Other mistake: When being driven to the private DOD plane at Luke AFB in Arizona for the trip to Texas, the vehicle has a Texas registration sticker on the windshield instead of a Arizona sticker. (00:19:00 - 00:20:00)
Sicario (2015)
1 other mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal
Factual error: The very first shot of the movie takes place in Chandler, Arizona. However, the mountains seen in the distance, over the hills, are the Sandia Mountains which are in New Mexico, near Albuquerque. (00:01:00)
Title Card: The word Sicario comes from the zealots of Jerusalem, killers who hunted the Romans who invaded their homeland. In Mexico, Sicario means hitman.
Trivia: Originally, Alejandro was meant to have much more dialogue, and his tragic origin would have been revealed earlier in the film. Actor Benicio Del Toro and director Denis Villeneuve ended up agreeing that the character worked better as a silent, mysterious type and that the revelation of his origin should occur late in the film. It is estimated that as much as 90% of his dialogue was deleted during rewrites.
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Answer: The film was apparently offensive to at least the mayor of Juarez. According to him, the film is based somewhat on stereotypes of the region and the depiction of Juarez as a violent region controlled by drug cartels is outdated.
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