Editing Once Upon a Time in Mexico (section)

{{Short description|2003 film by Robert Rodriguez}}
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{{Infobox film
| image          = Once Upon a Time in Mexico.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Robert Rodriguez]]
| writer         = Robert Rodriguez
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Elizabeth Avellán]]
* [[Carlos Gallardo (actor)|Carlos Gallardo]]
* Robert Rodriguez
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Antonio Banderas]]
* [[Salma Hayek]]
* [[Johnny Depp]]
* [[Mickey Rourke]]
* [[Eva Mendes]]
* [[Danny Trejo]]
* [[Enrique Iglesias]]
* [[Marco Leonardi]]
* [[Cheech Marin]]
* [[Rubén Blades]]
* [[Willem Dafoe]]
}}<!--The infobox uses the list and order of actors from the billing block of the poster for the film's original theatrical release.--->
| cinematography = Robert Rodriguez
| editing        = Robert Rodriguez
| music          = Robert Rodriguez
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[Dimension Films]]
* [[Troublemaker Studios]]
}}
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] (United States, Canada, India, and Japan theatrical, worldwide home video)
* [[Miramax International]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Once Upon a Time in Mexico|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=David|last=Rooney|date=28 August 2003|access-date=10 February 2022|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/reviews/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico-1200539745/}}</ref> (International theatrical; through [[Buena Vista International]]<ref name=bbfc/>)
}}
| released       = {{Film date|2003|09|12}}
| runtime        = 102 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 101:34 --><ref name=bbfc>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00ntayotu|title=''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' (15)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=September 2, 2003|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = {{Plainlist|
* English
* Spanish
}}
| budget         = $29 million<ref name=box>{{cite web|title=Once Upon a Time in Mexico|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1080460801/|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>
| gross          = $98.8 million<ref name=box/>
}}

'''''Once Upon a Time in Mexico''''' is a 2003 American [[Western (genre)#Contemporary Western or Neo-Western|neo-Western]] [[action film]] written, directed, produced, photographed, scored, and edited by [[Robert Rodriguez]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]'' (1995) and the third and final installment in the ''[[Mexico Trilogy]]''. The film features [[Antonio Banderas]] in his second and final performance as El Mariachi. In the film, El Mariachi is recruited by [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent Sheldon Sands ([[Johnny Depp]]) to kill a corrupt general responsible for the death of his wife, Carolina ([[Salma Hayek]]).

''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' was released in the United States on September 12, 2003, by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Depp's performance, but criticism for reducing its protagonist to an almost secondary character in his own trilogy and a convoluted plot. In the special features of the film's [[DVD]], Rodriguez explained this was intentional, as he wanted this to be his ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'' of the trilogy. It grossed over $98 million against a $29 million production budget.