A hard-charging sequel that's equal parts anti-immigrant hysteria and gun-death porn.

It's engrossing in a very direct action way... [But] there are enough hot button issues floating around in this movie that I was hoping for something more than just a glorified "blow things up real big" action [movie].

Every moment of Sicario: Day of the Soldado is soaked in an unilluminating and easy cynicism.

A tense, ultimately bleak action-thriller that works as a solid follow-up to Villeneuve’s film while also standing on its own.