So you want to be a Sicario?

Alejandro (Benecio Del Toro) and Matt (Josh Brolin) work at getting Isabel Reyes (Isabela Merced) out of the ganglands and into witness protection in America. A different cast and script but the grittiness is intact. Welcome to the amoral world of human trafficking now complementing drug peddling, coupled with the pound for pound CIA, in Sicario 2 - Day of the Soldado

16/20

Winning the War on drugs

Fresh from the lead action role in Edge of Tomorrow, Emily Blunt as FBI agent Kate Macer takes a back seat to the CIA, who is trying to address the drug problem infiltrating Arizona, Texas and the entire US southern border in their own unique way. The way of the Sicario – which as the movie clearly emphasizes at the beginning, means assassin. This is a must watch. I thought this would be about gunfights and drug mules, but the coldblooded realpolitik will get to you

15.5/20

Galactic Hotch-potch

Guardians of the Galaxy – well, I refuse to review this one. As I write this, I am looking at mindboggling ratings on the *leading movie review sites* for what is really a smorgsbard of an intergalactic thriller (that I am sure Marvel aficionados are well aware of) that does not have a speck of originality save the tepid bursts of mild humour. I quite liked Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) but, for the most part, he careens through a chaos of a plot, that, surprise surprise, is succeeding wildly at a commercial level. All the best to this Galaxy

9.5/20