I’ve done my best to avoid reactions to most everything playing at the Cannes Film Festival if only to keep my own expectations in check and one of the movies I’m doing my very best to avoid hearing any advanced buzz is Denis Villeneuve‘s thriller Sicario starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro among others. For an added bit of context before you check out the following first clip from the film (via Slashfilm), know the film centers on Kate (Blunt), a young female FBI agent who joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
The following clip features what must be Kate’s first meeting with del Toro’s character followed by a bit of tough love from Brolin. Give it a watch below. The film is set for a Sept. 18 release date and given Villeneuve’s Quebec origins it seems pretty safe to expect this one to have a presence at this year’s Toronto Film Fesitval.
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In Mexico, Sicario means hitman. In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elite government task force official to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past, the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.
