Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

Catherine Keener: Cynthia Foards

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• Matt Graver : [Cynthia is willing to let Alejandro die]  Do you know how hard it was to find...

  Cynthia Foards : [Interrupting]  I could throw a stick across the river and hit fifty grieving fathers

  Cynthia Foards : I'll get another team

  Matt Graver : [Cuts her off]  No! My team will do it... you don't want him to come back and kill you

• Matt Graver : My source is with her right now. She'll be back in an hour.

  Cynthia Foards : That's not what I'm talking about.

  Matt Graver : It was a green on blue, Cynthia. There was no other option. You wanted Afghanistan, now you got it.

  Cynthia Foards : This isn't Afghanistan, this is our fucking neighbor! There are 54 million Americans with relatives there, and they're all sitting around watching footage of dead Mexican police on Fox News.

  Matt Graver : The police were the ambush.

  Cynthia Foards : Oh, yeah, okay.

  Matt Graver : We had no choice. They attacked us.

  Cynthia Foards : Doesn't matter. POTUS doesn't have the stomach for this. He shut us down.

  Matt Graver : What did you say?

  Cynthia Foards : We're shut down.

  Matt Graver : I did my fucking job, you do yours. You sit that fuckin' coward down, and you explain to him... this is how we win.

  Cynthia Foards : He's not worried about winning. He's worried about being fucking impeached because you killed two dozen Mexican police.

  Matt Graver : Who worked for Reyes. Spin it. Do your job. This only strengthens our position.

  Cynthia Foards : We don't have a position, Matt. Because we're not supposed to fucking be there. Your objective was to start a war with Mexican cartels, not with the Mexican government.

  Matt Graver : You know what? This... this is why nothing ever changes.

  Cynthia Foards : You think change is the goal? Really? You've been doing this too long to believe that.

• Cynthia Foards : You really ought to invest in a little sunscreen, Matt.

  Matt Graver : If you guys start wars someplace cloudy, I wouldn't have to. DOJ get an ID on those other suicide bombers?

  Cynthia Foards : Not yet.

  Matt Graver : You might want to get on that.

  Cynthia Foards : There's proof Reyes Cartel helped one of them get to the border, so... we know enough to move forward.

• James Riley : Why didn't you hold her someplace in Mexico?

  Steve Forsing : We don't have the infrastructure for that, sir. Mission security would be almost impossible.

  James Riley : Was this your mission?

  Steve Forsing : No, sir.

  James Riley : Then why are you answering? Mr. Graver?

  Matt Graver : We don't have the infrastructure for that, sir. Mission security would be almost impossible.

  James Riley : And this girl was witness to all aspects of the mission, correct?

  Matt Graver : No, she was shielded from the kidnapping.

  James Riley : What about the 25 Mexican police officers that were killed, on foreign soil, all of which she witnessed?

  Matt Graver : The ones who attacked us? Yes, sir.

  James Riley : Where is she?

  Matt Graver : I have a source bringing her to the border.

  James Riley : Do we have an exact location? That question is for you, Mr. Forsing.

  Steve Forsing : We don't know her whereabouts, sir, but he has a beacon; he'll activate it as soon as he gets close to the border.

  James Riley : If they can make it to the border. Which is a chance we cannot take. Cynthia.

  Cynthia Foards : Yes, sir?

  James Riley : You handle it from here.

  Cynthia Foards : [he ends the call]  We can't risk her falling into the wrong hands. When the beacon's activated, your team takes them. You understand? Clean the scene. When I say clean, gentlemen, I mean spotless. Your operative included.

• Cynthia Foards : It's one more thing pointing to the cartels.

  Matt Graver : Now, the money came from Quassim Al-Raymi's camp, which isn't a surprise. The ship, on the other hand, is a Panamanian freighter, La Victorina, registered to the Mexican holding company Grupo Duro. It docked at Port of Veracruz on the 18th.

  Cynthia Foards : Carlos Reyes' company.

  Matt Graver : The one and only.

  Col. Kenneth Walter : If you need Matt home, I can get him out at 0600 tomorrow.

  Cynthia Foards : I'll have a plane to Washington ready for you in an hour. See you tomorrow, Matt.

  Col. Kenneth Walter : [she hangs up]  Smuggling terrorists seems pretty shortsighted to me. Border's gonna tighten like a vice now.

  Matt Graver : What happened to the price of cocaine after 9/11, Ken? Tight borders are good for business.