Ehhhhh. In the early aught he was still only known for Swingers, a made for TV Rocky Marciano flick and a guest spot of Friends. Once Elf happened he blew up.

But to your point, the theory is the entire movie he did called "Chef" was an allegory for him working for marvel studios.

I'm responding to your response, lol.

But, maybe you're too dumb to get that.

Don't be a jerk.

Cheers.

It was basically Favreau gathering intel on how to take over Hollywood as a mogul. And u know what? He's like Luke Skywalker. He went from a humble character actor to the guy responsible for advocating for RDJ (an askew, risky choice at the time) as tony stark, and without RDJ the mcu wouldve ended at the Avengers.

Good looking out. Thank u!

Bro, that's gjr ENTIRE POINT of Sicario. The whole movie is a morality tale and it's meant to bring up questions about the morality of the drug trade, how we police it, the illegality of it, questions about the CIA, about torture, about revenge, about working in the dark and answering to no one. All these things. That's why it's such a good movie made by a master director. You finding it boring says a lot about you and your ability to think about these things.

Benicio literally tortures someone for information and everyone around him is fine with it. You apparently are fine with it or don't wanna think about it. He murders an innocent wife and children and you are fine with it or dont wanna think about it, or how he hijacks a driver and murders him too. Or how all of that is sanctioned by the US Government and how the one person who knows it's fucked up in the movie is forced at gunpoint to sign off on it and say everything was fine and went according to plan.

You don't wanna think about that? It doesn't fit the film? That's what the film is about. That's the entire point. It's not some lame action film like the sequel and that's why the sequel sucks ass and has a 61% compared to Sicarios 92%.

And WE all don't know how things like this go on. Ask anybody. Your average person doesn't know about shit like this or want to admit it or really have any kind or clue. They might nod their head and agree with you if you bring it up but they don't actually grasp anything you're talking about. And that's why this movie was written. That's the entire point. It does a WAY better job of tackling those issues than the generic sequel.

The problem is viewing it as a sci-fi action movie (which I’m assuming is how you viewed it), because that comes with its own connotations. Blade Runner is more like sci-fi noir or neo-noir. Action and noir can be on the opposite spectrum when it comes to pacing (that’s been my experience, at least). The action is how it is because it’s not trying to be flashy. That’s not its purpose, and it’s not that kind of film.

So this week it’s Sicario…

>Yes they absolutely are. They even put references of it into them.

Either this is mind bogglingly stupid ("one thing one time reference Blade Runner, therefore all uses of cyberpunk specifically reference Blade Runner") or you think when I said cyberpunk I meant Cyberpunk 2077 (which is also stupid, but not mind bogglingly so).

> You'll find some quotes in there of all the people whom were inspired by Syd Mead's work, the chief designer of the visual style in bladerunner. Many of whom work on the content you brainlessly consume now.

Which again doesn't establish anything relevant. And can't.

>It's a shame you're so ignorant.

It's a shame you can't read or deploy logic or spell.

Looks like prime video has it but it's unavailable in the US. A VPN may solve this or you can always get an eye patch and a peg leg... so to speak

Are we not men?

We shove the poles in the hole 🫡

I’d check out the Italian show GOMORRAH too, HBO has every season

Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad)

It's one of those movies that takes time to appreciate. I probably saw it like 3 times before I liked it. Now I love it. The godfather was like that for me as well.

True art can bring out the beauty of anything. Blade runner is set in a dystopian brutalist nightmare but the film makes this hell beautiful to us.

Don't forget Drive!

Feel like I haven’t seen him in forever! He can super intimidating!

I need to go back and watch it i almost forgot hawke was in it! He’s always in some good cop flicks! I did love gere in it it was nice seeing him in something different like that. Whittaker was great and definitely a great speech! I also loved the guy from house in it he was good

Richard Gere was so dark in that movie! Ethan Hawke was also a powerhouse!

Street Kings I feel was actually a big push for Keanu to get back into action films! He was perfect in that role! Loved Forest Whitaker speech at the end!

Brooklyns finest and street kings do not get talked about enough I feel like. Both great films

Let me know what you think! I have a some novel recommendations if you want similar!

Great film!

Hell yeah man, look up Sicario 3, the films been confirmed and I believe it's in production!

I'll start ZeroZeroZero :)

I would throw in Triple 9, Den of Thieves, Brooklyns Finest, Street Kings, The Drop, Dark Blue, and Narc.

You think they make a third?!

And I absolutely agree the Sicario scratches an itch that I have rarely found since! ZeroZeroZero comes extremely close and at times tops Sicario.

It’s directed and written by the team who did Gomorrah!