Description
With ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez follows
the further adventures of El Mariachi Antonio Banderas, the
guitar-and-gunslinging hero who has been leading a quiet life, but
longs to get revenge for the murder of his love Salma Hayek. When
quirky CIA agent Sands Johnny Depp roots out El Mariachi for a
special assignment, he comes out with pistols blazing. Soon, a
retired FBI agent Ruben Blades, a drug kingpin Willem Dafoe, a
criminal on the run Mickey Rourke, and a double-dealing federale
Eva Mendes are all in on the action, which involves a plot to
kill the Mexican president and shift the balance of power in
Mexico. Handling the writing, direction, cinematography, and just
about everything else, Rodriguez has crafted a tribute to the
spaghetti Western films of Sergio Leone by placing his outlaw hero
from DESPERADO and EL MARIACHI in an epic setting populated by
numerous characters. Although it can be challenging to keep track
of the unfolding subplots, the scenes involving Depp's badly
dressed secret agent are the most intriguing and entertaining.
Meanwhile Banderas eases back into the lead as the vengeful
Mariachi, and Hayek and Blades make the most of their small but
significant roles.
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