Friday Night Flicks

Last night I watched an iconic film: El Mariachi. A great film: written, produced, edited, partially scored and directed by Robert Rodriguez. El Mariachi tells the story of a simple man dressed in black carrying a guitar case. The Mariachi is looking for work in a small dusty Mexican town. Unbeknown to the Mariachi, a drug dealing thug just broke out of jail and is on the way to the same town carrying a guitar case. The twist revolves around the contents of the two guitar cases. The Mariachi’s case contains A GUITAR. The thug’s case, well it carries a small arsenal of brass knuckles, knives, pistols and a MAC-10 sub machine gun.

Needless to say some people mistake the Mariachi for the thug and vise a versa and a great action movie follows.

I highly recommend you see this film. In an era where movie studios spend millions to make crap films like We Own the Night, El Mariachi is a breath of fresh air. It started with a good story a $7,000 budget and a very talented story teller.