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Rating:  - One of my TOP 10 favorite movies: Sheldon Jeffrey Sands is the man !
You might detect a bit of Jack Sparrows, for a moment, in Sheldon Jeffrey Sands. I love this movie. The trailers enticed me with Salma Hayek, and I had loved Desperado (Special Edition). Therefore I caught this on the big screen, then rented it...then I knew I had to purchase the film.
Oddly, I rooted for Antonio Banderas all throughout El Mariachi (Special Edition), Desperado (Special Edition), and the beginning of Once Upon a Time in Mexico...then along came Sheldon Jeffrey Sands.
Although I must fault Sheldon Jeffrey Sands for allowing his ego to overwhelm his good judgment, and his nether regions to overrule his brainpan, he is the man. A bit too smug, his Ego sometimes screws up his plans. Yet I am hoping for a comeback.
If they want us to root for "the good guy," they can't make "the bad guy" so damned cool. You just have to see the movie, and watch how SJS sets things up to watch them fall. You can purchase the trilogy: Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy (El Mariachi / Desperado / Once Upon A Time In Mexico). I am hoping for a part four.
Rating:  - Rodriguez trilogy ends with a whimper
Despite the intrigue, the plot twists, the shootings and explosions, this is ultimately a sad film. Banderas' sorrow for his murdered wife (Hayek) and daughter permeate the film in flashbacks. His involvement in the plot to overthrow the Mexican government is almost something he walks through in a trance. In this way the audience cannot get very involved in the plot (improbable as it is) because the main character is removed from really caring.
The film certainly delivers in the action genre, although there are too many twists and turns in the plotting that lead nowhere (especially the face reconstruction scenes)to make any real sense of it. Rodriguez in a short documentary on the disc shows us his home where he wrote, scored and edited the film. He also directed and shot it. It certainly is therefore HIS film, not the product of the studio which distributed it.
The score is digitally created.
The only person of interest is of course Johnny Depp, who plays a CIA agent. He appears in about two dozen sequences. He sports long hair, a flat American accent, a false third arm, dark glasses and occasionally a removeable moustache. He plays the character as being terrifically bored and since Banderas is playing his character as tremendously sad and depressed, we have two leads who do not generate many sparks.
One clever plot twist has Depp being set up as a dupe while he himself is setting up a dupe situation. For a moment, things get interesting.
Enrique Iglesias is rather wasted as one of Banderas' two team mates. He appears in only fifteen sequences and they are primarily action, so there is no opportunity to really create a character.
To summarize, this is a typical action film, with too much plotting, and not enough audience involvement. The director's pork recipe in the featurette section does manage to redeem the disk.
Rating:  - Good Solid Work
For some reason, as the money came in, the quality decreased with Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy (Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy (El Mariachi / Desperado / Once Upon A Time In Mexico)). The first is still the best. The second one is pretty good too. But this one is missing something. Something that made the first two such a novelty.
The strong cast does everything in their power to carry this movie, especially the new addition Johnny Depp. It's got an interesting premise, but the execution seems to be the problem. It's still quite fun to watch.
This DVD features a commentary with Robert Rodriguez, deleted scenes, a few featurettes detailing the picture's production, and a 10 minute film school with Rodriguez.
Recommended.
Rating: - This movie is great fun!!.
I just have to say that this is one excellent example of this type of movies.Over the top funny,beautifully filmed,vivid colors,big explosions, lots of silly gun play,non-gory violence,great actions,good acting,awesome mariachi music....If you disagreed,then you viewed and reviewed the wrong movie.
Rating: - good movie
I really enjoyed this movie on Dvd. Now I have to for psp for travel.
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