Sicario: Day of the Soldado had a bigger budget, and all the trappings of a shiny, big-budget Hollywood project.
But there’s something really special about Sicario, there’s something quieter and there’s something a little more intelligent in how it unravels.”
It was big, it was very dramatic, but it wasn’t as, like with ‘Sicario’ [and “Soldado”], as specific in its behavioral choices…
Cinematographer Roger Deakins, who worked on Sicario but not the sequel, opined that bigger action set pieces do not necessarily add up to a better cinematic experience.