Run (Hong Kong El Mariachi)- 1994 - NTSC - [Derek Chang Man-Gon] (HK)

Run
A scene-for-scene ripoff of Robert Rodriguez’ “El Mariachi”, but still very good. In fact, the director seems to have been inspired by the Mexico setting to shoot some very creative scenes. As in the original, a guitar player (Leon Lai) is traveling through Mexico and is mistaken for a hitman, and must hide out in a cantina owned by a woman (Veronica Yip in a fine performance) still mourning the loss of her brother. Unfortunately, the local kingpin who wants to kill the hitman is also pressuring the bar owner to marry him. With a superior plot and a more believable romance, this film is actually better than the original “El Mariachi”.

Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese Audio / Burned in – English Subtitles