El Mariachi (1993)

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Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Starring (View all)

Carlos Gallardo
El Mariachi

Consuelo Gómez
Domino

Jaime de Hoyos
Bigotón

Peter Marquardt
Mauricio

Reinol Martinez
Azul

Ramiro Gómez
Cantinero

Jesús López
Viejo Clerk

Oscar Fabila
The Boy

Written by

Robert Rodriguez
(written by)

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Great low budget action flick!

15 years, 6 months ago at May 24 6:13

PvtCaboose91

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"All I wanted was to be a mariachi, like my ancestors. But the city I thought would bring me luck brought only a curse. I lost my guitar, my hand, and her. With this injury, I may never play the guitar again. Without her, I have no love. But with the dog and the weapons, I'm prepared for the future."

El Mariachi is an early film directed by now-famous filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. Ini... read more

A good movie

10 years ago at Nov 15 8:21

johanlefourbe

1 vote

Like everyone else, I have been following Robert Rodriguez for many years and I thought it was finally time to watch his directing debut. First of all, before judging this flick, you have to bear in mind the circumstances during which it was directed. Indeed, it was made on one shoe-string budget (allegedly 7000 dollars, although the post-production and promotion did cost 1 million dollars), Rodri... read more

Simply Bad Ass.

14 years, 8 months ago at Apr 16 4:15

The Mighty Celestial

1 vote

Because of the severe financial restraints of this picture, the story is forced to be told thru the creativity of all-out action in it's purest, unadulterated form. I think that there should be a law requiring that all big budget action films be shot & directed with as much energy & fun as in this one, before even one cent of the million dollars of special effects is spent.
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A mariachi trades his guitar for a gun in this wild bullet-dodging fast ride through a world of bandito violence.

Release date: 26 February 1993
UPC: 043396019690

Tags: Action (19), 1990s (11), Mexican (9), Murder (8), Low Budget (8), Foreign (7), Violence (6), Trilogy (6), Indie (5), Death (5), Mexico (5), Singer (5), Motorcycle (5), Drama (4), Western (4), 1992 (4), Shot To Death (4), Tortoise (4), Crime (3), Usa (3)

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