Benicio del Toro?s violent new crime thriller Sicario opened to packed theaters and critical acclaim this weekend, but not everyone is applauding the movie?s early success.
The IRL mayor of Ciudad Juarez, where the movie?s plot is set, is joining a group of perturbed citizens in calling for a boycott of the film, arguing that Hollywood is shamelessly trying to profit from the darkest days of the border town?s narco-violence, which claimed some 10,000 lives and disappeared thousands more.
Ciudad Juarez Mayor Enrique Serrano told Fusion,
?This film tries to portray a situation of violence as if it were the current reality of the city, which is not the case. That?s a fallacy. This happened in Juarez a few years ago, and now they are trying to sell tickets out of Juarez tragedy.?
04-10-2015 - Vidéo Benicio Del Toro /
