Film Genre Research: Sicario: Day of the Soldado

The film begins with menacing and intense incidental music over the production credits. A black screen with a statistic about the Mexican Cartel fades in briefly. An aerial shot of the US Mexico border at night fades in, with howling wind sound effects. The sound of a helicopter grows louder as it emerges from the bottom of the screen. An over the shoulder shot of the pilot shows a thermal imaging screen in the cockpit. Dialogue is exchanged between the pilot and the headset about movement on the screen. Another aerial shot cuts in of the helicopter descending away from the camera. Then there is a wide shot of the helicopter scanning the land with a spotlight. People can be seen running on the screen in another over the shoulder shot. The pilot zooms in on the image to show the people carrying duffel bags. An aerial shot of border patrol intercepting the running people cuts in. Sirens can be heard. The camera cuts to a look of the interception on the ground with a handheld camera. The people can be heard talking frantically as the officers wearing army outfits and "border patrol" badges demand them to get on their knees. The camera is very shaky. A point of view shot of the thermal imaging shows a man attempting to run away. The cross hairs on the image follow him. The scene then cuts to another handheld camera angle of the man running, then stopping abruptly. A wide shot of the man then shows a ravine in front of him and border patrol behind him. He kneels down and begins opening his bag. A mid-shot of the people comes in showing them talking to the border patrol. The scene then cuts back to the kneeling man, who looks nervous. He says a Muslim prayer before being approached by patrolmen. They yell at him to show his hands. A beeping is heard before a wide-shot of the patrolmen and the kneeling man shows him explode. The scene cuts to the thermal image which is glitching out. Menacing incidental music plays.
No credits are given. I watched 20 minutes in with no avail.
It had a budget of 35-45 million and made 75.8 million in the box office.
It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Thriller, and Best Original TV Score Spot. It won the Hamilton Award for the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.