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It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

This is one of only two films I have walked out on in my life. The plot is boring then there is a scene where Johhny Depps character is firing off million bullets a minute and hitting no one then 5 minutes later with his eyes having been gouged out he turns and hits a following man right between the eyes! One reviewer even he enjoyed the film but had to watch it three times to understand the plot! Its rubbish.

The sequel to the vastly superior DESPERADO is a more traditional kind of action movie, but with enough style from Rodriguez (think of offbeat camera-work and bizarre performances), charisma from Antonio Banderas as the smouldering hero, insanity from Johnny Depp in a kooky performance better than that of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and brain-dead action to recommend it to thrill-junkies. Once again, we're back in the hot and sweaty city streets south of the border, although this time the plot is far from simple, and instead rather muddled. It involves an evil army general, a plot to overthrow the Mexican president, El Mariachi and his friends plotting revenge, and a psychotic CIA agent who enlists the help of ex-FBI agent Ruben Blades to take down a drug lord who is changing his face. Got that? The cast alone makes this worth watching. Depp's character undergoes the most entertaining – if OTT – transformation, and believe me when I say you've never seen anything like. Banderas doesn't take such a main role here, it being an ensemble piece, but he's indistinguishable from his earlier incarnation in terms of looks and charisma. Salma Hayek returns for a brief series of flashbacks, and Eva Mendes impresses as a cold femme fatale. Not only do Danny Trejo and Cheech Marin return from the last in the series, but we get Willem Dafoe as a sinister drug lord, Mickey Rourke as a Chihuahua-loving hit man and even singer Enrique Iglesias in a lacklustre performance. What more could you possibly want? Well, there's gratuitous violence and black comedy in spades, as well as impressive shoot-outs and some explosive action come the finale. The plot may not be up to much but it certainly moves fast and there's never time to get bored. This is an entertainment piece, nothing more and nothing less, but certainly a film I'll enjoy watching a few more times.

The last chapter of Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy has poor connections to the previous films, but has arguably the best storyline. This has everything that makes a movie enjoyable and ownable.In the most complex premise of the series, General Marquez has been hired by the Barillio Cartel drug family to assassinate the Mexican government. Crooked CIA Agent Sands (Depp) hires El Mariachi (Banderas) and retired FBI agent (Blades) to make sure Marquez and Barillio don't consume power. We get an insight with El's relationship to the bad guys: Carolina (Hayak) was Marquez's girl and she put a bullet through his heart, but he survived. He shoots her, her daughter and El, with El surviving. Two reasons why this doesn't work: first, our central character seek vengeance for the death of his loved one again, rehashing Desperado's storyline. The next reason this doesn't work is Marquez: where does he fit? In Desperado, Carolina is a young woman who works under drug lord Bucho and is one of his groupies. Did she know Marquez before Bucho? Carolina's death takes place several years after Desperado and the movie itself takes place a few years after that. Given the time frame and Carolina's relationship with Marquez and Bucho in both movies, it is hard to tell how it all fits. A similar problem was encountered in Desperado with El avenging Domino's death by trying to kill Bucho, who had nothing to do with her death. Anyway, throughout the movie characters are introduced and swerves happen all over the place in all subplots. There's too many to keep track of and they become confusing. I had to watch this movie a few times before fully understanding it. In a way, complexity like this is good. Many people criticized this for all the swerves and subplots, but I thought it was great. El isn't pushed down to a minor role like people say, other subplots just build later on in the film. Aside from the story, the acting by all is good. Johnny Depp steals the show, giving one of his best performances ever. He plays a charismatic CIA agent who plays by his own rules. He is totally awesome. I think they should have given him his own spin off. This was before he started playing the same dumb characters in Tim Burton movies. Depp is best known for a wide variety of odd characters, all of which are easy to play. As an actor myself, I can assure that the weirder and funnier and character is, the easier it is to play. When Depp plays Sands, he is a realistic foul-mouthed smart-alec. The more realistic a character is, the harder it is to play. Ironic.Another bit of criticism I'd give is the action. All three movies are best-known for having heavy violence, but this seems to take a back seat to Desperado. Desperado had phenomenal shootouts. This also has great action, but it lacked in the same raw and artistic action that Desperado had. it did not lose its edge, it just softened a bit. This rules!

What I actually thought of this low-brow, mock-exploitation film is largely irrelevaent, given the general lack of any serious attempt to present anything more than 90 minutes of bizarre, escapist wham-bang action. Like Rodriguez subsequent, and better known "Machete" franchise, this features a bunch of Mexican, and not so Mexican guys posing around, looking cool, and blowing things up/shooting things. That's basically it. In fact, its' aesthetic is so similair to the MAchete films, that it makes you wonder whether Rodriguez is stuck in something of a rut. Anyway, though, if you have to watch this movie, then I'd recommend you watch it for Johnny Depp being a bad ass as usual, with his third-arm gimmick, and his distinctly annoying, but you like him anyway style. In fact, by the end of the film, he's the only thing worth watching, if you'll pardon the pun. Not that Antonio Banderas is a bad lead, but moping about doesn't exactly suit such a film, and that's basically all that he does. Shoots a load of people, then has a mope. Does this a couple of times, then that's the film over. But, like I said. Not the real point here.THE REAL POINT - is to warn anybody who looks at the cover of this movie and thinks, "Oh, A kind of rubbish looking film with Salma Hayek in it," then buys it for that very reason. Despite being large on the cover, and second in the cast list, I feel it is my duty to warn the world that SALMA HAYEK IS BARELY EVEN IN THIS FILM. This is a classic case of deliberate misrepresentation, on the part of the film-makers who obviously felt that selling this movie as nothing but a macho-posturing movie would hurt their sales. And they'd be right. Oh, those cunning devils, who knew that she's the best actress in this movie by some considerable margin, that she's basically the only reason why I even watched this film. To be featured so large in the promotional material, and to have about four minutes of screen time, all in hugely irrelevant flashback sequences, is definitely a crime, not to mention the fact that it's a decidedly undignified role for her even when she is on screen. So, if, like me, you love Salma Hayek, as one of the sexiest screen presences in film, and you think this will constitute "A Salma Hayek Film", then you're totally wrong, oh my brothers (and sisters). 'Tis a travesty, indeed, and a massive waste of talent. Now, excuse me. I'm off to rewatch "Savages" again. I may be gone for some time. And, if you have been fortunate enough to have read this public serveice message, then I thank you, and feel that I can go about my business, in the hope that at least one person will be saved from the same arch disappointment that I felt.Thank you, and Good night.Say "Good Night", Salma...She's Waving...