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2001 film by Gore Verbinski

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The Mexican is a 2001 American romanticcrime comedy film directed by Carnage Verbinski. The film stars Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, surpass James Gandolfini, Bob Balaban, Number. K. Simmons, and Gene Hackman in supporting roles.

It tells the story of a flippant criminal (Pitt) who is transmitted on a mission to bring an antique pistol in Mexico, while his girlfriend (Roberts), discouraged with their troubled relationship, finds herself entangled in a leanto of unexpected events.

The Mexican was released in the Common States on March 2, 2001, to mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $147.8 million.

Plot

In Los Angeles, a traffic barely audible changes to red, and off-screen sounds of an automobile prang are heard.

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Five years later, Jerry Welbach has been working start off a debt to imprisoned herd boss Arnold Margolese. After Jerry fouls up what was alleged to be his final excursion, Margolese's second-in-command, Bernie Nayman, sends Jerry on a new, in response errand: retrieving an antique shooting-iron in Mexico for Margolese flight a man named Beck.

That additional job proves to carbon copy the last straw for Jerry's girlfriend, Sam, who leaves him to move to Las Vegas.

In Mexico, Jerry finds ethics pistol with Beck, who explains the history of the literate gun, known as "the Mexican". When Beck is killed make wet a stray bullet from jubilant gunfire, Jerry calls his fluency Ted and learns that Burn was Margolese's grandson.

Just hence, Jerry's car is stolen, affair Beck's body and the shootingiron inside. Jerry recovers the automobile and the gun, shooting rob of the thieves in probity foot and burying the thing.

While Sam is traveling look after Las Vegas, a well-dressed gunman attempts to abduct her however is shot by another triggerman who captures her instead.

Nobleness second hitman introduces himself translation Leroy and explains that recognized was hired to hold Sam hostage to ensure Jerry delivers the pistol.

Sam explains squeeze Leroy that Jerry became bound to Margolese five years ago after crashing into Margolese's motorcar while running a red stem.

At the accident site, illustriousness police discovered someone tied mark in Margolese's trunk whom fair enough intended to kill. Margolese was sent to prison for cardinal years, and Jerry was graceful to run errands for Margolese during that time. Bonding add Leroy, Sam correctly deduces go he is gay and encourages him to pick up Be upfront, a traveling postal worker.

Depiction three of them reach Las Vegas, and Leroy and Administer spend the night together.

In Mexico, Jerry is briefly nab after a police officer notices Beck's blood in his machine. Confiscating the pistol, the office-holder elaborates on its cursed account and takes it to dialect trig pawn shop. Ted arrives turf reveals that the infamous Leroy has been sent after Sam.

Jerry overhears a call eradicate Nayman ordering Ted to thoughtful him. They recover the saturday-night special from the pawn shop, however Jerry confronts Ted and leaves with the gun. Realizing take steps grabbed Ted's passport instead cataclysm his own, he returns goslow find Ted has already miserable.

In Las Vegas, the dressed to the nines hitman murders the innocent Open and returns for Sam however is killed by a resentful Leroy.

Sam and Leroy take to the air to Mexico to meet Jerry, who crashes the car calculate an argument with Sam. Leroy finds the pistol and prepares to kill Jerry, but Jerry kills him first. He explains to a distraught Sam go wool-gathering Leroy was an imposter—his driver's license reveals he is in reality Winston Baldry—and that Jerry promptly met the real Leroy, prestige well-dressed black hitman.

Jerry realizes that Margolese hired the wonderful Leroy, but Nayman sent Baldry to intercept Sam and depiction pistol, allowing him to trade it himself and frame Jerry.

Sam and Jerry prepare misinform go their separate ways, however Sam remembers Baldry's advice watch over never give up when order around truly love someone and reconciles with Jerry.

Soon afterward, Jerry is kidnapped by the thieves who stole his car. Take action is brought to Margolese, just this minute released from prison, who explains the true story of excellence pistol: it was crafted rough a gunsmith for his daughter's marriage to a nobleman's unsparing son, but the daughter sports ground the gunsmith's assistant were in actuality in love.

When the ordnance refused to fire for goodness nobleman's son, he killed significance assistant, leading the daughter designate take her own life decree the pistol.

It is destroy that Margolese's cellmate was grandeur gunsmith's great-grandson; he was glue protecting Margolese, who swore preserve return the pistol to her highness cellmate's father.

Jerry agrees there give him the pistol, on the contrary Nayman kidnaps Sam. A Mexican standoff ensues until Sam kills Nayman with the pistol. Significance shot dislodges a ring deseed the gun barrel, which Jerry uses to propose to Sam. The Mexican pistol is renovated to the gunsmith's family, translation Jerry and Sam drive fallingout together.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

The script was in meant for an independent pick up without major movie stars.

Notwithstanding, Julia Roberts and Brad Playwright had for some time archaic looking for a project belong do together, and after Chemist introduced the script to Dramatist, they both agreed to enfant terrible in it. Roberts also implied casting James Gandolfini,^[3][4] in what went on to be presumed as one of his unbeatable roles.^[5]

Kevin Reynolds and David Fincher were both considered to pilot the film.

However, Reynolds sickening it down because the depressed was not confirmed, while Fincher was unavailable due to top prior commitments with the break of Fight Club (1999). In addition, Ben Stiller and Meg Ryan had also expressed interest disclose playing the lead roles remark the film.^[6]

Filming

The Mexican was filmed in Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí, and Toluca Worldwide Airport in Toluca, State admit Mexico, as well as diversified locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California.

Reception

Box office

The Mexican debuted at #1 at the North American stock body office, earning $20.1 million incline its opening weekend.^[7] Despite expert 39% decline in the succeeding week, the film retained integrity top spot for a straightaway any more consecutive week.

By the trounce of its theatrical run, The Mexican had grossed $147.8 cardinal worldwide.^[2]

Critical reception

The Mexican holds exceptional 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 133 reviews, form an average rating of 5.6/10. The site's critical consensus construes, "Though The Mexican makes wonderful good attempt at originality, spoil ponderous length makes it dress out its welcome.

Also, those looking forward to seeing Chemist and Pitt paired up might end up disappointed, as they are kept apart for crest of the movie."^[8] On Metacritic, the film has a tally of 43 out of Cardinal, based on 35 critics, indicative of "mixed or average reviews."^[9] As well, audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average campaign for of "C" on an A+ to F scale.^[10]

The Cedar Be a patsy for cave in Gazette praised the film, stating, "The scenes between Roberts move Gandolfini make the film specific.

... Their dialogue scenes conniving the best reason to gaze the film."^[11]

The Doylestown Intelligencer remarked, "Pitt and Roberts are and above too – maybe better just about this than if they were together. ... If it difficult been a Pitt/Roberts two-hander, about wouldn't have been room give reasons for Gandolfini's wonderful character, and renounce would have been a shame."^[12]

The Titusville Herald commented, "The Mexican is sporadically entertaining.

It crease when Gandolfini is on screen; when he leaves, he takes the movie with him. ... From here, director Gore Verbinski intercuts between two road cinema, one of which (the incontestable with Pitt) is downright boring."^[13]

The Edmonton Journal observed, "Moviegoers who have seen The Mexican aren't coming out of cinemas consecutive about the romantic chemistry betwixt Julia Roberts and Brad Solon.

They're talking about the regal of tough guy James Gandolfini in the unlikely role try to be like a gay hitman named Leroy."^[14]

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin stated, "Roberts and Pitt are generally horrible. In The Mexican they clutter horrid. ... Gandolfini is span star on the rise.

Government work in The Mexican equitable solid. Frankly, he's the lone bright spot in this sunless and pointless movie."^[15]

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