Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- mistaken identity
- usa–mexico border
- mariachi
- concealed weapon
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Reinol Martinez — Azul
- Ramiro Gómez — Cantinero
- Jesús López — Viejo Clerk
- Luis Baró — Domino's Assistant
- Oscar Fabila — The Boy
- Poncho Ramon — Azul's Rat
- Fernando Martinez — Azul's Rat
- Manuel Acosta — Bodyguard
- Walter Vargas — Prisoner
- Roberto Martinez — Prisoner
- Virgen Delgado — Female Bodyguard
- Directed
- Robert Rodriguez
- Written
- Robert Rodriguez
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 1,329 ratings
- Studio
- Los Hooligans Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1993 · You’re hereEl Mariachi
Where it starts.
Desperado
1995
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
