Taylor Sheridan’s 121-Minute Crime Thriller Is Officially One of Streaming’s Greatest Action Hits
The 2015 crime thriller *Sicario*, written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Denis Villeneuve, has surged up streaming charts more than a decade after its release, cementing its reputation as one of the finest films in the genre. The renewed attention comes as Sheridan has since become one of Hollywood's most prolific hitmakers through the Yellowstone franchise and other Paramount+ series, prompting fresh interest in the project that helped launch his screenwriting career.
The film stars Emily Blunt as an idealistic FBI agent recruited into a covert task force targeting Mexican drug cartels, alongside Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro as a government operative and a shadowy consultant respectively. Running 121 minutes, the cast also includes Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal and Jeffrey Donovan, and the story follows Blunt's character as the moral cost of the mission increasingly weighs on her.
- Sicario (2015) is climbing streaming charts over a decade after release
- Taylor Sheridan wrote it before Yellowstone made him a major TV name
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Sicario is a 2015 crime thriller about a US operation to disrupt drug cartels operating along the Mexican border, seen largely through the eyes of an FBI agent drawn into a mission whose methods and legality trouble her. It was written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Denis Villeneuve, and stars Emily Blunt alongside Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, with a supporting cast including Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal and Jeffrey Donovan.
The film matters partly because of what came after it. Sheridan went on to become one of the most successful figures in American television, creating the Yellowstone franchise and several other Paramount+ series, and Sicario is widely regarded as the project that established him as a screenwriter to watch.
Although the film is now a decade old, it has recently seen a fresh surge in viewership on streaming platforms, renewing attention on its critical reputation as one of the standout entries in the crime thriller genre.