El Mariachi fingerprintRelentless energy, striking style, light on feelings.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life and crime
Standout direction
Standout editing
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
El Mariachi is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and brutally violent.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life and crime
Its world is built around everyday modern life and crime.
Standout direction
The direction stand out.
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With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble. But trouble came looking for him.
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El Mariachi is included with a subscription to fuboTV in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76/100 (IMDb 6.8, Rotten Tomatoes 91%, and Metacritic 73). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 21 min
El Mariachi runs 1 h 21 min.
Not quite. Critics rate El Mariachi higher (82) than audiences (71). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Spanish, with some English. Produced in United States.
+76GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for El Mariachi in 90 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 40 storytelling tropes for El Mariachi, including Downer Ending, Bedmate Reveal, Lifesaving Misfortune.
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