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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003R1h 42m6.3 / 10
The time has come.
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
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Synopsis
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
Cast, crew and production details
About Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Cast
Antonio BanderasEl Mariachi
Johnny DeppCIA Agent Jeffrey Sands
Cheech MarinBelini
Salma Hayek PinaultCarolina
Mickey RourkeBilly Chambers
Willem DafoeArmando Barillo
Eva MendesCIA Agent Ajedrez
Danny TrejoCucuyCredits
- Directed by
- Robert Rodriguez
- Written by
- Robert Rodriguez
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Mexico Collection
- Budget
- $29M
- Box office
- $98.8M
Production
Columbia PicturesUnited States
Dimension FilmsUnited States
Troublemaker StudiosUnited States
Themes
body doublebrutalitycentral intelligence agency (cia)cia agentcorruptioncoup d'etatdrug lordguitar playergun battlegun deathmariachimexican cartelmexicopolitical assassination
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