With Taylor Sheridan as its writer and Denis Villeneuve as its director, it’s no wonder thatSicarioturned out to be an amazing movie.Sicariowas the first and only time acclaimedYellowstonewriter Taylor Sheridan and acclaimedDunedirector Denis Villeneuve have ever worked together. Some ofVilleneuve’s best moviescame long beforeSicario- he directed movies likePrisonersandEnemyjust two years prior - but the action thriller was Taylor Sheridan’s first big break behind the camera. BeforeSheridan’s many TV showsmade him a well-known writer, he was best known for playing Deputy Chief David Hale inSons of Anarchy.
Sicarioalso came before many of Villeneuve’s and Sheridan’s respective biggest hits. As previously stated,Sicariowas Sheridan’s first writing credit, and it came before everything fromYellowstonetoLandman. It also came long before Villeneuve gained international popularity for movies likeArrivalandBlade Runner 2049. In a way,Sicariowas a bit of a dark horse, even though it starred the likes of Benicio del Toro and Emily Blunt. Looking back after all their successes, it’s obvious that a collaboration between Sheridan and Villeneuve was always going to be great, but there was no way to tell just how amazingSicariowould be.
Sicario Has Everything You Would Expect From A Taylor Sheridan And Denis Villeneuve Movie
Sicario Is Expertly Written By Sheridan & Beautifully Directed By Villeneuve
Sicarioreally is exactly what most people would hope for from a collaboration between Denis Villeneuve and Taylor Sheridan. It’s dripping with the exciting and efficient plot Sheridan’s films likeHell or High Waterare acclaimed for, and each character is so expertly written that they feel real and completely fleshed out.Sicarioalso has all the beautiful visuals ofDune: Part Two(no one can make a desert look as good as Villeneuve can) and intense action and drama of Villeneueve’s other films. No other pairing besides Sheridan and Villeneuve could have made a movie as intense asSicario.
Taylor Sheridan Wrote Sicario’s Sequel (But Denis Villeneuve Didn’t Direct It)
Sheridan’s Writing Wasn’t Enough To Make Sicario: Day Of The Soldado A Hit Without Villeneuve
Though they captured lightning in a bottle once, Taylor Sheridan and Denis Villeneuve have yet to collaborate again.Sheridan returned to write the 2018 sequelSicario: Day of the Soldado, but Villeneuve moved on to directBlade Runner 2049in 2017. While Sheridan’s writing is incredible on its own, andSicario: Day of the Soldadois still a great action movie, it just isn’t as good as the original because Villeneuve didn’t return to the director’s chair. The proof is in the pudding:Sicarioscored 92% with critics and 85% with audiences onRotten Tomatoes, whileSicario: Day of the Soldadohad just 62% and 66%, respectively.
The fact that even Taylor Sheridan’s writing couldn’t makeSicario: Day of the Soldadolive up to the original isn’t a slight on him: it’s a compliment to how well his skills meshed with Denis Villeneueve’s.Day of the Soldadois a more than serviceable action movie that features a lot of Sheridan’s best features as a writer, from a well-crafted and intriguing story to more than enough room for character development. It just didn’t have Villenueve’s visuals and masterful touch on the camera and choreography to put it over the edge.
Sicario 3 Needs Both Taylor Sheridan And Denis Villeneuve (If It Ever Happens)
Sheridan & Villeneuve Are A Great Team & Not Having Them Together For Sicario 3 Would Be A Shame
Sicario 3has long had an uncertain future, but one thing is clear: if it’s ever made, it needs both Taylor Sheridan’s writing and Denis Villeneuve’s directing.Day of the Soldadois proof of what happens when only one or the other is involved in aSicariomovie, which is to say, a good but not great movie. Both Sheridan and Villenueve really need a good counterpart in all of their projects. Many of Sheridan’s biggest hits have been directed by himself or other talented directors, and Villenueve’s biggest successes have been written by himself or adapted from legendary novels.
Sicario 3: Confirmation & Everything We Know
Sicario is one of the best crime movies of the 2010s, and Sicario: Day of the Soldado even set up a threequel, but why hasn’t Sicario 3 been made yet?
Unfortunately, Sheridan and Villeneuve working together forSicario 3is less likely than ever before.Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming projectsare almost exclusively TV shows - mainly moreYellowstonespinoff series - so he might not have time to revisitSicario. Likewise,Denis Villeneuve’s plate is full withDune: Part Threeand two more movies that are in development, so he’s just as busy as Sheridan. Both of the creatives have simply turned their attention to other projects, andSicario3fell through the cracks. It looks like another collaboration between Taylor Sheridan and Denis Villeneuve just isn’t in the cards forSicario, though it would be delightful to see.
