Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Country: MEX/US
Technical: col/scope 102m
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Willem Dafoe
Synopsis:
A drug baron plots to depose a president with the aid of a corrupt general; a CIA operative hires a mariachi with an old score to settle to help him foil the conspirators.
Review:
Cheap and cheerful (despite some ostentatious stunts and effects work), this second sequel to El Mariachi wears its allusive title with a wry smile. But no number of genial star turns and good humour can disguise the incongruity of laying claim to such a kinship when, even if the violence is just as casual as Leone's, the plot and characters are mere pulp. Brisk, undemanding entertainment for a Friday night in.
Country: MEX/US
Technical: col/scope 102m
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Willem Dafoe
Synopsis:
A drug baron plots to depose a president with the aid of a corrupt general; a CIA operative hires a mariachi with an old score to settle to help him foil the conspirators.
Review:
Cheap and cheerful (despite some ostentatious stunts and effects work), this second sequel to El Mariachi wears its allusive title with a wry smile. But no number of genial star turns and good humour can disguise the incongruity of laying claim to such a kinship when, even if the violence is just as casual as Leone's, the plot and characters are mere pulp. Brisk, undemanding entertainment for a Friday night in.
Country: MEX/US
Technical: col/scope 102m
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Willem Dafoe
Synopsis:
A drug baron plots to depose a president with the aid of a corrupt general; a CIA operative hires a mariachi with an old score to settle to help him foil the conspirators.
Review:
Cheap and cheerful (despite some ostentatious stunts and effects work), this second sequel to El Mariachi wears its allusive title with a wry smile. But no number of genial star turns and good humour can disguise the incongruity of laying claim to such a kinship when, even if the violence is just as casual as Leone's, the plot and characters are mere pulp. Brisk, undemanding entertainment for a Friday night in.