El Mariachi / Desperado / Once Upon A Time In Mexico (Box Set)

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Action/Adventure - Director: Robert Rodriguez - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez, Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino more

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Contains all three films from the El Mariachi trilogy directed by Robert Rodriguez.
In EL MARIACHI a down-on-his-luck musician gets into deep hot water when he's mistaken for a...
more...guitar case-toting hitman in a small Mexican town. EL MARIACHI was produced by do-it-yourself Austin, Texas auteur Robert Rodriguez (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, SPY KIDS) on a shoe-string budget for the Mexican video market but earned a major studio release. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
DESPERADO is the story of the no-named Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) who tracks down the last Mexican drug-lord "Bucho" with the help of his best friend and a beautiful book store owner (Salma Hayek). In a poetically violent style reminiscent of John Woo and Sam Peckinpah, the Mariachi takes on his entire army of henchmen in a dusty border town as an act of revenge for the murder of his love and his injured musician's hand. Robert Rodriguez's big budget sequel to "El Mariachi." Also starring Cheech Marin (of Cheech and Chong) and Steve Buscemi (RESERVOIR DOGS).
With ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez follows the further adventures of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), the guitar-and-gunslinging hero who has been leading a quiet life, but longs to get revenge for the murder of his love (Salma Hayek). When quirky CIA agent Sands (Johnny Depp) roots out El Mariachi for a special assignment, he comes out with pistols blazing. Soon, a retired FBI agent (Ruben Blades), a drug kingpin (Willem Dafoe), a criminal on the run (Mickey Rourke), and a double-dealing federale (Eva Mendes) are all in on the action, which involves a plot to kill the Mexican president and shift the balance of power in Mexico.
Handling the writing, direction, cinematography, and just about everything else, Rodriguez has crafted a tribute to the spaghetti Western films of Sergio Leone by placing his outlaw hero from DESPERADO and EL MARIACHI in an epic setting populated by numerous characters. Although it can be challenging to keep track of the unfolding subplots, the scenes involving Depp's badly dressed secret agent are the most intriguing and entertaining. Meanwhile Banderas eases back into the lead as the vengeful Mariachi, and Hayek and Blades make the most of their small but significant roles.





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Three Great Films One Great Boxset
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August 27th, 2005


Author's product rating:   El Mariachi / Desperado / Once Upon A Time In Mexico (Box Set) - rated by Kab182

Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Story Good 
Characters / Performances Good 
Special Effects Outstanding 
Soundtrack Average 

Advantages: Three Great Films One Great Boxset
Disadvantages: Pictures on actual DVD discs are same as if bought separatly

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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El Mariachi

While this is a budget film, one of director Robert Rodriguez's first, this is still a great movie. The whole film is in spanish with English subtitles and many more languages. This film is great for people interested in becoming a director with the director's commentary and 10 minute film school all as special features.

Desperado - Collector's Edition

This DVD is great for as the title may indicate collectors. This DVD is also packed with lots of special features such as Director commentary and "10 more minutes - Anatomy of a shootout".

Once Upon A Time In Mexico

While this film isn't as good as the above two it is also a great DVD for special features with Dierctor's commentar again and 8 deleted scenes and 4 Featurettes.

All in all a very good boxset and brilliant value for money for 3 DVDs as i bought mine for £19.99 
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How does it compare to others by the same director? Outstanding 
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