Mexico Trilogy (1992 - 2003): 3

The film Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) tells the story of El Mariachi, who is recruited by CIA officer Sheldon Jeffrey Sands for a mission. He must take down General Emiliano Marquez, a corrupt Mexican Army officer working for drug lord Armando Barillo. Barillo plans to assassinate the President and overthrow the government during a time of civil unrest in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa. Years ago, El Mariachi’s wife and daughter were killed by Marquez in retaliation for a previous confrontation. Along with El Mariachi, Sands enlists retired FBI agent Jorge Ramírez to kill Barillo, who had also killed his former partner Archuleta. AFN operative Ajedrez is ...

Desperado (1995) is an American neo-Western action film that was written, co-produced, edited, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. In a Mexican bar called Tarasco, an American man named Buscemi recounts witnessing a brutal massacre at another bar. The perpetrator was a Mexican armed with a guitar case full of guns. At first, the bar’s patrons are disinterested, but their attention is piqued when Buscemi mentions the name ‘Bucho’. Meanwhile, El Mariachi has a dream about his encounter with Moco – Bucho’s right-hand man who killed his lover and shot his left hand. However, Buscemi wakes him up ...

El Mariachi (1992) is a Spanish language American independent neo-Western action film and the first installment of Robert Rodriguez’s Mexico Trilogy. After escaping from jail in a small Mexican town, a brutal criminal known as Azul sets out for revenge against the local drug lord, Moco. At the same time, a young musician arrives in town with his signature guitar case, hoping to find work and fulfill his dream of becoming a mariachi like his father. As Moco watches from his heavily guarded villa on the outskirts of town, he orders a group of Sicarios to track down Azul. Mistakenly, they pursue the Mariachi ...