
A Look Back at Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy and Its Indie Roots
Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy remains a touchstone of 1990s independent cinema. The films chart a course from a lege...


The time has come.
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.

Antonio Banderas
El Mariachi

Johnny Depp
CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands

Cheech Marin
Belini

Salma Hayek Pinault
Carolina

Mickey Rourke
Billy Chambers

Willem Dafoe
Armando Barillo

Eva Mendes
CIA Agent Ajedrez

Danny Trejo
Cucuy

Rubén Blades
Jorge, Retired FBI Agent

Enrique Iglesias
Lorenzo

Marco Leonardi
Fideo

Troy Robinson
Romero
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.

Antonio Banderas
El Mariachi

Johnny Depp
CIA Agent Jeffrey Sands

Cheech Marin
Belini

Salma Hayek Pinault
Carolina

Mickey Rourke
Billy Chambers

Willem Dafoe
Armando Barillo

Eva Mendes
CIA Agent Ajedrez

Danny Trejo
Cucuy

Rubén Blades
Jorge, Retired FBI Agent

Enrique Iglesias
Lorenzo

Marco Leonardi
Fideo

Troy Robinson
Romero