Since seeing Sicario last night, something that's bugging me is why the film chose to include the character of Reggie Wayne. His two main narrative functions are:
1) To unwittingly introduce Kate to his 'friend' that (unknown to him) works for the cartel.
2) To ask Brolin/Del Toro's characters what's going on during the bus search scene.
Obviously both of those things could be done very simply in other ways. Bar guy could have introduced himself to Kate, and Kate herself could have asked what was going on in the tunnel (in fact, not sure why she wasn't the one to do that anyway).
Other than that, he's just sort of along for the ride. He provides some very mild comic relief once or twice and he allows us to see a more human side of Kate during their 'downtime', but is this really necessary in a film like this? I mean: if the main theme of the film is how Kate's character is over her head in a complex drug war that is far bigger and more terrifying than her "American mind" can possibly comprehend, wouldn't the pressure be higher if she were dropped into that world alone?
I guess what I'm getting at here is that Reggie's existence sort of undermines the drama of Kate's situation. The film focuses on her motivation to 'do the right thing' in a world far more corrupt and violent than she'd previously imagined, and I felt the film could have pushed her further to show her swimming alone in shark-infested waters. Having Reggie around as a source of comfort, reason and humour sort of detracted from this. Why does he exist?
Submitted September 30, 2017 at 01:57AM by FaerieStories http://ift.tt/2xNo9C7
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