I had inklings that screenwriter Taylor Sheridan might have some Fox News Dad tendencies as far back as Sicario. Not enough to totally ruin his movies, but… reservations. So when Sicario announced a sequel and the poster for it came out looking like an Affliction shirt, I was already worried that everything that felt mildly xenophobic about the original might, in the sequel, become an orgy of Oakley guy flexing.
Prepared as I thought I was, even I didn’t fathom how closely Sicario: Day of the Soldado would mirror The Way of the Shadow Wolves: The Deep State and the Hijacking of America, a self-published novel allegedly written by Steven Seagal. In that book, with foreword by felonious scumbag former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Seagal peddles Jade Helm-esuqe scare fantasies that’d be funny if people didn’t believe them. Here’s a snip: