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The Mexican is a 2001 movie by director Gore Verbinski starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, with a plot that is an unusual mixture between romantic comedy and road movie. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The script was originally intended to be filmed as an independent production without major motion picture stars, but Roberts and Pitt, who had for some time been looking for a project they could do together, learned about it and decided to make it. The movie was then advertised, somewhat misleadingly, as a typical romantic comedy star vehicle, because the script does not focus solely on the Pitt/Roberts relationship and the two share relatively little screen time together.
Plot
The plot is about Jerry Welbach's (Pitt) trials and tribulations as he tries to get a famous antique gun, The Mexican, out of Mexico and into the United States. Five years earlier he had caused a traffic accident in which he hit the car of local mobster Arnold Margolese (Gene Hackman), who then had to go to jail for five years when the police searched his car after the crash. As a compensation for the jail time, Jerry is sent on various errands by Margolese's second-in-command, Bernie Nayman (Bob Balaban). Eugene Allen Gene Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ...
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It quickly becomes clear to Jerry that his final assignment by Margolese will be difficult, as the gun seems to carry a curse. The various tellings of the history of the gun and the cause of the curse are a running joke throughout the movie, but suffice it to say that present and past get more and more similar in each telling of the story. The running gag is a popular hallmark of comic and serious forms of entertainment. ...
Shooting a black hitman who attempts to abduct Jerry's girlfriend, Samantha, a man who calls himself Leroy (James Gandolfini) kidnaps Samantha (Roberts), thinking that she has the gun. Leroy then assures Samantha that she is safe, he is only looking for the gun to return to Margolese. He assures her that everything will be fine once she gets Jerry to turn the gun over to him. James R. Gandolfini (born September 18, 1961) is a three-time Emmy award winning American actor known for multifaceted portrayals of conscientious yet often inherently sinister characters. ...
Meanwhile, Jerry locates the gun, which had been stolen from him, but has to outwit his friend Ted (J. K. Simmons), who has instructions to get the gun and to kill Jerry if necessary. Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American character actor. ...
Hoping for Jerry's arrival, Samantha and Leroy drive to Las Vegas. During the car ride, "Leroy" admits that he is gay, much to the amusement of Samantha, who thinks this is strange considering his occupation. The two exchange some relationship advice and pick up Frank (Michael Cerveris), at a diner, a postal worker who is flirting with Leroy. Frank and Leroy spend the night together, and the next morning Samantha encounters a pensive and changed "Leroy." When she asks him about the tattoo "Winston" on his arm, he replies that Winston is someone he does not like much. For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...
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After Leroy and Samantha have gone out for breakfast, the black hitman appears again, and kills Frank. At the time Leroy shot him, he was wearing a bulletproof vest and was able to survive. When Leroy and Samantha return to the hotel, Leroy kills the hitman.
Unfortunately, Jerry has lost his passport and cannot leave Mexico, therefore Leroy and Samantha have to fly there. When Jerry sees Leroy, he gets suspicious, since he had met the real Leroy earlier and recalls he is black. Leroy tries to shoot Jerry a short time later, but Jerry shoots and kills him instead. When Leroy is dead, Jerry looks in his wallet and finds his real name is Winston Baldry.
The real Leroy was actually hired by Margolese, while Baldry was hired by Nayman, who wants the gun for himself. In a final confrontation, Samantha kills Nayman with The Mexican, undoing the curse. It is revealed that the gun constantly misfired as a result of a gold wedding ring which the gun smith's assistant placed at the tip of the barrel after being told that he could never marry his true love. The gun is then given to a descendant of the gunsmith by Margolese, who had learned about the whole story about the gun while in prison.
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