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Ross (3284 KP) rated Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003) in Movies

Dec 19, 2017  
Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Once upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
2003 | Action, Drama
9
7.6 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Johnny Depp's CIA agent (0 more)
Willem Dafoe's Mexican accent (0 more)
The third instalment in the Mariachi trilogy (which I still don't quite agree with as El Mariachi and Desperado were basically the same film but with the title character being weak/strong) sees El happily together with Salma Hayek but on the run from banditos who finally tracked him down. Opening silly action sequence where they climb down a building while chained at the wrist and escape on top of a bus. Johnny Depp appears as a very naughty CIA agent, who is constantly building up empires/governments to watch them fall and profiting from the spoils. He becomes embroiled in Willem Defoe's coup of the Mexican Culiacan region, meanwhile tries to even out the balance in Mexico by killing all chefs whose Puerco Pibil is too good or not good enough.
Roles for Mickey Rourke as a fugitive, Enrique Eglesias as a down on his luck mariachi gigolo, Cheech Marin as ... Cheech Marin and Danny Trejo as ... Danny Trejo give this film a strong cast and a familiar Rodriguez film.
Further silly action scenes, exploding / remote controlled guitar cases and double/triple crossing complete an excellent fun ride of a film where belief has to be suspended.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2310 KP) rated The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
Dorothy Gilman | 1992
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Seeking to give her life meaning, widowed Mrs. Pollifax applies to be a spy with the CIA. She's sent on a simple currier assignment for Carstairs, but things go wrong and she is kidnapped. Can she use her wits to escape? The story is highly improbable, but I absolutely fell in love. The final third still make me turn pages quickly even though I remember all the twists from the first time it kept me up all night to finish.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-unexpected-mrs-pollifax-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The In-Laws (2003) in Movies

Apr 28, 2021  
The In-Laws (2003)
The In-Laws (2003)
2003 | Comedy, Mystery
7
6.0 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The Unlikely Duo
The In-Laws- is a funny entertaing film. Both Micheal Douglas and Albert Brooks are really good in it.

The plot: Dr. Jerry Peyser's (Albert Brooks) daughter, Melissa (Lindsay Sloane), is about to marry Mark Tobias (Ryan Reynolds). Things are going swimmingly until Jerry stumbles across some secret information: Mark's father, Steve (Michael Douglas), is a CIA operative. Fearing that Jerry will compromise his current assignment if he starts blabbing to authorities, Steve dragoons Jerry into assisting with an intercontinental mission that involves a dangerous criminal, Jean-Pierre Thibodoux (David Suchet).

Its a good film.