Dennis Villeneuve work is a complex collection of images and emotions, his movies reflect a dedicated artist trying to express how he sees the world. Trying to replicate his vision is very difficult, that's why when Hollywood made the announcement of the Sicario sequel, I was very hesitant to watch this movie.

Stefano Sollima director of the first season of the TV show Gomorrah had the responsibility of following the footsteps of Villeneuve and create a cohesive movie and also a sequel of a successful first film.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado continues the lives of Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) and Special Agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) working for the US government. After a suicide bombing in Kansas City, The united states respond to work in a mission with Graver in order to combat The Mexican Cartel who are responsible for smuggling terrorist across the border.

With that in mind, Gillick and Graver work together into instigating a war between the two big Mexican cartels, but killing a lawyer on one side and kidnapping the daughter of kingpin rival.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado is a nice follow up to the original film. Stefano Sollima is not trying to copy Villeneuve's work but making a variation f the story. We have two main characters from the original Sicario, but we are missing Emily Blunt, which without her makes the film darker and less emotional. Hildur Guðnadóttir composer of the score pays a great tribute to Jóhann Jóhannsson work from the first film.

This movie is scary, but a real document of what's going on at the border with the US.