Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 161
Fresh: 110 | Rotten: 51
Violent, pulpy, loopy fun, with Depp stealing the show.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 11
Violent, pulpy, loopy fun, with Depp stealing the show.
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Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the characters of his breakthrough hits El Mariachi and Desperado in this grand scale south-of-the-border action-adventure saga. Sands (Johnny Depp) is a rogue CIA agent who is working in cahoots with Mexican officials who've caught wind of a plan by corrupt military leader General Marquez (Gerardo Vigil) and ruthless drug kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe) to assassinate Mexico's president (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.). Sands needs to recruit a gunman to take out
Sep 12, 2003 Wide
Jan 20, 2004
$55.8M
Sony Pictures Releasing
All Critics (174) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (119) | Rotten (51) | DVD (45)
A movie with that many freaks and creeps should be a lot more exciting than this one actually is.
A mess of a movie that nevertheless entertains because each individual piece stands high enough on its own merits that it's not necessary to look hard at the nonsensical linking material.
... this proves as the opposite of Cabin Fever, you can spill a lot of blood in a gratuitous, but very entertaining way.
Make no mistake, this movie is a mess. But, wow, what a mess!
Depp, a mere two months after his scene-stealing turn in Pirates of the Caribbean, once again is the best thing about a very silly movie.
A whiz-bang kick in the pants.
Still loaded with action and wonderful characters, but this is the least of the three pictures.
Like an R-rated, violent Roadrunner cartoon.
...a cartoonish action movie that entertains without garnering empathy for any of its characters, with the exception of Ruben Blades' Jorge.
Occasionally hits heights worthy of its Sergio Leone-inspired title ... but its manic invention exhausts more than enthralls.
Regardless of the film's shortcomings, the DVD is essential because of what Rodriguez brings to the special features.
To be fair, Rodriguez's wicked dialogue does elicit some laughs amongst the on-screen carnage.
A splendid cast and spectacular orgies of carnage combine to produce a surprisingly creaky, labored, and boring movie.
Robert Rodriguez once again tries to out-pulp his long term collaborator Quentin Tarantino in yet another remake of El Mariachi. He makes no bones as to his intentions, the opening credit proclaiming it "A Robert Rodriguez flick" rather than "film", and the result is a slickly entertaining but rather vacuous affair.
November 26, 2006
Super Reviewer
The conclusion to Robert Rodriguez's mariachi trilogy is a pretty epic, and really badass way to bring things to a close. There are however, too many subplots and characters, most of which don't make sense or are not handled all that well. I don't think that's why people wanna see this, or why they should see it
June 9, 2006Super Reviewer
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