Directed by Robert Rodriguez, the third film of the Mexico or Mariachi Trilogy. The film starts with CIA Agent Sands, played by Johnny Depp, pumping an old man for information on the legendary gunman El Mariachi, notable for using a guitar converted into a gun a guitarcase full of guns as his primary weapon. Throughout the film, El Mariachi's backstory is revealed in a number of flashbacks; prior to the events of the film, his wife and child had been murdered by the ruthless General Marquez.