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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003 · Movie · 102 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer66%as of 2026-01-16
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.2/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic56/100as of 2026-01-16

What it is

Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 American neo-Western action film written, directed, produced, photographed, scored, and edited by Robert Rodriguez. It is the sequel to Desperado (1995) and the third and final installment in the Mexico Trilogy. The film features Antonio Banderas in his second and final performance as El Mariachi.

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Genres
Action / Thriller / Crime
Original language
Spanish

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