| Show Once Upon A Time In Mexico New Flavor to El Mariachi Series Allen Johnson Contributing Writer r This film is the third in in the El Mariachi series written directed and for the most part shot by Robert Rodriguez The first two El Mariachi and Desperado were fairly low budget t shoot-em shoot up thrill rides Strongly influenced r by a mix of John Woo westerns and Mexican culture Rodriguez a fun bloody tale of classic revenge Once Upon a Time in Mexico seems to be a strong departure from these two First of all El Mariachi played by Antonio Banderas Desperado Evita 5 Four Rooms is almost a supporting supporting supporting support support- ing character Rather than his simple revenge story Rodriguez penned many twists and loops into the story The screen time is almost tipping the scale in the direction of the storys story's other heavy- heavy Agent Sands played by Johnny Depp Edward Sleepy Hollow Ninth Gate Sands is a crooked CIA agent who's intent is cashing in jn on a a plot to assassinate the Mexican president Several groups are rallied to either protect protect protect pro pro- or to participate in the over over- throw Alliances s are made and broken as often as bullets fly- fly leaving you wondering who is fighting who z Salma Hayek From Dusk Till Dawn Traffic Frida who shared most of the screen time with Banderas ras in ill Desperado is hardly in the film at all all- all 10 10 minutes tops Overall the dialog has some really really really real real- ly funny witty moments and great gratuitous violence It almost seems as though Rodriguez was trying to write an ensemble script since story spends equal time with several different characters The film is not completely bad bador bador or good just very different when compared to the first two in the series C |
