History YMMV / SicarioDayOfTheSoldado

* WhatAnIdiot: After three of the suicide bombers in the Kansas City bombing detonate, a mother holding her child ''walks toward'' the last one who is about to detonate instead of finding an alternate exit (the bomber was standing near the front entrance). Unsurprisingly, she gets herself and her young daughter killed.

* HarsherInHindsight: Following the escalation of cartel violence before and after [=AMLO=] was elected president, including the shooting of members of a Mormon community, President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump announced his intention to have Mexican-based drug cartel gangs designated terrorists.

* HarsherInHindsight: Following the escalation of cartel violence before and after [=AMLO=] was elected president, including the shooting of members of a Mormon community, President Trump announced his intention to have Mexican-based drug cartel gangs designated terrorists.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The plot of the movie may remind some viewers of contemporary claims by US politicians that ISIS operatives were operating on the US border and possibly being smuggled into the country (claims which were later dismissed for insufficient evidence). But movie was in the works since 2015, and the rough outline of the script was there by 2016.

* {{Squick}}: [[spoiler: When Alejandro awakens after miraculously surviving being shot ''in the face'', we see an innumerable number of bloody bits pouring out from underneath his head scarf. Even though the reveal shows that it was a through and through shot between his cheeks, it would been very plausible to believe that his face was literally blown off.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Following the escalation of cartel violence before and after [=AMLO=] was elected president, including the shooting on members of a Mormom community, President Trump announced his intention to put Mexican-based drug cartel gangs as designated terrorists.

** [[spoiler: For a teenager with (as far as we know) no prior experience with firearms, the difference between a brainbox shot and a hit on mid-cheek even at a distance of 4 feet from muzzle to target as seen on screen could easily be a matter of a minor flinch or twitch on trigger press. For a new shooter, accuracy measured in inches with a handgun is hard. It's more unbelievable that the more experienced coyote who ordered the kill didn't recognize that a shot to the lower cheek is unlikely to produce an immediate cessation of movement and execute an anchor shot.]]

** [[spoiler: For a teenager with (as far as we know) no prior experience with firearms, the difference between a brainbox shot and a hit on mid-cheek even at a distance of 4 feet from muzzle to target as seen on screen could easily be a matter of a minor flinch or twitch on trigger press. For a new shooter, accuracy measured in inches with a handgun is hard.]]

** [[spoiler: Given the angle of the shot, it's likely that he at least lost a few teeth. Anyone who's ever had a tooth knocked out will find spitting out that volume of blood quite understandable]]

** For a teenager with (as far as we know) no prior experience with firearms, the difference between a brainbox shot and a hit on mid-cheek even at a distance of 4 feet from muzzle to target as seen on screen could easily be a matter of a minor flinch or twitch on trigger press. For a new shooter, accuracy measured in inches with a handgun is hard.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Aside from the stuff listed under "Anvilicious", the plot of the movie may remind some viewers of contemporary claims by US politicians that ISIS operatives were operating on the US border and possibly being smuggled into the country (claims which were later dismissed for insufficient evidence). But movie was in the works since 2015 and the rough outline of the script was there by 2016.

* WhatAnIdiot: After three of the suicide bombers in the Kansas City bombing detonate, a mother holding her child ''walks toward'' the last one who is about to detonate instead of finding an alternate exit (the bomber was standing near the front entrance). Unsurprisingly, she gets herself and her young daughter killed.

* AssPull: [[spoiler:Alejandro gets hit with this twice. First he survives a headshot because, for some reason, the shooter hit him in the cheek instead of the temple despite firing at almost point-blank range. When he comes to, he's predictably messed up, close to falling unconscious due to heavy blood loss, and generally unable to do almost anything, least of all cross the Mexican-US border all on his lonesome. Cue the one-year TimeSkip and he's back in the US as his usual sharp-dressed self, with nothing but some minor scarring and no explanation whatsoever how he accomplished that.]] It really feels like either the writers ran out of ideas for the ending, or the studio ran out of cash (or time) before a proper ending could be shot.

* WhatAnIdiot: After three of the suicide bombers in the Kansas City bombing detonate, a mother holding her child ''walks toward'' the last one who is about to detonate instead of finding an alternate exit (the bomber was standing near the front entrance). Unsurprisingly, she gets herself and her young daughter killed.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The plot about cartels making the terrorism list after the bombings and how the government seeks to deal with them [[spoiler:is tossed aside for Alejandro trying to get Isabel across the border a little over halfway into the movie.]]

* CharacterDerailment: A common criticism of the film is that Alejandro has reservations about [[spoiler:killing the daughter of the cartel boss who really killed his family. This, despite the last film, where he killed ''the entire family'' of one of that boss's top-level guys. He also seemed to have no reservations about killing Kate (another woman who reminds him of his daughter) if it had come to that.]]

* TheyRuinedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The plot about cartels making the terrorism list after the bombings and how the government seeks to deal with them [[spoiler:is tossed aside for Alejandro trying to get Isabel across the border a little over halfway into the movie.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: After three of the suicide bombers in the Kansas City bombing detonate, a mother holding her child ''walks toward'' the last one who is about to detonate instead of finding an alternate exit (the bomber was standing near the front entrance). Unsurprisingly, she gets herself and her young daughter killed.

* WhatAnIdiot: After three of the suicide bombers in the Kansas City bombing detonate, a mother holding her child ''walks toward'' the last one who is about to detonate instead of finding an alternate exit (the bomber was standing near the front entrance).