El Mariachi( 1993)

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With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble. But trouble came looking for him.

Overview

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor, a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake el Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.

Top Billed Cast

Carlos Gallardo
El Mariachi
Consuelo Gómez
Domino
Jaime de Hoyos
Bigotón
Peter Marquardt
Mauricio
Reinol Martinez
Azul
Ramiro Gómez
Cantinero
Jesús López
Viejo Clerk
Luis Baró
Domino's Assistant
Oscar Fabila
The Boy
Poncho Ramon
Azul's Rat
Fernando Martinez
Azul's Rat
Manuel Acosta
Bodyguard
Walter Vargas
Prisoner
Roberto Martinez
Prisoner
Virgen Delgado
Female Bodyguard
Juanita Vargas
Female Bodyguard
Yolanda Puga
Female Bodyguard
Jaime Rodriguez
Moco's Man
Luis Cadena
Moco's Man
Afredo Martínez
Moco's Man
Gerardo Jaquez
Moco's Man
Mario Mata
Moco's Man
Daniel Delgado
Moco's Man
Rosendo Ortiz
Moco's Man
Cesar Cadena
Moco's Man
Jose Salinas
Moco's Man
Robert Santoyo
Moco's Man
Sabas Perez
Moco's Man
Guadenico Martin
Moco's Man
Juan Garcia
Moco's Man
Maximo Martin
Moco's Man
DiFonso Quezada
Moco's Man
Manuel Vejor
Moco's Man
Alfredo Cisneros
Keyboardist
Alejandro Peña
Piña / Loco
Israel Reyes
Taco
Clara Scott
Moco's Manicurist
María Castillo
Jail Guard
Samuel Quiroz
Jail Guard
Roberto Delgado
Jail Guard
Fermin Barron
School Bus Driver
Tito Tortuga
La Tortuga

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A review by insidemovies84

Written by insidemovies84 on Tue Feb 16 2021

Filmed in 1992 and being Robert Rodriquez’s film debut this is a film about a guitar player whom walk into town at the same time a gangster shoots up some dudes in a bar wearing same clothes so at first it’s a case of Mistaken identity but then I believe the Mariachi guy just kind of falls into the role of the renegade assassin that takes out the man running the streets or so he thinks... falling in love with the bosses girl... I thought this film was poetic, romantic and tragic all at the same time... I got a kick out of a scene where the dude’s in Domino’s tub as she holds a gun on him and f...