Synopsis
A CIA agent hires hitman "El Mariachi" to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état.
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Cast
- Antonio BanderasEl Mariachi
- Johnny DeppSands
- Cheech MarinBelini
- Salma Hayek PinaultCarolina
- Mickey RourkeBilly
- Willem DafoeBarillo
- Eva MendesAjedrez
- Danny TrejoCucuy
- Rubén BladesJorge FBI
- Enrique IglesiasLorenzo
- 80
Salon
Make no mistake, this movie is a mess. But, wow, what a mess! It's an exploding piñata, full of low comedy and high drama, deliriously colorful fight scenes and vehicle chases. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
In its wildly overwrought, burrito-Western way, is about as close to a home movie as you're likely to see in a megaplex. - 75
Rolling Stone
You don't want to miss Depp in this movie -- he knocks it out of the park. - 70
Dallas Observer
God bless Johnny Depp. For the second time this year, the man has almost single-handedly redeemed an action movie that would otherwise be indistinguishable from the pack. - 70
L.A. Weekly
The movie is stolen by the gorgeous, droll and hilarious Depp. The movie crackles when he's onscreen and only fitfully sparks when he's not. - 63
Chicago Tribune
An epic unhinged, and while its best sections suggest a Loony Tune done by Sam Peckinpah and Emilio Fernandez, "Mexico" needs to be even crazier than it is. - 63
Miami Herald
If not exactly epic, the movie is certainly the biggest and most complex of Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy, which began in "El Mariachi" and continued in "Desperado." - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Starts having the same effect as one too many tequilas: the Hong Kong-style stunts, the goofy wisecracks, the foxy presence of Eva Mendes -- all of it becomes blurry and numbing.