![]() ![]() We also see him kill Chato (Terence Bridgett) one of his gang who took control whilst he was held captive and obviously saw fit not to mount a rescue. Getting back to his camp we see the first blossoming of romance between Madrid and Esmeralda, though he denies it to himself. There is plenty of gunfire but he gets a horse, grabs Esmeralda and gets away. At first his hands are tied and his only weapons are blades in his boots, but then he gets his hands free and Reece throws him a gun. ![]() A gunfight breaks out as they try to stop Madrid. The noose is released and she fires, breaking the rope and allowing Madrid to escape. She defies him and so he whips her too – we can see old whip scars on her back.Īs Madrid is positioned to be hung we see Reece position herself with a rifle. The Hangman spots his daughter, Esmeralda (Ara Celi – the Inca Mummy Girl from the TV series of Buffy) in the crowd and tells her to go home. He is dragged to the gallows and the Hangman (Teumuera Morrison) whips him before the execution. Bandit Johnny Madrid (Marco Leonardi) is due to be executed. Also getting the coach are newlyweds John (Lennie Loftin) and Mary Newlin (Rebecca Gayheart), who intend to open a bible school in Tierra Blanca. He hits her and gets it back but she overhears him saying that he is transporting something of value to Villa he is advised to get the stagecoach. A kid, at first we believe to be a young boy but whom we later discover is a girl named Catherine Reece (Jordana Spiro), has his gun. To be a Gringo in Mexico - ah, that is euthanasia.” A small boy plays with a gun and as the bullets from the firing squad hit him he awakens to hear the sound of a gun being played with. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. This fits in with something Bierce wrote, “Good-bye - if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. We begin the film by seeing Bierce stood before a firing squad. Interestingly, in 1893 he wrote a book called “The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter.” The title of the film refers obviously and we see the manuscript at one point. To discover more about Ambrose Bierce click here. In this we see a fictional account of his journey to meet Villa. He vanished some time in 1914, fate unknown. Bierce was a writer and journalist, creator of the Devil’s Dictionary, who travelled to Mexico in 1913 and joined, as an observer, revolutionary Pancho Villa’s army at the battle of Tierra Blanca. I know the approximate setting date because the film introduces us to Ambrose Bierce (Michael Parks, who played Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in the first film). I do feel that the story in this is more satisfying, and the screenplay better, than film 2 – but it still doesn’t match film 1. ![]() This film’s story was created by Robert Rodriguez, however, and the screenplay was written by his cousin Álvaro Rodríguez. However it goes back in time from film number 1, back to approximately 1913. The third film in the series and like number 2 this was straight to video. ![]()
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