I have been waiting for this film for months now, simply because its made by Denis Villeneuve. I have seen most of his films and really liked them. For those who don't know who he is, he is the director of the Oscar winning film 'Drive' and the insanely strange but awesome film 'Enemy' and one of my favorite films of 2013 'Prisoners'. So let get this review started!

First off this film is dark and grimy but incredibly gorgeous. That aren't normally words that fit every well with each other but Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins make it happen. But let me start this review by the beginning, the plot without spoilers. The film centers around a female FBI agents who fights against drug related crime in the USA. She does a shocking discovery which makes her kinda obsessed to stopping this crime. This role is played almost perfectly by Emely Blunt who sells the whole 'tough female' role perfectly by subtly showing her emotion while stay 'professional' about the job. She got asked to chase the head of the drug cartel in Mexico. The movie is many about pushing your own norms and values for a bigger purpose. Which is a very heavy subject. It reminded my of the movie Unthinkable, which has kinda the same subject. The whole situation brings up a lot of tension between the USA and the cartel but also within the government forces. Along the way you really feel the pain and suffering from the main character who is strangled between her emotions and morals about good and bad. This deeper meaning really attracted me to the film, it was interesting and made me think about mine own.

Besides that we have to talk about how fantastic this movie is filmed. They created this grimy and dirty environment where the drug cartel was the boss and murder was daily business. They did this by amazing wide shots combined with the music and acting. The place really came to live for me. Every shot that filmed was set up gorgeously, you can pause this film at 20 different times and just make a picture of it so you can hang it up in your house as art! Just gorgeously done by Roger Deakins ( director of photography) and Denis Villeneuve (director). Other thing to mention was that night time really felt like night time. There wasn't a moon that shined so fiercely that the actors faces are well lighted. No I was really, dark with some small light sources. Which really contributed to the suspension of the film.

Overall this film was insanely beautiful filmed, even with the sometimes disgusting thing that were shown. The acting was very good and the story was decent with a deeper meaning about personal norms and values. For me it was an awesome experience and I'm looking forward to see it again!

Thank you Denis Villeneuve for matching my high hopes!