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El Mariachi Movie Review

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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about El Mariachi
He was just a simple Mariachi looking for a job in a small town, but a case of mistaken identity pits him in the middle of a gang war between rival drug dealers in Mexico.

By the end of the week he will lose his hand, his girl and gain only a need for revenge. El Mariachi, he didnt come looking for trouble, it came looking for him.

--Ken Carper, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Western Yes
Crime & Police Story? Yes
Crime story: - criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal - criminal kidnappers
Criminal enemy is... - drug dealers
If this is a criminal POV story... - criminals killing each other

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard wavy (man)
Body type - very skinny (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive - sad - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed? - very tight clothes
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Specific kind of enemies? - tyrants
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Desert? Yes
Desert: - dying of thirst, sunburn
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting - prison

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel... - encouraged
How many deaths in film? - 8 or more
Kind of violence: - land battles - mission to rescue - hand to hand - guns
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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