6.4
“The time has come.”
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
September 11, 20031h 42mEN
6.3
2.4K votes
Overview
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
Director
Robert RodriguezWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$29.0M
Revenue
$98.8M
Production Companies
Columbia PicturesDimension FilmsTroublemaker Studios
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User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
1.0**Tons of stylish action, a big budget, a script reduced to the minimum and a huge list of actors with nothing to do.** It was only when I saw this film that I realized that it is the last film in a trilogy that begins with “Mariachi”. However, I saw it after having seen “Desperado” and that allowed me to have a better understanding of the story: the gunman and his girlfriend are chased by a drug dealer until the day his men manages to kill the girl. Devastated, the Mariachi retires to live out his days in bitterness. After a while, he is called by a CIA agent, who gives him the opportunity…
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