Sicario (2015) | First Time Reaction by Maple

[@waterbeauty85]

8:28 Maple: "Is this true?" Ed Calderon said that when he completed his police training in Mexico, the first task he was given was a call that said "Bring the bolt cutters," and he was excited because he thought it meant that they were going to cut off a lock to bust into a drug lab or something like that, but instead, they were cutting the chains off of some corpses that were hanging from a bridge. One of the veteran cops commented to Calderon that the cartel that did this was being merciful, and when he asked "How is this merciful?" the veteran told him "They're letting the families have the bodies to mourn over."

[@OttoGrainer27]

Thank you, sir. Who the *_fuck_* is Ed Calderon??

[@yeticonfettis]

@@OttoGrainer27 security specialist for the border

[@kiintro]

​@@OttoGrainer27 Mexican cop who trains gringos in the Mexican survival arts he did a couple podcasts with jre and srs.

[@MichalBreslau]

​@@OttoGrainer27guy pretending he's ex narco commando super cop.

[@rohansharma555]

Love that final confrontation between Alejandro and Kate. It's not just him testing her to see if she'd pull the trigger, but also him not caring if she does because then he could join his wife and daughter. My favourite Villeneuve film.

[@Hereticked]

Agreed. Villeneuve's resume is all bangers, but this is his best film.

[@blockboygames5956]

This was my favorite Villeneuve film, up until Dune part 2. But Sicario is a magnificent, intense film.

[@michaelriddick7116]

Iirc they had a different ending but after screening it Denis felt it wasnt good enough. So they filmed the balcony scene :)

[@t.b.5115]

"Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you wil doubt everything that we do. But in the end you will understand." When she lowers her gun at the end, she understands.

[@conorwellman8592]

I think it is also to look at her to drive home what he just told her. It is like he was saying "dont kid yourself you are not a wolf."

[@crispy_338]

I love how you know immediately that Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Donovan are CIA. Everyone else is super professional and they’re just chillin’ 😂

[@JoshuaDay0550]

the flip flops were what gave it away to me on the first watch lol

[@GIRTHYANDITCURVES]

The letters stand for Coverups, Interrogations & Assassinations 🦅🇺🇸

[@surfingtothestars]

reminds me of Blackhawk Down when the Delta guys dress casual compared to the Rangers at the chow hall.

[@crispy_338]

@@JoshuaDay0550 Casual clothes, sunglasses, and a mustache are tells especially in photos of operators and soldiers in South America or the ME

[@GIRTHYANDITCURVES]

The letters stand for coverups, interrogations & assassinations 🌚

[@QuantumFlux_22]

That moment when you realize the main character is Alejandro lol.

[@chamoisauce7491]

when she said “so is sicario our main character” i was like ummm well yeah 😅😂😂

[@QuantumFlux_22]

@@chamoisauce7491 haha yep, its like just wait until the 3rd act. I really hope sxhe watches the second one, while the story isnt as great, Alejandro's an absolute beast in it

[@Josh86_559]

That opening scene is nuts. Imagine being on law enforcement and seeing that, and then have put a smile on ur face when u go home to see ur family at the end of day. That can't be easy

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Imagine going through that, and then a bunch of upper class spoiled college students from Berkley call you a names and try to get your entire job defunded because some junkie somewhere died while resisting arrest.

[@waterbeauty85]

27:06 Maple: "Did she actually get shot?" Yes. Alejandro intentionally shot her in the vest knowing the Kevlar would prevent the bullet from penetrating but that the impact would stun her.

[@chaddnewman2699]

While the chest plate in the vest stops the bullet, the feeling is basically equivalent to being hit in the sternum with a baseball bat. It get your attention.

[@MikeBronson515]

Love how Brolin has utter contempt for almost everyone in the movie

[@therewasacrookedman5892]

I didn’t feel contempt as much as, is this guy useful to me or not? kind of vibe. His life is more just a transactional exercise in achieving his goals. Contempt to me, implies that he has any feelings, good or bad, towards the the person he’s using. I don’t think he does. Like, even Alejandro’s lust for revenge is just leverage he can use towards his own agenda.

[@MikeBronson515]

@@therewasacrookedman5892 Fair enough

[@MessiAndA3]

​@@therewasacrookedman5892 in the sequel one can clearly see he sees alejandro as a friend.

[@therewasacrookedman5892]

@@MessiAndA3 Haven't seen the sequel so I only have the first movie as context. In the first movie, they hardly interact (or talk) person to person. We see Alejandro interact more with Kate than Matt. Any discussion between the two is assumed offscreen, since they're both invested in Alejandro's ultimate plan. But the depth and tone of their relationship is left to be assumed by the viewer in the first movie. I just decided not to assume about what I don't see onscreen. What I do see is a working relationship, and a hint of admiration from Matt for Alejandro's tenacity.

[@GIRTHYANDITCURVES]

24:25 I can’t stop gushing about this shot. They really captured a desert sunset which is so fucking hard to do digitally or otherwise. They just hit DIFFERENT

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

People who work in CGI keep trying to convince audiences that we like CGI. But I just can't immerse myself in modern CGI. As soon as I see it my brain just turns off. Meanwhile some of Villeneuve and Peter Jackson's most iconic shots are literally just landscapes. John Ford shooting Monument Valley, half of Lawrence of Arabia's bests shots are just the skyline of the Moroccan desert.

[@WrathOfGrapesN7]

I think that Alejandro put the gun against Kate's head as a favour. Everytime that she was given an out, she refused it, she just kept delving deeper and deeper into the whole situation, regardless of what it was doing to her. She would have probably signed the form eventually, going against everything that she believed she stood for, but this way she was able to keep her moral compass intact, she could tell herself that she was forced into signing it.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

What I love about this movie is that the entire movies is basically: "You're not The Guy, Kate." It makes Kate 1000x more relatable than every Girl Boss Woke Hollywood has ever made combined.

[@kevinmulligans67273]

Benicio gives one of the best and subtle performances of all time here.

[@MZ-bl6wg]

“Prisoners” is AMAZING, you’d love it

[@meowenstein]

"Do directors pick their favourite composers, and then do they tend to work with the same musical composers?" Sometimes. There are some famous examples of this: Alfred Hitchcock - Bernard Hermann Federico Fellini - Nino Rota Steven Spielberg - John Williams David Lynch - Angelo Badalamenti Sergio Leone - Ennio Morricone Christopher Nolan - Hans Zimmer Tim Burton - Danny Elfman

[@semafodje782]

Ryan Coogler - Ludwig Göransson Spike Lee - Terrence Blanchard Robert Zemekis - Alan Silvestri Paul Thomas Anderson - Jonny Greenwood

[@meowenstein]

@@semafodje782 Yep!

[@korintenson3079]

Quentin Tarantino - Yes

[@waterbeauty85]

Steve, the guy with the nerdy glasses, was based on Mike Vining who was a real life member the U.S. Army's elite Delta Force.

[@Sig509]

The question about being married was not intended for "dating", but to research wheter she has a family, kids ect., as the mission was dangerous, and a single man / woman was preferred. Also there is a greater chance, than a person which has no close emotional relation will be more keen to risk.

[@duckymcswizzle537]

I like the little bit of dialogie between Brolin and Blunt after the border crossing "you're giving us the opportunity to shake the tree" and "learn, that's why you're here", Brolin straight up tells her and the audience her actual involvement in the entire movie before it's spelled out to her and the audience at the end. With the learn part it's phrased like she's here to learn about what the cartels are actually up to and get some insight into the bigger picture but really it's learn that you're just a rubber stamp for us to do the shit that needs to be done.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

y'all are killing the show reactions, but i'm always glad to see a movie.

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

And may I say, you do the Lord's sir! Well done!!!

[@ColinPoole]

"If his dog opens an account I want you to freeze it" I would hope anyone whose dog opens an account at a bank has the account frozen...

[@kljhpoiu]

What if it's a dog specially trained to withdraw precious metals from its account in an emergency? Like a Golden Retriever?

[@ColinPoole]

@@kljhpoiu Niiiiiiice :)

[@deathninja16]

He is up so close to make him as uncomfortable and so low on the power scale he's like an insect. so alejandro treats him with the respect he deserves.

[@OttoGrainer27]

Can you explain what you think he was doing with the water and drain?

[@bb.buchanan]

@@OttoGrainer27 It's suggested that Alejandro sexually assaulted him in some manner, which would be the greatest wound to inflict on a man from a machismo culture like in Mexico. The drain shot is to show he wasn't being water boarded (a permitted form of torture) and everyone else left the room and they turned the camera off.

[@oshanafinewman6473]

@@OttoGrainer27 Waterboarding is a form of torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the person to experience the sensation of drowning.

[@red2977]

@@oshanafinewman6473 except notice how you can still see the water jug and the drain is perfectly dry, yet you hear grunting and gagging. The implication is he is being forced to perform oral sex or being sexually assaulted

[@sarahgabriella84]

@@oshanafinewman6473 He didnt waterboard the guy...he raped him. Did you not see the untouched bottle?

[@JTidiotboy]

2:58 Nobody in the history of humanity as ever made that sound before

[@dillonharnden-shea57]

Sadly the composer of this movie passed away before he had a chance to be brought in for Dune. I still think this is Denis’s best film.

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

But he didn't write the movie, it was Taylor Sheridan who created Yellowstone and Mayor Of Kingstown

[@ADifferentVibe]

​@@Darkstar_DayneI think he meant music composer.

[@deux_deux215]

his death was so tragic too, just out of nowhere, freak accident

[@AW11-e4h]

Water jug of justice ✌️

[@tobiasmccallum9697]

No water jugs were used in the making of this scene :)

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Every couple years the CIA decides that "enhanced interrogation" should be a thing, and then they do a bunch of "enhanced interrogations" and the analysists go over what they got, and come back every single time saying "This is useless, they just told you whatever you wanted to hear." This has happened several times in CIA history.

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

8:09 Google maps but ominous 😭

[@Nerivean]

Google maps if it was made by Villeneuve

[@vegpedro7632]

That would be a cool af app if it existed

[@bobbong8483]

lmfao "He's like the fucking Riddler bro!"

[@jobinmcgooch]

Damn Maple… Oh and yeah Benicio Del Toro is great in this. The score and scenery really set the tone and mood as well 🤘🏽

[@crisrobinson3092]

Looking great Maple! Enjoyed this one a lot!

[@campbelltown_]

13:17 “what is happening” 😂😂

[@nasssMill17]

MAN ON FIRE WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON!!! Another one of my fave movies! 🔥🔥🔥 similar to sicario style but completely its own vibe 🔥🔥

[@warrenbfeagins]

"Is this TRUE? Does this shit happen??" Hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

19:38 Isn't he a Cowboy in a movie?..."NOPE" 😃 This is such an amazing movie all-around.

[@cheappoetry2798]

Sicario is such a good choice, especially because of where they are in Breaking Bad! Love watching reactions to the first time viewers of Sicario 🙏🏽

[@cheetos1231000]

"Time to meet God" is one of the coldest lines.

[@deronc3126]

"Google maps but ominous" is so funny and so real

[@MrCrazyGameGuy]

Arianna recommended this? Arianna has a sick sense of humour; I like it.

[@seanwoods4883]

A watch is one of the most complicated machines in human history if they're accurate.

[@chudez]

"What camera settings do you need to film dust?" she asks of the director of Dune

[@o0pinkdino0o]

If you enjoyed this I'd recommend Soderburgh's Traffic which also features Benicio del Toro, Don Cheedle, Michael Douglas and his very pregnant wifey Catherine Zeta Jones. Four stories about the drug trade that intertwine in a really intelligent manner. Also the documentary Cartel Land is essential viewing about militias on both sides of the border.

[@pmaximus5659]

Maple… you’re my favorite! It’s always a pleasure watching your reactions

[@dubugga]

When Maple finally recognizes Jon Bernthal was thinking she was gonna say Punisher. But The Bear works too 😆

[@blindlemonpledge2556]

The big water bottle is for water boarding

[@SmugSmurf]

Thank you Arianna for the recommendation omg what a friend 😂

[@kinderjoker]

should definitely watch Prisoners.

[@woeshaling6421]

prediction: Maple - I want to drive an armored vehicle into a criminal hideout

[@Romero817]

That's the desert for you...beautiful sunsets. I grew up in El Paso. I remember the news stories on the Mexican stations and in the newspapers...that shit went down. But on the US part of the border...you'd hear whispers but just like they said, wouldn't even make the front page. Biggest story I remember was that one of the high schools close to the border ended up with some bullet hole due to cartel disputes.

[@NickH2355]

This type of stuff is very real to answer your question around 10:20-10:25

[@jennymattheson153]

“Google Maps… but ominous” 😂😂😂

[@red2977]

Never noticed before how much Brolin's character seems to enjoy people being tortured.

[@maximillianosaben]

I swear, Benicio Del Toro is an absolute chameleon of an actor. P.S. He and Josh Brolin have a scene together in Avengers: Infinity War, though I'm not sure if they actually filmed together given the nature of such a production.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Josh Brolin is the real chameleon, he turned into a 9 foot tall purple alien for that role.

[@jerrymumay7421]

same director as both dunes you can really tell in the score and cinematography i love everything denis villeneuve does

[@MarvelousMusicmmusic]

Anyone else think the ladies should watch Wind River with Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen? Or The Nice Guys with Ryan Gosling? Super underrated movies

[@phj223]

Fantastic movie that really has you gripped, one of the best movies to do that in the last decade or so. My other one I always recommend is Shot Caller (2017), a criminally overlooked movie starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister from GoT you know) - and he's fantastic in this movie - together with a bunch of other highly recognizable actors. Regular family man Nikolaj makes a mistake and winds up in state prison, and once inside it's basically sink or swim. The movie actually opens with him being released from prison after his time is up, and we follow his struggle to complete one last deal he can't back out from, while the time leading up to and including the prison sentence is shown in flashbacks. It's just a gut-wrenching depiction of what the US state prison system does to its inmates, and what the inmates have to do to not become a target, a victim.

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

Great performance by Benicio ... a great movie.

[@dukerollo1116]

Yes the cartel does stuff like that all the time thats why border protection is so important we dont want the cartel coming over here and doing that here thats probably johs brolens job to stop the cartel from getting here or controlling whoever takes over ... which we also do

[@ColinsComments]

Propaganda

[@dukerollo1116]

Whats propaganda?

[@xt0ferx]

"it's like Google Maps.. but ominous" lmao

[@AuroraMeansDawn27]

I'm always amazed that people wonder why citizens, from these countries, want to escape.

[@Rebel8MAC]

Damn, Maple is on point being able to guess where they are going with certain events. When I watched this I kept getting surprised. 👍

[@tezeswargupta7060]

Is it just me or has the lady slowly slowly let the fun side out😜

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Sicario 2 is even gnarlier, IMO.

[@realBkay]

“ ….. US Marshals, DEA, Delta …..” Delta Force warriors r the cream of the crop when it comes to US military special forces. They recruit from the other US military special forces; SeALs, Green Berets, Rangers, Marine Force Recon, etc. Very, very few attendees r chosen for Delta.

[@PastaDon_]

Yep.. Delta for domestic, and DEVGRU units for overseas international..

[@rubenlopez3364]

I'm from Phoenix and my cousins across the wall tell me about the crazy shit that happens back home and tell me how I'm lucky at first I didn't believe it until I went over there and saw all the Cartel check points and some of my cousins were involved when we got older because for a lot of the places in Mexico theres hardly jobs or ways to make money so they join and make bigger money than any job that's in Mexcio or try to come across to US

[@atlasrome2778]

In the end, Alessandro wanted to protect Kate when he forced her to sign, saying it would be suicide if she didn't, because another CIA assassin would come to kill her. She had no other choice but to sign the document.

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

In answer to your question Maple, yes. A director with enough power will choose not only the Composer, but also the DP, the editor, and many other crew members. Just look at how many films Spielberg and Williams have worked on.

[@amonjackson2072]

maple once said “THEWORSTPOSSBLETHINGTHATCOULDHAPPENITSLITERALLYTHAT🗣️🗣️🦅🦅”😂

[@Andrew-id1vd]

I always liked that they used CAG guys for the border retrieval

[@Zaburino]

OMG Maple, I'm three minutes in and this is one of the best reactions you've done for the channel! Edit: And I really liked the edit too, some key lines that other Sicario reactions often miss were nice to see here.

[@GrahamCarle]

With so many other movies the viewer knows more of what's happening than the protagonist but here we're kept in the dark with Kate and it really adds to the discomfort

[@alexanderarkum4793]

The twins are looking good maple

[@zackgallardo]

Maple you sounded like you knew where nogales was and what the border vehicles look like. Have you been there?

[@lutherl2350]

One of my top 5 favorite movies of the last 20 years

[@yw1971]

There was a nice TV show on this subject that was cut short (way too short) - Coyote (2021), with Michael Chiklis. You may want to add it to the viewing routine.

[@LUISSYPER]

Sweetie, this is certainly everyday life in Mexico. It's just that we don't print it in our newspapers because it's way too graphic.

[@bowi1332]

"Is Sicario our main character?" Wow! Actually, yes! He is!

[@A8845A]

yeah get ready for the ending lmao

[@joepalomo6984]

Great reaction loved it you were awesome 🌹😎👍❤️

[@AbeVicious]

Josh Brolin.... The Goonies. Lol

[@maishadigital8410]

My issue with Movies like Sicario, the same with my issue with movies like Beast of no nations, Blood diamond and Black Hawk Down is, the real culprit is often the American government that incentivizes third world governments and communities against the interest of their own people. Then when that person leverages their ill gotten wealth and goes rogue, the same American government goes after them, then makes movies portraying those countries as Hell holes. As far as Americans are concerned, they are Rome. They are the light, and the rest of the world is darkness. In reality, unless you believe every other culture and race is simply inferior, every nation strives for its equilibrium and happiness. The real evil is American Capitalism. But y'all arent ready for that conversation. I can only imagine how these countries feel being portrayed as violent hell holes in every single movie. Arabs, South America, Africa. Over and over. For the consumption of emotionally-manipulated Americans.

[@ghandiman]

“Now finish eating.” Was cut! The most badass line and it didn’t make the edit :(

[@simonfrederiksen104]

The Zealots - Reminds me of the Masada miniseries from the 80's - Total blast to watch

[@Rebel8MAC]

Yes Maple, this has been happening since like 2004 or earlier but has been getting increasingly bad. We used to visit every year and I don't go anymore. If you think I must be exaggerating, look up the Iguala Massacre. It shows how the corruption of state and military with the cartel was able to cover up the execution/MASSACRE of 40 something college students. ✌❤

[@Jumpman67]

This movie looks so good because of Roger Deakins.

[@zackgallardo]

There is NO way those bodies didnt stink up the entire area.

[@blockboygames5956]

Maple you are really sharp. You picked up on all the small details, and called so many things before they happened. Thanks for a great reaction to one of my favorite movies!

[@Personneinternet]

Watch Incendies from Villeneuve next please

[@StayFractalesque]

Maple, youre not allowed to cover your eyes and look away! ..you have one job!

[@tripaycorazon1979]

Thanos is amazing, even without his makeup But Tivan…..omg

[@FlexStudioPL]

This is my fifth time in this month watching Sicario on YT. Best reaction from all of them. Thank you!

[@AbeVicious]

Wifey and Sicario. I'm here for it.

[@PastaDon_]

I love Josh Brolin's characters condesending "Yep, that's why you're here!!" Basically saying, after everything you've seen and all you've been thru, you still haven't learned what accomplishes results in this war!! Other than, you are a 100% a sheep and you don't belong in this life!!

[@JamesJoyce12]

Flip flops in a formal meeting is a Delta-boy move - they do not give a f and they think they are better than everyone else in that room - and they are generally right. BTW glasses-guy is based on a famous actual D-boy.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

The main characters presence is needed literally just to make what they're doing legal.

[@Atamastra]

It's really quite fascinating and transfixing how the audience mirrors Kate; she goes in with preconceptions, just like the viewer. She isn't really the main character, she is the audience. Alejandro is the MC. And you feel almost just as cheated and used as Kate when you realize the actual plot at play, and despite it all, you can't help but sign an agreement that in some screwed up way, Alejandro was right to do what he did. God this movie is a masterpiece.

[@MarianaGFlores]

Girls, have you seen Society of the Snow yet? ❄️⛄. ps: you look hot, Mapple!.

[@ElderlyKoala]

the crazy part when you realize kate was the antagonist the whole time. her moral code put other lives at risk in a game where morals dont exist only objectives.

[@mikewhite6138]

Jeffrey Donovan's drip is unparalleled

[@I_WasHere]

damn, i was startin to think you guys switched to an exclusively shows format

[@MikeB12800]

It’s real and so much worse. The cartel gore videos on line are insane. “Funkytown Gore” is almost unimaginable.

[@joetweet5979]

Our American government does so much worse than you can imagine

[@michaelriddick7116]

Such a great movie! LETS GOOO!! 💪😎💪

[@michaelriddick7116]

OMFG!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Maple: "Guys this is not cool." Also Maple: "OMGSYERUIUWASHJVCBIPHEWVVK!!!!!!

[@michaelriddick7116]

Emily Blunt is awesome :) Check out "Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and her! 😊

[@michaelriddick7116]

Yes, unfortunately its real :(

[@michaelriddick7116]

The whole wet willy thing was funny to me, until I realized that Alejandro was almost two knuckles deep into his ear 😳 That'd fucking hurt 🤣😂

[@sodalines]

I live in south Texas this is very very real. you can see the border from my ranch.

[@captainofdunedain3993]

If anyone plays Call of Duty, this Alejandro guy is the Ghost there. Kinda legend!

[@Shad0wmoses]

i wish dune had the same tension as his previous films. its amazing what he did with Dune but i didnt feel the same level of excitement. then again i never read the books so that could be it lol.

[@c14-v8o]

Yes this happens on day to day basis depends were in Mexico ur from