An average movie

Robert Rodriguez is an interesting director but, to be honest, he has a rather mixed track-record. I mean, except for ‘Sin City’ which was really impressive, he hasn’t done anything else really amazing. Anyway, more than 20 years ago, he had his breakthrough with ‘El mariachi’ which was made on a shoestring budget. It was then followed by ‘Desperado’ made with $7 million (still a rather cheap budget but already 1000 times the amount of money used for its predecessor). Eventually, almost a decade later, Rodriguez decided to make another installment, completing already his second trilogy in 2003 (alongside the Spy Kids franchise). It was once again even more ambitious with many actors added to the cast (Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Willem Dafoe and even Enrique Iglesias!). Eventually, pretty much like ‘Desperado’, I thought it was a fun movie but not much more than that, I’m afraid. The main issue, this time, is that there were so many characters that, as a result, you barely get to see Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, supposedly the leads here. Still, back in those days, Johnny Depp was not ruling (or ruining) the box-office yet, he definitely stole the show with a really wacky performance. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it is still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10