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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 20 m
El Sicario: Room 164

Summary A Juarez hit man speaks: he has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police in Chihuahua. He even received some training from the FBI. He has lived in Juárez and has moved freely throughout Mexico and the US. At the moment, there is a contract on his life ...

Directed By: Gianfranco Rosi

Written By: Charles Bowden

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Icarus Films
  • 1 h 20 m

El Sicario: Room 164

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary A Juarez hit man speaks: he has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police in Chihuahua. He even received some training from the FBI. He has lived in Juárez and has moved freely throughout Mexico and the US. At the moment, there is a contract on his life ...

Directed By: Gianfranco Rosi

Written By: Charles Bowden

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88
Dec 21, 2011
A lot of evil is laid on the table in El Sicario, and the film makes a big, if exquisitely subtle show, of theorizing that there's no way to explain how it got there.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW
83
Dec 29, 2011
El Sicario: Room 164 is an almost laughably simple, aggressively drab-looking film, but it packs a wallop.
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80
Dec 21, 2011
Despite his repentance, you sense that this lost soul will be confessing his sins for all eternity.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 29, 2011
The hit man's narration is compelling and frightening on its own.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 30, 2011
The stories are horrific, if laced with Tarantino-style humor.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 27, 2011
Our subject retains a noticeable streak of pride in his expertise, though falters when discussing the killing of women. Hoping for his own salvation, the converted killer now claims the scales have fallen from his eyes, but his executioner's hood remains in place to the end - as does the mephitic air of timeless evil that hangs over El Sicario.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Robo Films, Les Films d'Ici, ARTE, La Lucarne, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
Release Date Dec 23, 2011
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/sic.html
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Viennale
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Doclisboa International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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