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I saw it this weekend and I really enjoyed it.
I think perhaps the director was playing around with a lot of things that may have displeased a lot of people.
He was making fun of himself and of other action movies. The very first violent scene is a definate poke at El Mariachi and Desperado. There's the extended poke at Face Off. The Crow, Hong Kong blind samurai films...
The violence was continously comic book in nature. Every person shot flys 20 feet into the air or more. When El is cornered, he'll always be surrounded by a full ring of guns.
The final interesting thing is that despite all this violence, satire, and intentionally over the top plot theatrics, the movie is also a nationalistic dream for Mexico. The people of Mexico, poor and exploited, rise to power over the corruption of the government.
Or maybe I am just full of it...
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