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Review Date: September 08, 2003
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Robert Rodriguez
Producers: Robert Rodriguez, Carlos Gallardo, Elizabeth Avellan
Actors:
Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi
Johnny Deppas Agent Sands
Salma Hayek as Carolina
Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi
Johnny Deppas Agent Sands
Salma Hayek as Carolina
Genre: Action
| PLOT |
Part three of the "Mariachi Trilogy" has arrived and this time an undercover CIA agent is sent to Mexico to hire the Zorro-esque
guitar-man to kill the guy who killed his girl and who will be killing the President of Mexico in the very near future. Got all that? Well,
add to that...an ex-FBI man looking to avenge his friend's murder, a badass cartel leader eyeing a political takeover, two mariachi
buddies, one of whom likes the ladies and the other who likes "the drink", a sexy local babe-cop looking to score some points with
her higher-ups and...Mickey Rourke! Mix and serve.
guitar-man to kill the guy who killed his girl and who will be killing the President of Mexico in the very near future. Got all that? Well,
add to that...an ex-FBI man looking to avenge his friend's murder, a badass cartel leader eyeing a political takeover, two mariachi
buddies, one of whom likes the ladies and the other who likes "the drink", a sexy local babe-cop looking to score some points with
her higher-ups and...Mickey Rourke! Mix and serve.
| CRITIQUE EXCERPTS |
Director Robert Rodriguez did everything on this movie (write, direct, edit, produce, etc...) You gotta give the man credit for
continuing to do with very little money and time, what others can't do given hundreds of millions of dollars. This film was made with
amusement in mind, oozes entertainment value and has got camp written all over it. The action is also as over-the-top as you would
expect with men literally flying into walls when shot by guns, and others flipping when sprayed with machine-gun fire. Hilarious! It's a
blast and along with a few twists and backstabs in the plot, a number of very funny moments.(most of which feature the great Johnny
Depp) ..and Salma Hayek looking as hot as ever (although she doesn't have more than three lines in the entire picture).
continuing to do with very little money and time, what others can't do given hundreds of millions of dollars. This film was made with
amusement in mind, oozes entertainment value and has got camp written all over it. The action is also as over-the-top as you would
expect with men literally flying into walls when shot by guns, and others flipping when sprayed with machine-gun fire. Hilarious! It's a
blast and along with a few twists and backstabs in the plot, a number of very funny moments.(most of which feature the great Johnny
Depp) ..and Salma Hayek looking as hot as ever (although she doesn't have more than three lines in the entire picture).
..at the end of the day, really..the movie wouldn't be "all that" were it not for the one thing that truly takes it to that next level: the
cast! How can you go wrong with Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Antonio Banderas, Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo acting the
shite and blowing people away, while hotties like Hayek and big-boobed Eva Mendes glide around looking hot and also kicking
ass! Well, you can't...really! Depp is just too cool for words here, and his final "walk to the finish line" is definitely one for the books.
Also cool as shite is Banderes. I still have no idea what Enrique Iglesias was doing in this movie, but I guess that's a "Latin thang".
(c) 2005 Berge Garabedian
(aka:THE JoBlo)
cast! How can you go wrong with Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Antonio Banderas, Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo acting the
shite and blowing people away, while hotties like Hayek and big-boobed Eva Mendes glide around looking hot and also kicking
ass! Well, you can't...really! Depp is just too cool for words here, and his final "walk to the finish line" is definitely one for the books.
Also cool as shite is Banderes. I still have no idea what Enrique Iglesias was doing in this movie, but I guess that's a "Latin thang".
(c) 2005 Berge Garabedian
(aka:THE JoBlo)
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THE MROL STAFF STATEMENTS regading Mickey's character, 'Billy'..
KATHY: "Love MR in navy! Why wasn't 'Loki' in the picture as Billy's dog? Looks great in that hat!?"
TAMMY: " Amazing performance as Billy! It was great seeing him work in a Robert Rodriguez movie and I hope to see
more coming his direction. Oh and darn-it, Loki should have been in the movie!"
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