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Robert Rodriguez
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: Columbia TriStar
: Action, Adventure, Quest, Revenge
: 101 min.
: English, French
: English, French
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Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the characters of his breakthrough hits El Mariachi and Desperado in this grand scale south-of-the-border action-adventure saga. Sands (Johnny Depp) is a rogue CIA agent who is working in cahoots with Mexican officials who've caught wind of a plan by corrupt military leader General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) and ruthless drug kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe) to assassinate Mexico's president (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.). Sands needs to recruit a gunman to take out Barillo's assassins before they can complete their mission, and through barman Belini (Cheech Marin), Sands learns of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), a fabled musician turned vigilante with a remarkable talent for violence, and a score to settle with Marquez. El Mariachi is living quietly in hiding after the death of the woman he loved, Carolina (Salma Hayek), but Sands lures him back into action through the promise of a final showdown with his nemesis Marquez, forcing El Mariachi to retrieve his guitar case (containing a mighty arsenal) and once again do battle against the lawless. Robert Rodriguez not only directed Once Upon a Time in Mexico, but he wrote the screenplay, handled the camera work, edited the film, and composed the musical score. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Director's Commentary
- Ten-Minute Flick School
- Inside Troublemaker Studios
- Deleted Scenes
- Ten-Minute Cooking School
- The Anti-Hero's Journey
- Film is Dead: An Evening with Robert Rodriguez
- Special Effects featurette
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| Phantom of the opera meets natural born killers
by Sujata
December 31, 2006 - 9:52 PM PST
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| This movie wants to be a Mexican 'Pulp Fiction'. But where that excellent film treads the fine line between violence, theater, and tongue-in-cheek humor like a virtuoso, this one flounders. The scenes look glorious, but beautiful locales can only take you so far. The story lacks any kind of conviction, while at the same time being too self-important for campy fun. Imagine Enrique Iglesias as one tough mariachi dude killing the bad guys with a flame thrower hidden in his guitar case. Yes, it's that bad! In a word, godawful. |
| Not Worth The Effort
by villain
April 10, 2004 - 2:40 AM PDT
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2 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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Complete disappointment! Not enough of Salma Hayek first of all. Boring script. And Enrique Iglesias as a "tough guy" Mariachi! Give me a damn break.
The only saving grace is Johnny Depp who kicks butt as always. |
| To add to ColonelKong's excellent review...
by larbeck
January 26, 2004 - 10:32 AM PST
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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I saw the film twice in the theater and I am a Rodriguez fan, without a doubt. And I believe this film proves that HiDef video has arrived! I did read some criticism of the garish colours in the scenery, especially in the streets of "Mexico City". But what these bakas did not realize that it was filmed in San Miguel de Allende and after spending a week there in the summer, in the clear mountain air, actually the colours seem a bit MUTED from the reality!!!
San Miguel, rawks, by the way, if you ever want to visit the Mexican interior. |
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