Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Enlisted by Sands (Johnny Depp), a corrupt CIA agent, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail of Barrillo (Willem Dafoe), a cartel kingpin with one last score to settle who is planning a coup d'etat against the President of Mexico.

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Revealing mistake: Near the end of the movie, when Johnny Depp's eyes are removed, he talks with the boy when he's against the wall. In several shots you can see Johnny Depp's eyes through the sunglasses. (01:33:55)

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El Presidente: Who are you guys?
El Mariachi: Sons of Mexico, sir.

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Trivia: Danny Trejo, who played Cucuy in this film, is director's Robert Rodriguez's cousin. This might be why Trejo is in almost every film Rodriguez has made.

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Question: In the scene where Carolina and El are chained together, they swing across the road on a power line with metal handcuffs. Wouldn't they have been fried or shocked?

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Chosen answer: They would need to be touching the ground so the electrical current could complete the circuit.

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