El Mariachi

1993

ActionCrimeThriller

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.

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

Rating

6.733
1165 votes

Popularity

4.7939

Origin & Countries

US | es | United States of America

Production

Los Hooligans Productions

Runtime

81 min.

Budget (M$)

2 / 0ROI Infinity%

Status

Released

Release: 2/22/1993

Credits

El Mariachi

Robert RodriguezDirector

El Mariachi

Carlos GallardoEl Mariachi

El Mariachi

Consuelo GómezDomino

El Mariachi

Jaime de HoyosBigotón

El Mariachi

Peter MarquardtMauricio

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Reviews

insidemovies84

2/16/2021

10 / 10

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 forces him to sing... the song he sings was racy but supposedly an original of his... the film starred Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Peter Marquardt and Reinol Martinez. An interesting look at a criminal organization no necessarily organized, a raw slice of life piece if independent structure and I feel well paced for it's low budget. I recommend to see.

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