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I have loved some of Robert Rodriguez's later works like Sin City, so I was pretty excited to see this movie.

The movie is extremely small budget and it really feels like it is more expensive than that. I mean, Robert Rodriguez makes this movie look like it had much more money spent on it, and that is because of his creativity and resourcefulness.

The directing is really good. I loved many of the shots and scenes in this movie and the way they are edited.

My problem with the film or at least my dilemma is... I just find this movie OK. The main actor and character itself is pretty lousy, the movie is too long for its own good, and the story is just OK.

Many people argue that this might be justified because of the low budget. But I do believe that all of the story problems don't have anything to do with the budget. It is not as if I don't like low-budget films, I LOVE "The Evil Dead" and other low-budget films. I just find this movie uneventful, and sometimes boring.

I think this film is the kind of film you should only watch once and move on with your life. I do recommend you to watch it though.

El Mariachi (1992) was a fine debut for film maker Robert Rodriguez. He makes the most of his minuscule budget and makes a very entertaining action film. The story behind the making of the film is even more interesting than the movie itself. You can tell from this movie that Robert Rodriguez had a bright future in the movie business.

The story is about a musician who's trying to find work in a Mexican border town. None of the places he visits wants to hire a guitar player for their business. Meanwhile another man comes to town carrying a guitar case, he's no musician. He's a notorious hit man for a local gangster. When their paths cross, nothing but trouble lies ahead for the El Mariachi. Can the poor dude survive the week without being killed? Who is this guitar carrying killer? Why is he in town? What are the local crime boss' motives? To find out you'll have to watch EL MARIACHI!!!

An interesting debut that showed lots of promise. The movie was followed by a pseudo-sequel/remake a few years later with a bigger budget and a cast filled with a lot of named actors.

Highly recommended.

I really appreciate this work from Robert Rodriguez. The so-called low-budget film, shot for just $ 7,000, and Rodriguez put his heart and soul into this film. He was a director, a screenwriter, a producer, he did effects, he did absolutely everything except acting. He was even tested for some drugs because they paid him for it, all to raise money and make a movie. From that aspect, the film looks extremely good. However, some flaws are visible, such as the camera or wooden acting, at times the film is too raw, but all this is understandable.

This film is quite well known for being made on a $7000 budget, and while that can be quite impressive... Parts of this film are far from it. But that doesn't meant this is a bad film. Not at all.

First I want to cover the more amateur feeling parts of this film that bring it down. The acting can be pretty iffy at times, sometimes coming across as quite terrible. The camera work can be a bit shoddy at times as well, with certain shots containing random camera shaking that just seems to be an error rather then stylistic choice. Audio can be strange and distracting too, generally due to the fact that the film was shot silent and then the audio was recorded on set with a cheap recording device and synced later. Also, the story is pretty cheesy and is full of little plot holes that if you're paying attention will make you go "wait...what?".

These cons do not completely take away from the pros however. I think there's a lot to be respected about this film, due to how cheap it was made. There are occasionally shots that are quote impressive and well thought out. While the story is kinda cheesy, it does get you interested when things start to heat up. There's almost a kind of fun aspect to the film where you see certain things and wonder to yourself how they were done on such a cheap budget.

It's a great first film and is an interesting film for people who want to create their own, due to the fact that it was created so cheap and creatively. It's an example of how you can start off small, but become big.

El mariachi... the 1992 one. It's a lesson on how to make a film, by yourself, on a small part of a shoe-string budget. Carlos gallardo is a mariachi player. But not gang banger. So when he gets mistaken for an assassin, he goes on the run to save his life. I encourage you to read the trivia section to see just how the film was made. Innerastin stuff! Which explains the high number of mistakes in the goofs section! It's totally amateur hour, but it's still fun to watch. A fight and gun-shoot-out, where no-one grunts or yells. Totally silent. Couldn't afford the foley guy. Some great scenes of familiar mexico. It's silly but fun. Most of the shots are done with the close-up lens, which is weird. Directed by robert rodriguez. Filmed in ciudad acuña, mexico, which is about three hours west of san antonio. Currently showing on the pluto channel. It looks like they tried to make a television series from this film... which didn't last long.

I like it. Good example of independent filmmaking. And Rodriguez is one of my favourites. Definitely worth a watch. I watched it many times now and still keeps inspiring me. Story is good and it's well shot by a single man. Would recommend to anyone trying to break in into the industry. Such a nice archivement.

Pretty good with so little. Of course the acting isn't that good at all, nor is the dialog and special effects (only action). But the story, plot and main character are all very likable. I'll admit I am not a Robert Rodriguez fan, I'll Repeat NOT a Robert Rodriguez fan this is my favorite of his work. Where did he turn after Four Rooms (which I didn't even really like) he became Hollywood BS is what he did. He conformed to BS of Hollywood because for an ambitious very cheap independent film he had a promising career. I'm sure others would disagree (just because he's made much money and success in Hollywood) but nonetheless a bunch of BS is what he's done after El Mariachi. The end was good and like I said the plot was simple the story was interesting and the Mariachi was a likable character.

This movie put director Robert Rodriguez "on the map." He followed up with two sequels: "Desperado" and "Once Upon A Time In Mexico." Not surprising, the best of the three was this low-budget opening film. As Rodriquez had more and more money to spend on the sequels, the stories got more and more carried away with too many explosions and special-effects, losing the charm of this first effort.

Unlike the sequels, this Mexican-made, so it is in Spanish with English subtitles. Don't let that scare you away. There isn't a great deal of dialog so keeping up with the subtitles is very easy.

The movie has very interesting camera closeups and angles as Rodriquez showed he was going to be a stylish director. The story is simple but effective, suspenseful and even with some humor. Unnlike his subsequent films in this trilogy, the action is not overdone here.

The length is also is a plus. At 80 minutes you can be thoroughly entertained in less than an hour-and-a half. The only disappointment to me was the print quality on th DVD, but I got an early edition. There might be better editions out since. It's not fuzzy but it's not sharp, either.

Anyway: highly recommend for actions/crime buffs who like style in their photography, or saw the sequels and would like to know the history of this particular "Mariachi."

This is pretty good for a limited budget film debut. Rodriguez has campiness, Hong Kong-style action sequences, good music and a Western atmosphere.

Carlos Gallardo is good as the main protagonist and it sure is a hoot seeing him jump off of buildings with his guitar, hide in cars and escape at least a dozen assassins.

It's so cool and funny that it reminds the viewer of a Jackie Chan flick with a hint of John Woo as well. Rodriguez does however suffer from the budget due to having the in-between scenes drag on even for a eighty-one minute film project.

I should probably see this film again, in English, because while I'm in Spanish class and saw this on a Telemundo channel, I didn't quite understand this film as much as I could have.

I know the budget for this film was somewhere between 5000 and 7000 dollars, but I would like to comment more on the pacing and frenetic film style Rodriguez bestows upon us. Low budget or not,this film has energy. It never lets down for more than a few minutes and the editing is amazing. Robert Rodriguez has such a knowledge of film-making that he makes this movie look like a million bucks easy. The film isn't perfect, but on sheer energy alone it will entertain you more than most over-blown Hollywood action films.

This is indeed the First installment of the El Mariachi series. However, this is the most "real" of them all.

The movie starts with a known drug lord and a vigilante at war in Mexico. The drug lord betrayed the vigilante and the vigilante simply wants his money back and he will go away or blood will be spilled. The drug lord is not going to comply.

Then our hero is merely a drifter who is just looking for work. Bad timing. The vigilante carries a guitar case full of weapons. The drifter is just a mariachi with a guitar. The mariachi and the vigilante also dress the same. Mistaken identity. Here we go!

The acting is great. It all feels so real. The story is pretty good. The action is the best part, it's not over the top. It's very good and feels real. Our hero is not a weapons expert, he has not used a gun in his life. He has to fend for himself. Well done. The dialog is good too.

The Last Word: Cool. The first mariachi film. This is the most realistic of the trilogy. The action feels real, the story is good, and the casting is great. Also the villain is just a roach. Entertaining.

Let's give credit where credit is due. Although this picture had an extremely low-budget, it goes to prove that a nice film can still be produced if the director has the imagination and talent to pull it off. And let's face it, the sad fact is that there are all too many movies being made today that cost much more than this particular film ($7000) but fail to deliver the same level of satisfaction. The director (Robert Rodriguez) deserves every attribute due to him. The humor was good and there were some social commentaries that I think some people might have missed. That is not to say, however, that this film was necessarily perfect. It wasn't. The acting wasn't great by any means. Neither was the script. But then, the movie was originally produced in Spanish and the version I saw was dubbed in English, so it is possible that some of the dialogue may have been lost in translation. The ending though, was unexpected and abrupt and I didn't quite like it. As far as the characters are concerned, I thought Reinol Martinez (playing the part of the gangster "Azul") did the best. Consuelo Gomez ("Domino") was attractive and put in a fair performance as well. Carlos Gallardo ("El Mariachi") was average at best. The rest of the cast were pretty much forgettable. Having said all of this, the fact that this film was produced with a low budget doesn't mean that a person should lower his standards and give it a higher score than it deserves when it comes to evaluating it. This wasn't "Gone with the Wind" so there's no need to give it an equivalent rating. The bottom line is that it was an enjoyable low-budget film and it made a hefty profit. No need to argue with that.

I bought this film and Desparados on Region 2 by mistake and so it sat on my shelf for a long time. Fortunately, my new computer plays Region 2, so I got to see it again in Hi Def.

It was as good as I remembered. No, it's not high quality, but it is fantastic considering that it was written, directed, shot, and edited by one person - Robert Rodriguez. It was his experiment, and he showed his talent and what can be done for $7,000.

He even used his friend to star in the film. The non-actor Carlos Gallardo was perfect for the role and made the film more believable. Even the little town of Ciudad Acuña added realism to the film.

An inspiration to filmmakers everywhere.

Here the proof. This is not obligatory to have a lot of money to make a good movie. Sure with money we can buy good actors, but not a good script with a good story. The only things missing in this movie is good acting and good cameraman.

Before making bad movie like "from dusk till dawn 2 : Texas blood money", Quentin Tarantino and Roger Rodrigez could make a remake of "El Mariachi".

Robert's feature length debut was made for just $6000 and it's a perfect example of how to get your start as a filmmaker and make something really entertaining with a small budget! We follow the titular character (Carlos Gallardo) who is mistaken for a murderer and then becomes most wanted by a gang intent on killing him. It wears its love of the western genre on its sleeve and is very well performed; Gallardo is really likeable in the central role which has a lot to do with the rewatchability of the film! It's a very basic plot and it does feel a bit stretched over a feature length duration but it's nevertheless an impressive debut that made a huge impression and enabled our main man to venture forth onto larger pastures

Robert Rodriguez has his first little/big film here that is by no means big money wise. The book written by Rodriguez, Rebel Without a Crew, illustrates this point very well, but to see the film in its present form you might wonder if it really cost more than he says. But it's this same grit that adds to its rough charm, like a slightly more cartoonish, crazy and action-packed film in the vein of Night of the Living Dead (shoe-string done with a level of truth for what the genre material needs). The budget for this film was 7000. That is the cheapest price for a film given wide release I've still heard of, and probably is. And watching this film I noticed that a lot the big hundreds of millions of dollars spent on other films, while usually bankrolled with high-powered Hollywood casts and immense crews working on special effects, they lost an intensity that this film has even in its brief quiet scenes. Plus, as in the rest of the Mariachi films, it's often got a slick, quick sense of humor where Rodriguez's compositions say almost all there needs to be said. The story shows a singing musician (El Mariachi) who is not looking for trouble, but everyone is wanting to kill a man carrying a guitar case, which he has. It's a nifty little classic of exploitation/action that was meant for video markets but doesn't compromise. It's even got OK acting.

A low budget flick, which is more fun to watch that its regular budget sequel, Desperado. Essentially made with just Rodriguez and a camera, it shows that an entertaining movie can be made without a lot of money. It has a low budget charm, but not the the one you get when you watch a 1950s B-Movie and find its stupidity hilarious.

Jaded, perhaps, by years of toiling in the Public Access field (and having sat through scores of first, foundering efforts by scores of foundering aspiring filmmakers), I was taken completely by surprise by the remarkable Robert Rodriguez's first film. As sure and as "polished" as any feature, EL MARIACHI belies its no-budget roots and stands as a testament to determination- and talent. If you're one of those whose attention span precludes sitting down and actually reading Rodriguez's book REBEL WITHOUT A CREW, I recommend obtaining a DVD featuring his "ten-minute film school." And pay very close attention: There'll be a quiz afterward.

This is where it all began for Robert Rodriguez.

Amazing what he managed to make with such a paltry budget ($7250 production budget).

The story is simple, a case of mistaken identity as an out of work Mariachi is hunted down as a killer. This movie is gritty, and to me, it feels like a modern day Mexican take on a spaghetti western!

The biggest let down of the movie is the cast. The majority of them are a amateurs, and it shows. They seem like friends and family of Rodriguez who are helping out to keep the costs down. Out of the main characters, though, Moco is the only one truly let down by the actor. He has a very limited range of emotions and just doesn't really do much with the character.

I am a big fan of Rodriguez's films. Particularly 'From Dusk til Dawn','Planet Terror' and 'Sin City'. Then I bought the film 'Desperado' and learned it was a sequel to "El Mariachi". Since I have OCD and everything must be in order, I told myself I had to see 'El Mariachi' before I would allow myself to see 'Desperado'. I looked all over and ended up buying 'El Mariachi', not knowing the movie experience I would soon get...

'El Mariachi' is a low-budget movie and you can tell it is. But it is without a doubt much MUCH better than a lot of these excuses for "movies" they dump on us these days. The concept is simple enough; a traveling Mariachi player is looking for work and gets mistaken for a killer. He has to fight his way out of this one.

The cast was made up of Hollywood "nobodies" but they gave performances so realistic and Oscar-worthy that you couldn't tell. El Mariachi (the character) was wonderfully played by Carlos Gallardo, who should have gotten an award for his part. You sympathized and rooted for him throughout the entire film. The lead actress, Domino was also professionally played by Consuelo Gomez. The REAL killer (with whom El Mariachi is mistaken for), "Azul" was probably my favorite character besides El Mariachi himself, played by the talented Reinol Martinez. There's also the antagonists, like the "gringo" mob leader who tried to kill El Mariachi and Azul, and has a crush on Domino. The leader, Mauricio "Moco" was played by the surprisingly good Peter Marquardt. There's also his main enforcer, who is always after Mariachi and gives a great performance yet doesn't speak a word, "Bigoton", played by Jaime de Hoyos.

Given the small budget, the used/limited props/equipment, and the cast, Rodriguez created a cinematic masterpiece. Many probably do not like the movie because of its lower quality and the fact that its all in Spanish. But these only make the whole experience even better.

Fans of Rodriguez will not want to miss this one. Rodriguez starts off his movie career on a very good note with "El Mariachi."

This movie gets a 10/10. Check it out. Be sure to watch in Spanish with English subtitles, and not in English (audio).

This deserves to be remembered. A young, enthusiastic man named Robert proved a number of things about film-making. Such as that low-budget doesn't have to mean "bad", that "inexpensive" and "cheap" can be two different notions, and that, today, everyone and anyone can make a movie, something which he has since gone on to release self-made documentaries in order to further encourage, and educate about the possibilities of. He knew he didn't have a big studio backing him, and he refused to do what so many others have done in that position, and give in to the idea of the end result being poor. Instead, he made every effort and put all that he was able to put up on the screen, and went a couple of places that Hollywood, out of fear of lost profit, doesn't dare to go often enough. Yes, he got a lucky break. That doesn't change the fact that this can fuel the dreams of other hopefuls, and, along with Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, has allowed independent cinema to not purely be deeply artistic pieces, but also hold mainstream-audience-friendly genre-flicks. The plot bears the marks of not having a skilled or experienced writer behind it, though the characterization, what there is of it, is pretty good, if the people tend to be types we've seen elsewhere. It should be noted that this was made for Rodriguez to practice, he didn't expect it to be a success. I stand by that he fares considerably better when he has someone else provide the script, a theory backed up by more or less everything he's made. He's visual, he puts together cool images, that's what he excels at. His cartoonist side shows, as well, in the somewhat warped sense of humor, and while he goes kind of far in some places, this can still be viewed by most. The pace is fast, and the almost 80 minutes fly by. He gets a lot of energy into the majority of this, partially on account of the rather frequent cuts(since he pieced it together from takes that had the bits required, instead of redoing entire setups). The action is well-done, and bigger than you might think, for the whole thing costing so little. Since the actors are untrained, the performances are average. The dialog varies, and surely it's never less than passable. Cinematography and editing help prove how much RR put into this. The music is great, throughout. I haven't watched a dubbed version, so I can't vouch for the quality of that. This has disturbing content and violence. The DVD comes with Bedhead, well-done short, a theatrical trailer, the first of his "Ten Minute" featurettes, and an informative Director's Commentary. And hey, this can help you learn Spanish, if that interests you, since the lines are spoken slower than usual with the language, and pronounced clearly. I recommend this to anyone who wishes to view it, especially fans of the multi-talent who created it. 7/10

So many of the reviewers of this listing have based their reviews on the amazing feat by Rodriguez in creating a film for $7,000.

The fact of the matter is that this budget figure is little more than marketing hype, promoted by Rodriguez himself in his book "Rebel without a Crew". This book has sold significant numbers to indie film makers over the years, looking to make successful films on a shoestring and has also dramatically enhanced the reputation of Rodriguez.

The truth is that Rodriguez did indeed make this film for $7,000 but the final version the public got to see, the version reviewers of this IMDb listing have seen, needed a further $300,000 spent on it to bring it up to technical and commercial standards/expectations.

Even for an estimated total budget of around $325,000 this is still a decent little film, demonstrating film making talent on a limited budget and it's certainly worth a viewing but don't judge it on the basis that it cost $7,000 to make!