Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
The time has come.
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.3/10· 176K votes
Rotten Tomatoes66%
Metacritic56%
TMDb6.301/10· 2K votesWith 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 56/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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 of Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Antonio Banderas
as El Mariachi
Johnny Depp
as CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands
Cheech Marin
as Belini
Salma Hayek Pinault
as Carolina
Mickey Rourke
as Billy Chambers
Willem Dafoe
as Armando Barillo
Eva Mendes
as CIA Agent Ajedrez
Danny Trejo
as Cucuy
Rubén Blades
as Jorge, Retired FBI Agent
Enrique Iglesias
as Lorenzo
Marco Leonardi
as Fideo
Troy Robinson
as Romero
Once Upon a Time in Mexico facts
- Budget
- $29M
- Box office
- $98.8M
- Collection
- Mexico Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •CIA conspiracy thriller creates tense geopolitical intrigue narrative
- •Brutality and corruption themes ground western action in grim reality
- •Robert Rodriguez direction brings stylish visual flair to crime action
What the audience disliked
- •Body double plot creates confusion undermining main narrative coherence
- •Coup d'etat subplot feels disconnected from central revenge storyline focus
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