Blindsided

I took a chance on a newly released film called Night of the Sicario aka Blindsided. I would think it would be at least somewhat watchable because it s released by Paramount.

Its about a young Colombian girl (whos mother is going to testify against a cartel) takes refuge at a retirement home. Natasha Henstridge is the main caretaker there who tries to protect her. Bad guys with guns track her down and try to take her out but the old timers there try to go against them. Its a really dumb and dopey mix of dull action and boring drama. One scene I swear has one victim bleed bright purple blood! Its so bad Im surprised Bruce Willis did not play the cop.

First of all, this is not part of, or a sequel to those other Sicario movies, Secondly, the director must think his audience are a pack of idiots. I found the details in this movie distracting, like, when it's raining, it only rains on them, but in the background, it clearly shows no rain, or a wild storm, that only happens in the foreground. Ridiculous gun fights, where so many bullets are fired at close range, but find no target, and they seemed to have enough ammo with them to start a small war. Then there's the actors, none of who convinced me of anything other than obviously needing more acting classes. The more I think about it, the worse it gets.

If you like, or are expecting a good action movie, then avoid this drivel.

This wasn't a good movie. Points for trying to use the Sicario franchise name to promote the movie but definitely not a great movie. When a guy sees the ads you might think,"At the very least I can watch a smoking hot Natasha Henstridge for awhile." Um..........

This might be the worst movie i've ever watched in my life. Props to the director for making the trailer look appealing, because the movie itself is horrible. Awful acting, terrible storyline, and just an overall worthless movie. Sad because it had so much potential. Don't waste your time watching this.

No pun intended - also not part of any Sicario franchise (that I am aware of). But if you do like some (or all) of the actors involved here, you may give the movie a break (or two) and actually enjoy watching this. There are things that seem quite improbable, but hey it is a movie after all, yes? So just take certain things with a grain of salt (like character turns and twists).

That all being said, the action is decent - at least that is how I perceived it. But it really is not that special either. You have to like lo budget thriller movies. And watch a lot of movies too - because if you only watch a couple of movies, I doubt you will like spending (wasting?) time on this one right here ... acting is ok, but also nothing that will sway you onto a more positive look at this.