Lionsgate original film Sicario was released October 2nd, 2015.
The #Sicario films made $160.8M at the international box office.
rottentomatoes: 92%
metacritic: 82
imdb: 7.7
oscars: 3 nominations
Kate Macer
Kate Macer is an FBI special agent in Chandler, Arizona.
“FBI! Don’t move! Clear! Steppin’ out! FBI! I’m good. Fuck! Team leader! Status? Yeah. Why’d he shoot? There’s no one here. Jesus! No. That was something else. Yeah? The truth. No way to connect him, but he owns it. Reg, step out. It’s okay. Relax.” — Kate Macer
“I have no idea. Come on, of course. Jesus. Yes, sir. His company, Sun Oasis, has 80 or so foreclosure properties. He has other legitimate businesses. Um… but he’s rumored to be linked with one of the Mexican cartels. I wasn’t aware he had one. I didn’t know he had one of those either. None of that is in his file.” — Kate Macer
“I don’t know who that is. This is not my department, sir. Am I married? Divorced. No. Anything else? I have no clue. Isn’t this Phoenix homicide now? What does that mean? Air Force Base? Diaz’s brother? Where is he? What’s our objective? Do we get an opportunity at the men responsible for today? I’ll volunteer.” — Kate Macer
“It’s fine. It’s good. I’ll call you when we’re headed back. Morning. Am I late? Are we taking this? DOD flies you around in private jets now? Right. Is there any food on this flight? Kate Macer. Uh… no, I… we’re goin’ to El Paso, right? Are you okay? So… so this is your specialty? The cartels in Mexico are your specialty? Is there anything I should know? Okay.” — Kate Macer
“Have you ever been over there? For the DEA? For who? You’re not American? Who do you work for now? Where were you sent from? Colombia. Is he CIA? Are you? No, he’s not. I’m not authorized to follow orders from Alejandro! Especially in Mexico! I just wanna know what I’m getting into. Yes. Yes!” — Kate Macer
“Wait, wait, wait. Jesus Christ! What the fuck are we doing? Fuck! Nutty? Yeah, yeah. That was fucking illegal. You wanna start a war? You’re a fucking spook! And him… I mean, who the fuck is that? Jesus Christ. You just spray bullets at… yeah, sure, there’s just fucking civilians everywhere. I’m not a soldier! This is not what I do! What am I doing here?” — Kate Macer
“Can I have one of those? Thank you. Huh? Unbelievable. Yeah. I can see. Um, from here it’s a little over two hours. Are we going to Tucson? We’re goin’ to Tucson.” — Kate Macer
Matt Graver
“5-and-0, not bad for a rookie. She never worked cases? I like her already. What about the partner? He seen any action? What’s his background? No lawyers on this train. Just give me the girl. What do you know about his brother? Guillermo. His brother’s name is Guillermo. Do you know anything about his cousin? No one does. He’s off the grid.”
“Are you married? Do you have a husband? Kids? No idea. No, we’re expanding the scope of the investigation a bit. Day after. Early. Yeah, we’re gonna go see Guillermo. That’s the one. Uh, he’s in the El Paso area. To dramatically overreact. The men who were really responsible for today, yeah.”
“Morning. No, no, no. We just landed. Come on, this way. My bird dog over there, Alejandro. Yeah. Only the best for you. Yeah. You guys don’t have one of these? Uh, there’s some bitchin’ peanuts in the back. But it’s kind of a self-serve deal. Yeah, amazing. Okay…”
“How you doin’? Good, buddy. How you feelin’? Maybe it’s gonorrhea. what color is it? Red specks or blood? I’m trying to get DOD to let me look into this conspiracy to sink Fiji. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I figure a month or two over there, we’ll get it all worked out. So who’s goin’ over there today? Oh, man, I love it when you say ‘a team.’ It makes me all warm and fuzzy. Wow. Where’s everybody linking up? Good, good, good.”
“Love Texans. We’ll take the tour with you. Loan us a couple pop guns. Will be by the time we get there. I know I could always count on you, Keith. Here, try this on. See if it fits. He’s a DOD advisor, just like me. Just pay attention to Alejandro and if he says to do somethin’, just do it. Fine. Then stay here. But you don’t want to, do you? Kate, you volunteered to get on this train because you know you’re doing nothing in Phoenix. Yeah, you’re just sweeping up a fucking mess. In six months, every single house you raid will be rigged with explosives. Do you want to find the guys responsible? Yes or no? Yes? This is where we start. Try it on.”
“Mexicans are adjusting our route. There’s activity ahead, we need to go around. Everyone hold on. Spotter vehicle, nine o’clock. Is that one of ours? No, that’s a lone wolf. Eyes on rooftops. Everyone stay in this lane. Our agents at the border are waving traffic through to get us over as quickly as they can. What are the rules here? Come here.”
“Got a little nutty, huh? Told you you could stay here. Whoa! Don’t sell yourself short, all right? The reason Reggie’s home is I know he wasn’t ready for this. But he better get ready real quick because this is the future, Kate! Juarez is what happens when they dig in. This is it! What you’re doing here is you’re giving us the opportunity to shake the tree and create chaos. That’s what this is! In the meantime, just sponge everything up you see. Learn! That’s why you’re here.”
“Guillermo. You’re giving him a belly full of water, you devil. You didn’t think we’d get you here, did you? No hablo ingles? Es muy malo. I love it when they no hablo ingles. You know, I brought an old buddy of yours. I bet you hablo to him. Yeah. What do you keep lookin’ at me for? No hablos ingles, remember?”
“Can you get ’em all in one place? We just landed back in Phoenix. I’m on a clock, I can’t wait. All right, look, contact Bob Fisks. Have him hold ’em in the staging area. Yeah. How long does it take to get to Tucson? All right. We’ll be there around 2:00. Yeah. Yeah, you gotta learn how to sleep on a plane.”
“She’s fine. And yet I answered. Don’t worry, Bob. We’ll be quick. Don’t be so dramatic, okay?”
Reggie Wayne
“Get down! We’re the police! Get down! You okay, Macer? Whoa. What the fuck? Those weren’t our hostages.”
“What’s goin’ on? We did this by the book, right? What? Oh, shit. Well? Who are those people? You know?”
“You keep an eye on that doughy prick with the flip-flops. Don’t trust him. How you doin’, sir? Well, what’s she supposed to do? All right.”
“They let me on the base when you need a ride, don’t they? You okay? I didn’t ask you. Kate. Who’s that?”
Alejandro
“Have you been to Jaurez before? Yeah. I’m fine. Hmm? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, you’re asking how a watch works. For now, let’s just keep an eye on the time.”
“I worked in Juarez. No. For Mexico. I was prosecutor. No. Oh, I go where I’m sent. Cartagena. Listen… nothing will make sense to your American ears. And you will doubt everything that we do. But in the end… you will understand.”
“Welcome to Juarez. Nothing will happen here. If they try anything, it will be at the border. Keep an eye out for the State Police. They’re not always the good guys.”
“Get your service weapon out. Red Impala, two lanes over, on my ten. Bring your window down. Gun. Get outta the car. No, no, no, no! In peace, in peace. Suerta la pistola. Do you want to die?”
“I know someone kept him alive for us. I doubt it was easy. It’s not your fault. How is your wife? In Jaurez? Mejor. Si. No, it’s better if you don’t. Something happens in that room… it’s easier to say you didn’t see anything. It’s great to see you’re still in the fight. Aw, Alejandro, I think he remembers you.”
“Now you’ll learn what’s hell in Yankee land.”
Steve Forsing
“Howdy! How you been? Well, when I pee, it burns. Yellow, with red specks. Fiji? Leave Fiji alone, terrorists! Marshals, DEA… I pulled a team for you, Matt. Oh, they’re a crack bunch, too. Just rotated back from Afghanistan. A.I.C. What?”
“There she is. The beast. Juarez. You know… 1900s, President Taft went to visit President Diaz. Took 4,000 men with him. And it almost was called off. Some guy had a pistol. Was gonna walk right up to Taft and just blow his brains out. But it was avoided. Four thousand troops! Think he felt safe?”
“It’s brilliant what they do. When they mutilate a body like that, they make people think they must have been involved, they must have deserved such a death ’cause they did something. Oh, it’s brilliant what they do. You hear that? Those aren’t firecrackers.”
“Spotter vehicle, left lane. Left lane! I’m gettin’ a boner. Watch the right, watch the right. Copy that. Red Impala, two lanes left. Gun. Gun left! No, it won’t. They won’t even make the papers in El Paso. I’m gonna step out. Timmy.”
Nogales, Mexico
“Papa! Hmm. Wake up. We need to go to my soccer match. You play soccer? Si. You’re sure? No. Yes, Dad, we have to. Okay, let’s go. Mama, make coffee and eggs for Papa. Yes, my love.”
Reporters
“Such a heavy body count this close to Phoenix is without a doubt, a major escalation for the cartels. There will be pressure in Washington to explain how such a dramatic outrage could happen so deep inside the American heartland. We may be talking about the victims of a turf war or maybe some illegal immigrants whoa are tied to a ransom, but it will be some weeks before we have a clearer picture on who the victims…”
FBI / Luke Air Force Base / Juarez
“Looks like Sonora. Yeah. How many total? We’ve got 15 in this hall here, about 20 in the back bedroom. We haven’t even checked the attic or under the crawl space. Call DOJ, let ’em know what we have. This one of the houses owned by Manuel Diaz? Jesus Christ. PD found something.”
“She’s been leading our kidnap response team for three years. Put her through the grinder since she got here, and she hasn’t blinked. She’s in the front line. Nobody’s gonna be happier than Kate to see these guys go down. So she’s a thumper? Today was her fifth O.I.S. Been kicking doors since day one. He’s only been with us 18 months.”
“He’s a sharp kid. ROTC scholarship to Maryland, did a tour in Iraq, got his law degree from UNC. He’s green, but he’s good. Would you step in here, Kate? Quite a find today, the loss of two officers notwithstanding. How familiar are you with Manuel Diaz’s operation?”
“Manuel Diaz works for the Sonora cartel. He’s most likely their senior member in the United States. His cousin is Fausto Alarcon. He’s number three in the Sonora Cartel. Like I said, Agent Macer doesn’t work narcotics. She runs a kidnap response team. No. Thanks, Kate. If you could wait outside, please. Catching the red-eye to D.C. tomorrow. Will you come back in, Kate?”
“DOJ wants advisors that focus on cartels involved in pursuing Mr. Diaz. This is Matt Graver. He’ll be leading the team. You’ll act as a liaison. They need an agent with tactical experience, like you. State Department is pulling an agent from the field that specializes in responding to escalated cartel activity. You’ll be part of the team. You’ll meet up with them at Luke… tomorrow? Kate you must volunteer for an inter-agency task force. Think very hard before you respond. You wanna be a part of this?”
“I.D.’s? She’s on the list, but you’re not. I need you to turn this around for me.”
“Mexican Federal Police will meet you at the border and proceed with you to the courthouse, located here. This is a high-level target. The most likely spots for an attempt will be at the exchange at the border crossing on the return. The Marshals will enter… Kevin, Keith, you wanna stand up? Now, the Marshals’ response team is in Laredo. So our friends from Delta have volunteered to come along and will escort the Marshals on the exchange. And here’s the man of the hour. You comin’ with or waitin’ here? All right, this is turning into an all-star affair! Keith, you want another hand on the exchange? You sober? Got a bottle in the truck in case your hands get shaky. All right, we’ll gear you up as soon as we’re done here. Now, Matt, you can be the tip of the spear, and we don’t have to rob a guy from Delta. Now, be careful on the turnaround. If the Federale’s a shooter, it’s gonna happen on the turnaround. Delta’s Team One will be the lead vehicle. We can divide Team Two between the carry car and the trail vehicle. That okay? Good. Now Delta, if you can identify yourselves, so everyone knows who to hide behind if shit hits the fan. The most likely spot for a hit will be at the border crossing on the return. Anywhere along the way, anyone not in this room is a potential shooter. The op isn’t over until we get back here. Okay?”
“Be alert. Be vigilant. And be aware. Let’s go. Hey! I thought you were in prison. They took me out. They needed somebody for this job. For good behavior or bad behavior? Which part?”
“Nothing. Rooftops clear. Bridge is one klick out. Road is clear. Hotfoot it, gentlemen. Everyone stay frosty. Okay, it’s a fuck-up. What are we gonna do now? Here’s the deal. A car broke down up ahead. It’s being sorted out, but it’s gonna take a while. Stand by. Roger that. Three lanes left. Seven o’clock. Green Civic. We must be engaged to engage. Permission to get out of the vehicle and set a perimeter? Stay in your vehicle. You can do what they do. If they get out, you get out. Get ready. They can see our lane clearing. If it’s coming, it’s coming now. Move!”
“Don’t move! Calmate! Lane’s clear! The lane’s clear! Don’t look at me! Put your hands behind your head! Now! Hands behind your head! All clear! I got this! go, go, go! Move, move, move! This is gonna be on the front page of every newspaper in America. Clear!”
“No hablo ingles. I didn’t know ghosts got thirsty. What’s easy these days? I’m sorry about what happened on the return. I control only what I can. Esta bien. We have two boys. 6 and 8 years old. No, Monterey. Mas tranquilo. There’s rumors of a tunnel. Fausto’s main road into Arizona. If you’re doing what I think you’re doing, that’s the best place to cross. If you find it. But time is against you. In three days, nobody will be where they are today. Shall we? I’m sorry for what happened to you. Take care.”
“No, Medellin. No, no. You like fireworks? Wanna see something cool? Come on. Here we go. Look right there. That’s what happens when you chop the head off a chicken.”
“What’s the deal, Matt? Why you holdin’ up my transport? How’s the auditor gonna reach to an $8,000 check to fuckin’ Domino’s Pizza?”
SWAT Team
“Get down! Get down! Get down! Get down! Don’t move! Where are the hostages? Where are the hostages? FBI, Police! Don’t move! Down! Stay down! Cross your legs and put your hands in the air! Police! Don’t move! Get down! Get down! Police! Search warrant. Don’t move! Police, don’t move! Police, don’t move! Search warrant!”
“Are you hit? Front room, clear! Front clear! We’re clear, ma’am! Two suspects in custody! Macer? U.S. Attorney wants a statement. What do you want me to say to her? Vickers! I need bolt cutters! Vickers!”
