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El Mariachi

Name: El Mariachi
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
Released: 1993-02-22
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez

1993 · 1h 21m · Action, Crime, Thriller, Western

IMDb 6.8 Metacritic 73 RT 91%

YES — This is Robert Rodriguez's scrappy debut masterpiece that launched a legend, a wildly inventive action thriller shot on a shoestring budget that punches way above its weight. The case-of-mistaken-identity premise is pure fun, and watching a humble mariachi get caught in a violent underworld mix-up is exactly the kind of high-octane, clever entertainment you need tonight.

Plot

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.

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Cast: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez

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