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0 / 3 watchedAll three films in order. Release order and story order are the same list.
- 1 El Mariachi Shot for about $7,000 in Ciudad Acuna. Start here.
- 2 Desperado Banderas takes over the role, and Salma Hayek joins as Carolina.
- 3 Once Upon a Time in Mexico El Mariachi is hired by a CIA agent played by Johnny Depp. Closes the trilogy.
About El Mariachi (Rodriguez Mexico trilogy)
Robert Rodriguez shot El Mariachi for about $7,000 in Mexico, then Columbia funded two bigger sequels that follow the same guitar case gunslinger from 1992 to 2003.
Release order matches story order, so one list covers both, with Antonio Banderas taking over the lead from Carlos Gallardo in Desperado.
Good to know
Desperado reshoots the first film's final showdown as a flashback for Banderas, so newcomers can start at either of the first two films. A 2014 TV series also used the El Mariachi name but tells its own story.
