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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| VarietyTodd McCarthyHas a verve and cheekiness that's partly a smart wedding of such influences as Sergio Leone, George Miller and south-of-the-border noir. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewRodriguez goes for broke with a breakneck pace, swarms of bullets, cinematic tricks, and a tone as playful as it is knowing of genre conventions. The director's light touch is all his own; and this unpretentious offering delivers in all departments. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsBrilliant low-budget filmmaking. Better than most action films with ten times the budget. |
| Filmcritic.comAaron Lazenbymore life than 10 summer blockbusters combined |
| IGN DVDR. L. ShafferDespite its age, El Mariachi holds up remarkably well. The film's low budget (roughly $7,000, allegedly) actually helps build tension in the narrative - like you're watching something that's really happening. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliA gripping, tautly-paced action flick that outdoes most of Hollywood's similar output. This is clear evidence that film quality often has little to do with a production's budget. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovWhile the story may be a common one (for the action genre, at least), Rodriguez, who wrote, produced, shot and edited the entire film himself, has a uniquely straightforward wit that makes what might otherwise have been just another shoot-'em-up something more than that. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonThis brilliantly naive, low-budget shoot-'em-up presents every action as if it were brand spanking new. |
| IGN DVDR.L. ShafferDespite its age, El Mariachi holds up remarkably well. The film's low budget (roughly $7,000, allegedly) actually helps build tension in the narrative - like you're watching something that's really happening. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinIt goes without saying that Mr. Rodriguez, having made such a clever and inventive debut, is prepared for a big future of his own. |
