldado streams on Starz Apple TV channel.
