Title: Desperado / El Mariachi / Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Format: Blu-ray
Label: Sony Pictures
Genre: Action / Adventure
UPC: 043396578562
Release Date: 2021
multi-disc set includes:
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general. Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek, Willem Dafoe. RUN-TiME: 1hour 42minutes
In the third and final entry in Robert Rodriguez’s series, Antonio Banderas’ gunslinger, El Mariachi, is out for vengeance after his wife (Salma Hayek) and their young daughter are killed by drug kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe), who is about to have the president of Mexico assassinated. Before he can bring down Barillo, however, Mariachi must deal with a rogue CIA agent (Johnny Depp), an ex-agency operative (Ruben Blades), and a Barillo associate (Mickey Rourke). With Eva Mendes. 102 min. C/Rtg: R
Made for a paltry $7,000 for the Hispanic home video market, Robert Rodriguez’s much-acclaimed action-comedy tells the tale of a Mariachi singer who finds himself in the middle of a gang rivalry when he’s mistaken for a gun-toting killer. Hip, funny and explosively violent; Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez star. 81 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. C/Rtg: R