A hitman has entered town at exactly the same time. Both men wear black and carry similar guitar cases except the Mariachi's contains his beloved guitar and the hitman's is full of weapons.
Despite falling in love with a beautiful bar owner who takes him in after he is accidentally confused with the hitman, the Mariachi is forced to trade his guitar for a gun, and finds himself ushered into a violent underworld, battling the evil that lurks around him, in a wild bullet - dodging ride through an underworld of violence.
A triumphant debut movie for writer/director Robert Rodriguez, El Marichi is a truly remarkable action adventure that has deservedly won critical acclaim.
Relentless and harrowing, Platoon follows the tour of duty of raw recruit Chris Tucker (charlie sheen) has he goes through the hell of the Vietnam war, experiencing every negative human emotion. From blind anger to madness, despair to terror, amid the scenes of pointless bloodshed and violence.
Thought provoking and intelligent, Platoon is a impossible film to ignore, the first real portrayal of this senseless war
Roy Shcheider as Amity's Police Chief Brody, Richard Dreyfus as a young ichthyologist, and Robert Shaw as Quint, the colourful shark fisherman with a touch of the manic, are perfectly cast as the three men who become allied in a life - and - death hunt to destroy a killer embodying nearly three tons of instant white death!!!