Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Cheech, Willem Dafoe, a pre-career-revived-because-of-The-Wrestler Mickey Rourke, Johnny Depp (?!), and for some reason, Enrique Iglesias.
Genre: Action, Spoofs That Aren’t Meant to be Spoofs
Year: 2003
Running Time: longer than you’d like it to be.
Plot synopsis: In a dustier and dirtier Mexico than probably has ever existed, Antonio Banderas, Enrique Iglesias, and that other guy, drive remote-controlled guitar case bombs into anything and everything until it explodes. And things explode very quickly in this movie.
Review: Here’s a movie you wish wasn’t made. While there may be a plot, it’s hidden under so much rubbish, that not even a cavalier performance from Johnny Depp can save this one. Featuring Willem Dafoe as an Hispanic, Mickey Rourke refusing to give up his dog for the shooting, and pistols that defy gravity……you have to watch this. It will make every other movie you ever watch, better. I have heard rumours that Robert Rodriguez purposefully makes his movies in an over-the-top, pulp fiction-ish manner. And that’s supposed to be an excuse for why they are so bad?
Watch for:
- Johnny Depp completely making fun of his role.
- Danny Trejo in the ‘Mexi-can or Mexi-can’t’ scene (yep, I’m serious).
- and the stunt double who successfully gets out of the way of the runaway car, and then runs back into its path. Absolutely amazing, in the worst possible way.
Film or Movie: Movie. Most definitely movie.
Popcorn Factor: Yes, but for all the wrong reasons.
Buy It: Nope.
Rent It: Oh, absolutely.
Flip ya…flip ya for real.
Karl.
(And you thought I was joking.)
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