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This past Christmas my friend got the Desperado, El Mariachi two-pack (having seen desperado and thinking El Mariachi would be good too), and the other day we watched it. As far as an action movie goes it's pretty poor. The "chase" scenes were pretty much all the same and lifeless. The actors were all pretty bad especially Moco (who was laughably horrible), and it lacked the humor of the other 2 (especially the most recent edition). The only mildly funny part was when the mariachi tries to get a job at the bar only to discover that the bar already has a 1 man band.
Now if you are one of those people who loves low budget/independent movies for the sole aribitrary reason that they are not multi-million dollar Hollywood films, then you will probably like this movie (or at least say you do, for that reason). But if you look at this movie objectively it isn't that good. The action is slow and boring (perhaps budget does matter in action movies, or at least action sequences), unless of course you like a slow chase through an empty street with no music and a fat mexican guy looking confused. The story is nothing special, just a standard case of mistaken identity. And if you think for one minute that the Mariachi falling in love with the girl whom he just met is not a Hollywood contrivance then you are sorely mistaken. The end is pretty lame too though I did enjoy the overblown laughing of Moco.
Do yourself a favor, skip El Mariachi and just watch the other 2, they are much better movies. However, I will say that this movie did make me glad that I didn't live in dirty poor Mexico, thank God.
Zoopansick
score 3/10
Zoopansick 31 December 2003
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