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[[File:themexicanfilm.jpg|frame|''Elllll-Camino!'']]

 

[[Brad Pitt]] stars as Jerry, a basically decent guy with pretty poor driving skills. Through inattention at the wheel, he managed to crash his car into that of Arnold Margolese, a notorious gangster. Margolese just happened to have a body in the trunk of his car, leading to his arrest when the cops came to investigate the accident. Now Jerry is in his employ, at least until Margolese leaves prison...and much to the annoyance of his girlfriend, Sam.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]] - The Mexican itself, in a literal example of this trope.

* [[Cool Car]] - Say it with me....Ellllllll Camiiiiiiinoooooooooooooo!

** This people don't seem to know that white mexicans do exist...

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]] - {{spoiler|Subverted. Winston kills the real Leroy, then tells Sam ''he's'' Leroy. But the real Leroy isn't actually dead, since he was wearing a Kevlar vest. Leroy comes back after them, but Winston kills him for real before he can reveal who he really is.}}

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] - Sure you have the obvious with Brad Pitt and [[Julia Roberts]], but there's also [[Numb3rs|Charlie Epps]] as Beck, [[The Sopranos|Tony Soprano]] as Leroy, [[Law and Order|Dr. Skoda]] as Ted, and many, many more.

* [[Hitman with a Heart]] - Also Leroy

* [[Hostage for Macguffin]] - At the end {{spoiler|Bernie, who has Sam in the trunk of his car, offers to return her safely to Jerry for the Mexican.}}

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face]] - Poor Beck. He was drunk and just trying to pee against the wall of a building when a stray bullet from some folks shooting their guns in the air catches him straight in the forehead. This is why celebrating with gunfire isn't such a smart idea.

* [[Never Suicide]] - Leroy and Sam get back to their hotel to find that Frank, the guy Leroy picked up the previous night, is splattered all over the payment after seemingly leaping to his death. {{spoiler|In reality, the real Leroy has come back to pick up Sam, and killed Frank when he found him in the room.}}

* [[El Spanish-O]] - "I need a ride in your El Truck-o to the next town-o."

* [[Treacherous Advisor]] - {{spoiler|Ted, who is only out for himself and was setting Jerry up for a hit}}

** Bernie Nayman, Margolese's second in command while he's in prison, also counts. Nayman is after the Mexican for himself, and doesn't care whether Jerry lives or dies, just as long as he gets the gun.

* [[With or Without You]]

 

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[[Category:Useful Notes/Mexico]]

[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]