What is the plot for the movie “Once Upon A Time in Mexico”?”
Once Upon a Time in Mexico ending / spoiler Agent Sands’ (Johnny Depp) eyes are gouged out. El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) kills The General, the man who murdered his wife and daughter. El Mariachi’s posse and the good people of Mexico kill all of the soldiers and stop the coup. Submitted by speedyturtle http://www.ruinedendings.com/film3536ending Don’t panic if you don’t get the plot. Ostensibly, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” finds El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) in retirement, recovering from a deep loss. CIA Agent Sands (Depp) tracks ‘El’ down and hires him to thwart a takeover of the government by the ruthless Barrillo (Willem Dafoe looking very orange), who’s out to kill the governor by hiring the even more ruthless Marquez (Gerardo Vigil). Sands doesn’t want El to stop Marquez until after the governor’s dead, but El Mariachi has something else in mind – payback at any cost. I say that’s ‘ostensibly’ the plot b
The plot centers on El Mariachi (Banderas), who is recruited by CIA Agent Sands (Depp) to kill General Marquez. Marquez had murdered El Mariachi’s wife and child and has been hired by Mexican drug lord Armando Barillo to assassinate the Mexican President. Sands wants El Mariachi to kill Marquez after Marquez has killed the President. Sands recruits retired FBI Agent Jorge Ramirez to kill Barillo, as Barillo had been responsible for the death of Ramirez’s partner, Agent Archuleta. Sands also hires AFN Agent Ajedrez to tail Barillo. As the plot unfolds, Lorenzo and informants begin to turn on Sands. On the day of the coup against the President, Sands is captured, tortured, and blinded; his eyes having been drilled out by his captors. With the help of a young gum-selling boy, however, he manages to exact his revenge. Meanwhile, El Mariachi recruits his two friends, Lorenzo and Fideo, to assist him in rescuing the President. Much like Quino and Campa from Desperado, Lorenzo and Fideo also