Benicio del Toro in Sicario: Day of the SoldadoImage via Columbia Pictures
One of the most exciting bits of news to come over the weekend was when Josh Brolin publicly confirmed that a third Sicario movie was definitely “happening” and was even expected to begin shooting soon. Brolin is one of the few Sicario stars to feature in both the critically acclaimed 2015 original film and also the more forgettable 2018 sequel, which was directed by Stefano Sollima. Joining Brolin in both Sicario films is Benicio del Toro, who has also had a wildly successful career outside the Taylor Sheridan universe, even recently earning an Oscar nod for his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. He was also picking up Oscar nominations more than 20 years ago for his roles in critically acclaimed thrillers like Traffic and 21 Grams.
One of the most underrated roles of Benicio del Toro’s career came all the way back in 2003 when he played Aaron Hallam in The Hunted. The film also stars Tommy Lee Jones and Connie Nielsen, and if there’s any indication that it comes from a different era, its runtime is less than 100 minutes. More than 20 years after The Hunted grossed $46 million at the box office, there is no shortage of ways to watch the film at home on streaming. Not only is The Hunted available to stream for free courtesy of Tubi, it’s also streaming for all Paramount Plus subscribers in America. The film even recently surged into the top 10 over the course of the last week, where it’s been seen between the #7 and #10 spots.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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What Is ‘The Hunted’ About?
The official synopsis for The Hunted, which is described as having “the most visceral knife combat in cinema history,” reads as follows: “The Hunted is a suspense thriller about a tracker, Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), who teams up with FBI agent Abby Durrell (Connie Nielsen) to hunt down a trained assassin Hallam (Benicio del Toro). With precision and skill, the predator remains one step ahead, and escapes into the city.” The film earned poor scores of 30% from critics and 46% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, but that hasn’t stopped it from finding streaming success. David and Peter Griffiths wrote the script for the film with Art Monterastelli, and William Friedkin directed the action feature.
Check out The Hunted on Paramount Plus or Tubi and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Benicio del Toro’s future projects.
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