Once Upon A Time In Mexico

Year: 2003

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Rodriguez

Review

sort of a sequel to desperado, though not as much as a sequel as many sequels are (actors change roles or come back to life and much of the history of the last film relates very little to this one). to me, it’s more of a remake of desperado than a sequel to them since it’s basically the same situation – someone killed this guy’s wife so he has no reason to live other than revenge. johnny depp was, of course, very good and provided some of the comic relief (a strong point of the film). the soundtrack wasn’t as good as desperado’s and we didn’t get to see as much of salma hayek which is a shame. the storylines got a little twisted up towards the end, but were untangled soon enough. the bad guys weren’t bad enough and the good guy wasn’t as well-rounded or sympathetic as he was in the first two installments. this’ll pobably be the most successful of the trio, but each one got progressively worse….that’s not to say that any of them were bad. as a side note – i saw all three of the films in their first run in the theater. i’m pretty proud (though it’s really my dad’s doing) of that considering how few people actually saw el mariachi when it first came out.

Watched in theater