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Once Upon A Time In Mexico Movie Rating: 
Delivers Enough | |
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Wandering guitar-man/vigilante El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) is recruited by
CIA Agent Sands (Johnny Depp) to kill a drug lord (Willem Dafoe) who is in
turn attempting to overthrow the president of Mexico. Of course, that's just
what you think is going to happen, until all the deceptions and double crosses
kick in. Schlocky, sloppy, and silly, the movie gets bogged down more than once along its epic-western-wannabe way. But none of that matters when Depp brightens up the screen with his trademark weirdness or when bad guys are being hurled through the air in a hail of stylized gunfire and exploding sets. As a piece of junk entertainment, it delivers enough laughs and action to satisfy all but the most demanding moviegoers - in other words, it's bad filmmaking you can feel good about. |
Antonio Banderas.© 2003 Columbia Pictures. |
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