Emily Blunt claims the narrative is “uncompromising” in her new movie Sicario.
In director Denis Villeneuve’s crime drama, the 32-year-old actress portrays an American cop who travels to Mexico with two mercenaries by her side in attempt to hunt down a vicious drug lord.
And Emily believes “the best part” of Sicario is the fact every single character finds themselves in deep moral conflict throughout.
"She offers a sort of perspective like the audience in many ways, because she's as in the dark as you are watching the film," the star told The Hollywood Reporter of her on-screen persona Kate Macy. "It's a film that is fairly uncompromising about offering you no information."
Emily stars in Sicario with Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. The castmates made appearances at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival this week, where their fresh flick is up for the Palme d'Or award.
Helmer Denis is convinced his feature might stir up a lot of controversy when it’s released in American theatres on September 18.
"We're gonna raise questions about that idea that America thinks that it can solve problems outside of its border with strong violence," the filmmaker noted.
Actor Josh agrees with his director, but he’s not choosing sides on the highly political issue.
"I think all it does is spark debate," he said of Sicario. "This is a hypothetical, and that's all it is."
However, his co-star Benicio is adamantly against America’s “War on Drugs”, a term popularised after US President Richard Nixon declared the use of psychoactive substances “public enemy number one” in 1971. Benicio thinks Sicario does a good job of spotlighting the tragedy behind the country’s militarised campaign to combat the use and trade of illegal of drugs.
"Declaring war on drugs with violence -- fighting the violence of drugs with violence -- has been explored now for some time. It's not going anywhere," he said. "We need to explore the road of legalising some of these drugs. It's a little bit more complicated than just saying it here, but it needs to be explored."