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Antonio Banderas; armed with a guitar, singing voice, a way with women and an armament of weaponry is El Mariachi; legend across the desolate wastelands of America. He is driven by revenge, drifting through towns in search of drug dealer Bucho, the one responsible for killing his girlfriend. He has a new woman in his life now, Carolina (Salma Hayek), who has her own reasons for helping him. El Mariachi wages a one man war against Bucho’s henchmen, with the onslaught of violence set against a vibrant backdrop of Latin American music. Cast includes Joaquim de Almeida, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino.
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ACMI Identifier
309277
Language
English
Audience classification
R (18+)
Subject categories
Action & Adventure → Action films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Revenge
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)