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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) 6.3
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Reviews: 472 user | 176 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general. Director:Robert RodriguezWriter:Robert Rodriguez |
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In the third movie of Rodriguez's "Mariachi" trilogy, a Mexican drug lord pretends to overthrow the Mexican government, and is connected to a corrupt CIA agent who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord's uprising against the government. Written by Anonymous
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12 September 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$29,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$668,678 (Japan) (5 March 2004)Gross:
$3,112,845 (Japan) (2 April 2004)Company Credits
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Agent Sands: I never heard of him.
Belini: Who?
Agent Sands: The man you recommended.
Belini: The guitar fighter?
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Written by Ben Watkins and Steve Stevens
Performed by Juno Reactor
Courtesy of Melt 2000/Sound Reproductions Limited
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The scene where Fideo shoots the soldier and causes him to fall over the railing was improvised. See more »Goofs
When Sands gets shot in the arm toward the end, the squib is clearly visible. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Agent Sands: I never heard of him.
Belini: Who?
Agent Sands: The man you recommended.
Belini: The guitar fighter?
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After all the credits, we are treated to one last quick image of Agent Sands (Johnny Depp) with no eyes. See more »Soundtracks
"Pistolero"Written by Ben Watkins and Steve Stevens
Performed by Juno Reactor
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First there was "El Mariachi", an over-the-top, low-budget, fun film. Then there was "Desperado", an even more over-the-top, higher-budget, fun film. Now, there's "Once Upon a Time In Mexico", a ridiculously over-the-top, high-budget fun film.
The plot here is very knotted and confusing, but still very good. As far as I can figure, it is about a man who has ruined El Mariachi's life, General Marquez, and his plan to kill the president. An FBI Agent is out to stop him, so he hires El Mariachi and various other people.
Now for the cast: all were excellent.
Antonio Banderas made a thrilling return as El Mariachi. Salma Hayek also makes a fun return as Carolina. Johnnny Depp plays a funny, interesting, and colorful Agent Sands, the FBI agent who hires El Mariachi. Danny Trejo was great as Cucuy, Sands' tail on El Mariachi. Cheech Marin was fitting for the part of Belini, the informant who gives Sands his intel. Ruben Blades was EXCELLENT as Jorge Ramirez, the retired FBI agent brought back to the force by Sands (unofficially anyway). El Mariachi's friends, Lorenzo (Enrique Iglesias), and Fideo (Marco Leonardi) were interesting. Eva Mendes was even not-terrible as the agent Ajedrez. Pedro Armendáriz Jr. gave a decent performance as the president. And Julio Oscar Mechoso was good as the president's adviser.
Now for the bad guys: Willem Dafoe gives a very evil performance as Barillo, who hired Marquez to kill the president. Mickey Rourke was extraordinary as Billy Chambers, Barillo's right-hand man. Gerardo Vigil was great as General Marquez as well.
The special effects here were 1st rate and came in handy a lot. There were many good action scenes and the comedy was well placed and funny.
The music score was decent also.
Over all, fans of "El Mariachi" and "Desperado" will enjoy "Once Upon a Time in Mexico"
8/10