Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Peter Marquardt
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2003
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April 22, 2009A wandering musician is mistaken for a a gun toting killer with a grudge and finds himself caught between two warring drug gangs. To say Robert Rodriguez' breakthrough film was an achievement is an understatement; this rates alongside Evil Dead as one of the great victories of mi...( read more)
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February 16, 2009Ultra-cheap prequel to Desperado, filmed in a small Mexican town in their native language. The low budget makes it seem more real in some ways, though in a cheesy way. It's not only a must see if you'd like to know how the El Mariachi character came about, but it's also a very go...( read more)
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February 11, 2009Considering this was made for $7000, I'm completely baffled. This movie was filmed around the same time John Woo's The Killer was...and production value for both are extremely similar. Rodriguez motivates anyone with a video camera to just go out and make their dreams come true...( read more)
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September 24, 2008Quite possibly one of the most important and influential independent films ever made. A living proof that money is completely secondary when it comes to making good cinema.
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September 10, 2008I was expecting something a little special for Robert Rodriguez?s debut film, but it all seems a little too uncomplicated for me. The storyline was milked a little too much I felt, which made parts feel pretty monotonous. I have to rate this film without the Robert Rodriguez in...( read more)
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November 8, 2009Je l'ai vu en espagnol sous-titré en anglais et j'ai aimé quand-męme.
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October 26, 2009Due to his passion for making films Rodriguez came up with quite a good action movie, in spite of the very low budget. All the tricks he came up with to reduce the costs were really clever. I recommend to watch the making of to understand the difficulties he encountered in the pr...( read more)
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October 7, 2009Bad actors (except Azul and the main character), Bad direction, but a great start for Robert Rodriguez and 7000$ of budget. Is quite enjoyable and funny.
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September 18, 2009The best of the trilogy. Excellent start for Rodriguez; stylish and violent, just as this story should have been.
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