BLU-RAY
REVIEW: SICARIO
1/03/2016

OVERVIEW:
– Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), Oscar® winner Benicio Del Toro (Best Supporting Actor, Traffic, 2000), Oscar® nominee Josh Brolin (Best Supporting Actor, Milk, 2008), and Victor Garber (Titanic) star in the must-see drug war thriller Sicario, arriving on Digital HD December 29 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh, the film will also be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital) and On Demand January 5. An official selection of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the edge-of-your-seat action-packed story follows a covert group of crime fighters on a treacherous cross-border operation to take down a Mexican drug kingpin.
The Sicario Blu-ray and Digital HD releases include in-depth
behind-the-scenes interviews with Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and
Benicio Del Toro and a look at the visual design of the film
with director Denis Villeneuve. Also included is a look behind
the creation of the score with Oscar®-nominated composer Jóhann
Jóhannsson (Best Original Score, The Theory of Everything,
2014); and a discussion about writer Taylor Sheridan’s research
for the script. The Blu-ray is encoded in Dolby TrueHD and
features a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack, which delivers captivating
sound that places and moves audio anywhere in the room,
including overhead, to bring entertainment alive all around the
audience.
SYNOPSIS: From the director of Prisoners comes this taut, critically acclaimed thriller filled with pulse-pounding suspense, shot by twelve-time Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins. After an idealistic FBI agent (Blunt) is recruited by a government task-force official (Brolin) to pursue a drug lord, she begins a perilous mission that forces her to question everything she believes—and pits her against a shadowy consultant (Del Toro) with a dangerous agenda.
BLU-RAY:
The film is
presented in widescreen in a 2.40:1 aspect ration preserving its
theatrical format. The picture is just flawless. Not only the
picture looks great in this release, also the sound it is good,
a 5.1 Dolby Digital in English that provides a good complement
to the picture. It also includes English,
French
and Spanish subtitles.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (2.40:1) 16x9
AUDIO:
English DTS-HD Master Audio
5.1/Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles -
English SDH, Spanish and French
SPECIAL
FEATURES:
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“Stepping into Darkness: The Visual Design of Sicario” Featurette
“Blunt, Brolin & Benicio: Portraying the Characters of Sicario” Featurette
“Battle Zone: The Origins of Sicario” Featurette
“A Pulse from the Desert: The Score of Sicario” Featurette