R | 2h 1m | Thriller, Action | September 18, 2015 As the Mexican drug cartels maintain, their drug trade is just supply for American demand. America’s got unprecedented levels of rural and small-town heroin and synthetic opioid addiction. New England is riddled with it. There’s an enormous market for the pills, powders, and herbs that make the great American spiritual depression go away for a short while. Hence the cartel feeding frenzy and violence. ISIS beheadings and cartel beheadings are very similar; parallels between the two evil institutions abound.
FBI agents Kate Macer (Emily Blunt, center) and Reggie Wayne (Daniel Kaluuya, R) teaming up with Delta Force operatives in the Mexican desert in “Sicario.” (Richard Foreman Jr/Lionsgate)
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“Sicario” (2015) is a dark tale of an attempt to stem the tide of drugs and violence pouring in here from down there. Ultimately, complete drug-flow stoppage won’t happen via CIA, FBI, and paramilitary teams, but through 12-step addiction programs and personal and spiritual cultivation. But that’s a different movie.
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