1995

106 minutes

Directed by
Robert Rodriguez

Writing credits
Robert Rodriguez

Cast
Antonio Banderas .... El Mariachi
Salma Hayek .... Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida .... Bucho
Cheech Marin .... Short Bartender

Boxoffice
Budget: $7m
Gross: $25,625m (USA)

Filming Locations
Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico

Awards:
1996: Nominated, MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss: Antonio Banderas & Salma Hayek
1995: Nominated, Stockholm Film Festival, Bronze Horse

Quotes:
El Mariachi: Did I ever thank you for saving my life?
Carolina: No.
El Mariachi: I will..

Distributor: Columbia TriStar
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Release Date: August 25, 1995
Plot summary
With this remake of his prize-winning independent previous film, "El Mariachi," director Robert Rodriquez joins the ranks of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo as a master of slick, glamorized ultra-violence. We pick up the story as a continuation of "El Mariachi," where an itinerant musician, looking for work, gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love, corruption, and death. This time, he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand, which occurred at the end of the earlier movie. However, the plot is recapitulated, and again, a case of mistaken identity leads to a very high body count, involvement with a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord, and finally, the inevitable face-to-face confrontation and bloody showdown.