TheRetroCritic

Will Ferrell stars in this Mexico-set Western comedy about a family of ranchers going head-to-head with a powerful drug lord. The film is spoken entirely in Spanish, boasts a stylish James Bond-style opening title sequence with a catchy theme sung by Christina Aguilera and the cast includes Gael Garcia Bernal, Genesis Rodriguez and Nick Offerman. The film pokes fun at the tackiness of those overdramatic telenovelas and the result is kind of a tamer, not quite as humorous, if still effective Three Amigos . The film approaches its theme with gusto from the start and Will Ferrell doesn't short-change the filmmakers or the audience, giving a devoted performance (again, speaking Spanish the entire time) throughout. Ferrell plays Armando, the brother of drug dealing Raul (Diego Luna) who finds himself getting in the way of drug lord Onza's (Garcia Bernal) business, which results in a mini-war between Onza and the Alvarez family. Genesis Rodriguez is Sonia, Raul's fiancée,