What is "sicario"

Sicario may refer to:

• Sicario (1995 film), a Venezuelan film by Joseph Novoa
• Sicario (2015 film), an American film by Denis Villeneuve
• Sicario (album), a 2005 album by Criminal

Sicario is the fifth studio album by the thrash metal band Criminal. It was released on September 5, 2005 in Europe and on 2006 in Chile. It was released by Metal Blade Records. The album's first single was "Rise and Fall", performed for the first time at Teatro Caupolican" in Chile on May 13, 2006.

Sicario is a 2015 American crime- thriller drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. Written by Taylor Sheridan, the film is about a principled FBI agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. Sicario was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Distributed by Lionsgate, the film began a limited release in the United States on September 18, 2015, prior to a nationwide release on October 2, 2015.

The film received three Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Editing. It was also criticized in Mexico for the negative depiction of the city of Juarez, where part of the plot takes place.

Sicario is a 1995 Venezuelan drama film directed by Joseph Novoa. The film was submitted as the Venezuelan entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also was a finalist at the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film 1995.