Sicario (2015) | First Time Reaction by Maple

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Join Maple as she dives into the intense world of "Sicario" (2015) for the first time! Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin, "Sicario" explores the gritty and dangerous world of the drug war on the US-Mexico border. Watch as Maple reacts to the film's gripping storyline, powerful performances, and breathtaking cinematography. Experience the suspense, moral dilemmas, and action-packed sequences through her eyes, and hear her thoughts on the film's portrayal of law enforcement and cartel violence.
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[@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 🌚

[@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."

[@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

[@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.

[@Gojeto346]

@@MichalBreslaulet’s see you go serve on the forces and deal with the cartels then lmfao

[@Josh86_925]

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

[@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

[@kevinmulligan48424]

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

[@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!!!

[@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

[@MZ-bl6wg]

“Prisoners” is AMAZING, you’d love it

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@Gojeto346]

he helped found Delta Force too, he’s the original operator

[@peteK70]

Water jug of justice ✌️

[@tobiasmccallum9697]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Jeremy252]

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

[@Gojeto346]

13:00 it’s a show of dominance basically, kind of a mind game, like I’m invading your personal space and you can’t do shit about it, it’s also just showing a huge lack of respect and even contempt and fury in such a small show of dominance, I love this movie

[@Mushie_G]

PTSD can't just magically be treated. It never goes away. The quicker people understand this, the quicker we can move forward on better treatments, but then people like Maple exist.

[@dustinwilson4815]

Kind of rude. She's a reaction personality, not a politician, lawyer, therapist or psychologist. She neither makes policy nor works with those with PTSD. I sympathize with your concern, though, as I'm a veteran, and I've helped or known a lot of brothers and sisters with PTSD. Including my own uncle (Desert Storm), father (Korea), step-father (Vietnam), and grandfather (WWII). I served on Submarines, and have not personally suffered from PTSD in the military, but later dealt with it from events in my personal life that took my 6 year old daughter's life.

[@mariobastidas3102]

@@dustinwilson4815 My condolences!

[@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

[@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

[@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 🤘🏽

[@puppetmaster8551]

Nice, sicario is a banger of a a movie. Denis villeneuve simply don’t miss. Y’all should do the other 2 movies in Taylor Sheridan’s frontier trilogy, they’re a thematic trilogy of movies written by Sheridan that released b2b2b and they’re all amazing, hell or high water is so good even above sicario for me personally and wind river is fantastic too and Sheridan also directed that one. Wind river and especially hell or high water get so little attention from reactors compared to sicario which is a real bummer because they’re all amazing with stellar casts and fantastic direction and scripts.

[@Dr_Kubrick]

Wind River is great but was very hard to watch

[@GIRTHYANDITCURVES]

Ur telling me there’s better films than this directed by the same guy? 😏

[@puppetmaster8551]

@@GIRTHYANDITCURVES written by the same guy, this was directed by Denis villeneuve and written by Taylor Sheridan who also wrote hell or high water and wrote and directed wind river, both which are fantastic, hell or high water being my personal favorite. That being said the director of sicario does have better movies he’s directed like blade runner 2049 and prisoners.

[@poisonapleproduction]

@@puppetmaster8551prisoners is fantastic

[@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 :)

[@bobbong8483]

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

[@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.

[@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 🙏🏽

[@MrCrazyGameGuy]

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

[@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.

[@warrenbfeagins]

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

[@crisrobinson3092]

Looking great Maple! Enjoyed this one a lot!

[@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

[@deronc3126]

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

[@chudez]

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

[@jennymattheson153]

“Google Maps… but ominous” 😂😂😂

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

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

[@nasssMill17]

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

[@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.

[@xt0ferx]

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

[@campbelltown_]

13:17 “what is happening” 😂😂

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Sicario 2 is even gnarlier, IMO.

[@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.

[@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. 👍

[@seanwoods4883]

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

[@dubugga]

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

[@cheetos1231000]

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

[@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..

[@lutherl2350]

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

[@tezeswargupta7060]

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

[@NickH2355]

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

[@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.

[@woeshaling6421]

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

[@Sir_Alex]

Great performance by Benicio ... a great movie.

[@jbwade5676]

Awesome Movie Maple 🥰🥰

[@red2977]

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

[@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.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

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

[@joepalomo6984]

Great reaction loved it you were awesome 🌹😎👍❤️

[@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

[@TorchySmurf]

Thank you Arianna for the recommendation omg what a friend 😂

[@odorousobject8165]

Love you Maple!

[@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

[@zackgallardo]

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

[@Jumpman67]

This movie looks so good because of Roger Deakins.

[@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. ✌❤

[@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.

[@zackgallardo]

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

[@amonjackson2072]

maple once said “THEWORSTPOSSBLETHINGTHATCOULDHAPPENITSLITERALLYTHAT🗣️🗣️🦅🦅”😂

[@Andrew-id1vd]

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

[@kinderjoker]

should definitely watch Prisoners.

[@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.

[@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

[@AbeVicious]

Josh Brolin.... The Goonies. Lol

[@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 🤣😂

[@simonfrederiksen104]

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

[@I_WasHere]

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

[@bowi1332]

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

[@A8845A]

yeah get ready for the ending lmao

[@aaronrican5060]

Wtf I just watched this last night. Lol

[@MarianaGFlores]

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

[@user-et1qn2oi2s]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@MikeB12800]

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

[@ghandiman]

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

[@jamaelbaskerville4547]

Tank god!! I love this movie and she got the chest out!! Perfect.

[@alexanderarkum4793]

The twins are looking good maple

[@AbeVicious]

Wifey and Sicario. I'm here for it.

[@blindlemonpledge2556]

The big water bottle is for water boarding

[@pmaximus5659]

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

[@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!!

[@captainofdunedain3993]

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

[@granterwin952]

The score was done by Johan Johansson. He died too young. Rip to a true master

[@mikewhite6138]

Jeffrey Donovan's drip is unparalleled

[@scottdarden3091]

Marvelous Maple 😘

[@MBIRTIRoma]

Villeneuve always gets carried by Roger Deakins.

[@sodalines]

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

[@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.