Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Micransix Crappy film

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

tstudstrup The original was a masterpiece, in my opinion. It was brutal, dark, super-realistic with a great story and great acting. And some highly intense actionscenes. It had me and my buddy at the edges of our seats from the beginning to the end of the movie.This time however the plot is too thin.It starts off with some terrorist attacks on the american side of the border. Why the mexican drugcartels would commit terror on US-soil is never explained. But somehow the american government knows this wasnt ISIS. Because Matt Graver is once again hired by the government to bring down the mexican drugcartels. He is allowed to get dirty and start an all out war. He brings in Alejandro again. And he starts the war by kidnapping some drug lords daughter and make it seem like it was done by another cartel. Something goes wrong and alot of corrupt(?) mexican policemen are killed. The girl escapes. Alejandro goes after her. The dead policemen makes the government pull the plug on the whole war, before it ever starts . Matt tells Alejandro to kill the girl, but he refuses. After this the film goes from bad to worse.The so called war on the cartels, never really happens. In the orginal it felt like a war. Here I felt cheated. Not just because of the lack of action, but because, the story never evolved into anything but mediocrity. In the first one, the mission was to bring down a certain druglord. And for Alejandro it was personal. This time Alejandro is there for no reason at all. And the goal is to bring all the cartels down. This is obviously ridiculous and impossible. And that makes the movie fail. It never really gets going. Despite the same talented leads (except from Emily Blundt) and the same studio and all that, it just doesnt deliver. The trailer promised an all out actionmovie, so I really wasnt expectiung much, based on the silly trailer. But the movie couldnt even deliver on that promise. I give it two stars, because in itself its not that bad a movie. But as a sequel its downright bad.

irgl-kristian Going in to watch this i expected another one of those sequels that just show off their budget with better CGI and more quick-pace action sequences. But that's not the case when it comes to this one... This movie is really well written and well directed. The story feels very real and throughout i felt like i easily could've believed this was a true story if they said so. There were also some unexpected plot twists that i really liked and didn't expect but were awesome. The directing just added to the realism and in putting you in certain situations for ex. by focusing on the right stuff instead of showing off with expensive CGI sequences (but CGI is used really well at the right places, actually i'm not sure if it actually was CGI). The acting was superb as well, of course. Overall i loved this movie especially for it's original story and great directing. The movie kept me on the edge of my seat and interested for the whole 2 hours with the right mix of drama/thriller and action.

stankovicmilosh Everything was great in movie until last 10min...Thats why rating 6

Kapten Video Finally: a summer movie that doesn't suck donkey balls! Then again, "Soldado" is far from what one would actually call a summer movie.I think the producers' decision of releasing it in the end of June, or middle of the major blockbuster season, was seeing it as an an antidote to the usual summer fare, and it has worked!If you just can't take another mainstream comedy, feature-length animation or something to do with superheroes, then "Soldado" might be just what the combat medic ordered.The movie's not so generic as to fit some general label - you might want to call it action, drama or thriller though - but it's captivating as hell if you like any of those three genres. But above all, it's well made in every way, gripping, and entertaining in some nihilistic sense.So many posh words so far, but not one about what it's actually about, eh? It's about war. The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border (depicted at length in 2015's "Sicario") has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists into U.S. To fight it, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.Original's stars Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro are back for the second helping, but this time the gloves are off and there's much less talk and much more action.This means that the audience has to also stomach a bigger amount of realistic bloodletting, which fills pretty much the whole story.What I really enjoy about "Soldado" is how realistic and to-the-point its story feels in every aspect. There's no way I can evaluate the actual level of realness compared to the U.S's actual covert war against cartels, but it sure does feel competent on the screen.The powerful laconic style preferred by director Stefano Sollima and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan works to a great effect. The central characters are all about business as they say, authentic warriors through and through.They don't glamorize war and suffering, they don't go on wasting bullets or words even to celebrate (small) victories because they know from experience how finite and fragile everything can be. They just go and do what's needed, and look supercool doing it. Especially Brolin who feels even manlier than usual.We don't even get to see the management side of the operations that much, which would only slow down and fragment the story, probably. This also saves the action-hungry part of the audience of the long-winding first half of the original "Sicario".All in all, witnessing the "kitchen side" of life of organized crime (and fighting that) hasn't felt that realistic and captivating since, well, the first three seasons of HBO's classic "The Wire".Of course, "Soldado" lasts only two hours, so they can't delve into the topic as deeply. But it really feels like experiencing this life first-hand. Well, without all the hardships such as getting killed, of course.Special shout-out should go to composer Hildur Guðnadóttir whose dark ominous music perfectly fits and compliments the overall atmosphere."Soldado" is by far the best movie of 2018 I've seen so far, and the rare quality sequel that takes all that's good about the original, and then elevates it to another level.Put shortly, I loved it. Please let there also be the third part of the proposed trilogy!