Once Upon a Time in Mexico Page #3

Synopsis: In the third movie of Rodriguez's "Mariachi" trilogy, a Mexican drug lord pretends to overthrow the Mexican government, and is connected to a corrupt CIA agent who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord's uprising against the government.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
Production: Sony Pictures Releasing
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2003
102 min
$55,900,000
Website
1,462 Views


and even from the president...

...who isn't your biggest fan,

let's face it.

- When do I begin?

- Give me a moment.

It's a church, hombre.

I'm sorry.

Are you still standing?

Still.

Good. Well, the Barillo cartel

aren't the nicest of guys, are they?

However, you've passed the test.

You're gonna do just fine.

Assemble your team, and I will

call you with further instructions.

Over and out.

I'm just walking my beat, friend.

Mexico's my beat, I'm walking it.

I throw shapes, and they catch them.

I set them up and watch them fall.

Have him meet me

at the bullfight at 5 p.m. What?

Why would I want that?

Why would I want bubble gum?

All right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, this should hold the both

of us over for quite a long time.

So I don't ever want to see you again.

F*** off.

- Hi.

- Hello.

The CIA sharing a meal with the FBI.

Now, if that isn't interagency

cooperation, I just don't know what is.

- I'm retired FBI.

- A real agent never retires.

He just takes it a little easier.

- Why are we talking?

- You tracked down Armando Barillo...

...for two years when he was running

operations out of San Antonio.

Spinning wheels.

It never led to an arrest.

Well, he...

He is, in fact,

sitting directly behind you.

I know.

He settled back in.

He's been living here for six years.

Can't be touched.

Did you know that most agents

never even see a top-10 criminal...

...for their entire careers?

You brought down two, didn't you?

And now your third

is sitting in very close proximity.

Now, retired or not...

...that has really got to tug

on the old short and curlies.

I'm a civilian now.

Didn't he kill that agent friend

of yours? What was his name...

...Archuleta?

Yes.

Barillo is a Mexican citizen.

He cannot be extradited for crimes

committed in the U.S.

Do you happen to know of a

Dr. Guevera? Worked for the cartel.

This doctor pumped your friend

Archuleta full of drugs, day after day...

...so that they could torture him

for two weeks before he died.

You must have known that.

Dr. Guevera himself

having dinner with your prey.

I wonder what it is they're up to now.

Two weeks of torture, Jorge.

Think about that.

For your dead friend...

...for the job you didn't finish

in San Antonio.

Now, are you really going to let it

slip away again?

I'd like you to have a bite

of my pork because it's...

...the world.

(Announcer)

It's Mariachi Happy Hour!

Get your Mariachi song for 5 pesos.

A Mariachi kiss for 20 pesos.

And a Mariachi f*** for only 50 pesos!

Where the hell have you been?

Far away.

Still f***ing around?

Let me get Fideo.

I'm here for my guitar.

It's his last night.

They're firing him.

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Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Texas. more…

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