“American Sicario” (** out of four) was a tired underworld saga about an American gangster (Phillippe A. Haddad) who wants to achieve a Macchiavellian rise in the ranks of the Mexican underworld but his overzealousness soon puts him at odds with various members of the Mexican cartels (Danny Trejo, Maurice Compte, and others) and puts him right in the crossfire of death. Competently made and acted but film is mostly a rehash of the similarly titled “Sicario” and the much more potent and serpentine “Traffic.” Trejo adds some style as always in a key supporting part but he can play this role in his sleep by now.