Cannes high on dark American thriller about the war on drugs

A dark American thriller about a covert CIA operation against Mexican drug gangs starring Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro wowed critics at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. "Sicario" pulls no punches in its depiction of the US war on drugs -- a subject Del Toro said was close to his heart. "I've done many movies that deal with that part of the world and I'm very sensitive about what's happening on both sides of the border with drugs," Del Toro told reporters after the screening.