However, if Soldado is any good, I’ll be the first to say so despite my misgivings. Like Snow White and the Huntsman, Sicario was a female-led genre film that was successful enough to spawn a sequel for the male co-star(s) with lead actress getting kicked to the curb. One of them was Sicario 2: Soldado, which I’ve given no end of grief for essentially being a sequel to Emily Blunt’s grim “War on Drugs” thriller without Blunt. There was a slight uproar earlier this year when Lionsgate unloaded two Black Label Media releases from their 2017 schedule, only for those films to get picked up by Sony. Again, what makes the film stand out is the sheer quality of the writing and the time the picture allows to show these folks living, learning and changing before the proverbial end. In a departure for this kind of movie, the screenplay makes her into a three-dimensional human being, someone with opinions, contradictions and someone whose words and deeds have an impact on the plot. And the "exclusive" clip above highlights one of its best elements, namely Connelly's terrific performance in what otherwise could have been a stock "supportive wife" character.
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