Once Upon a Time in Mexico poster

Once Upon a Time in Mexico( 2003)

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The Time Has Come.

Overview

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Antonio Banderas

      El Mariachi

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      Johnny Depp

      CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands

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      Cheech Marin

      Belini

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      Salma Hayek Pinault

      Carolina

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      Mickey Rourke

      Billy Chambers

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      Willem Dafoe

      Armando Barillo

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      Eva Mendes

      CIA Agent Ajedrez

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      Danny Trejo

      Cucuy

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      Rubén Blades

      Jorge, Retired FBI Agent

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      Enrique Iglesias

      Lorenzo

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      Marco Leonardi

      Fideo

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      Troy Robinson

      Romero

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      Gerardo Vigil

      General Marquez

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      Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

      President of Mexico

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      Julio Oscar Mechoso

      Nicholas, Presidential Advisor

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      Tito Larriva

      Cab Driver

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      Miguel Couturier

      Dr. Guevera

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      Tony Valdes

      Chicle Boy

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      José Luis Avendaño

      Alvaro

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      Rodolfo De Alexandre

      Omar

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      Natália Torres

      El Mariachi's Daughter

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      Steve Constancio

      Right Hand

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      Ermahn Ospina

      Qui-Que

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      Luz María Rojas

      Pistolera

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      Mario Simon

      Cook

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      Bernard Hacker

      Blascoe

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      Cecilia Tijerina

      Waitress

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      Carola Vázquez

      Hospital Administrator

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      René Gatica

      Chief Federale

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      Silvia Santoyo

      Bachelorette

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      Juan Pablo Llaguno

      Bull Fighter

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      Ignacio Torre

      Teacher

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      Rojo Grau

      Manny

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      Jorge Becerril

      Taco

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      Víctor Carpinteiro

      Left Nut

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      Dagoberto Gama

      Que Pasa

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      Thomas Rosales Jr.

      Bartender with Gun (uncredited)

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      Khristian Lupo

      Soldier (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

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    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Tue Sep 12 2023
    **Tons of stylish action, a big budget, a script reduced to the minimum and a huge list of actors with nothing to do.** It was only when I saw this film that I realized that it is the last film in a trilogy that begins with “Mariachi”. However, I saw it after having seen “Desperado” and that allowed me to have a better understanding of the story: the gunman and his girlfriend are chased by a drug dealer until the day his men manages to kill the girl. Devastated, the Mariachi retires to live out his days in bitterness. After a while, he is called by a CIA agent, who gives him the opportunity ...

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    Videos 1Backdrops 16Posters 48

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    29000000.00

    Revenue

    98200000.00

    Keywords

    • central intelligence agency (cia)
    • mexico
    • corruption
    • coup d'etat
    • revenge
    • gun battle
    • body double
    • political assassination
    • mariachi
    • guitar player
    • brutality
    • drug lord
    • mexican cartel
    • gun death
    • cia agent