Ciudad Juarez Mayor Calls for Boycott of Film 'Sicario' Nicole Sperling - Entertainment Weekly
go to original October 3, 2015

Sicario Official Trailer - Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro (Movieclips Trailers)

Sicario, the Emily Blunt-starrer centered on the U.S. fight against drug cartels in Mexico, expands nationwide this week, meaning moviegoers from El Paso to Peoria can see the R-rated film on the big screen. Set primarily in Juarez, Mexico, Sicario, which means “hitman” in Spanish, has already earned $3 million in its limited release and has generated a 93% fresh rating from critics aggregated on Rotten Tomatoes.

None of this news makes Juarez Mayor Enrique Serrano happy. Serrano recently told reporters that he was urging a boycott of the film because of how it depicted his city.

Juarez, according to the El Paso Times, is also considering suing the producers of the film for portraying it as a lawless place.

Sicario’s director Denis Villeneuve didn’t respond to requests for comment but in an earlier interview he said that the production could only conduct aerial shoots in Juarez because of security concerns. Rather, the filmmakers doubled New Mexico as Juarez in the film.

...“The movie is total fiction,” he says. “It’s like anticipation — it could happen but it hasn’t.”

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Related: ‘Sicario’ Takes Us On a Jarring Thrill Ride South of the Border (The Washington Post)

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