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Very Bad Wizards

Episode 328: Weapons Free

March 17, 20261h 42m · 19,076 words

Show notes

David and Tamler cross the border into Denis Villeneuve's taut and propulsive thriller Sicario, the story of an FBI agent who gets pulled into a task force drawn from the shadiest elements of the US government. The assignment: to disrupt, infiltrate, and take down a major Mexican cartel. But what's the deal with Alejandro, and who does he work for?

Highlighted moments

we're working with one cartel to defeat another cartel. Like, we're not the good guys. We're just another cartel with the office of the government behind us.
Deakins would say, do you want to shoot coverage? He's like, no, because then they might use it. You know? Like, he just knew he got it.
he's holding his gun. He's like, when you're scared, you look like a little girl. And then he says that it's his daughter. And then he's, like, literally holding a gun to her, like, neck. Her chin to get her to sign the document. And it's like, you just said she looks exactly like your daughter. Like, his soul is gone.

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