While Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a noble attempt to take the flagrantly ridiculous and blend it with the serious, that’s only worked once: John Woo’s The Killer.
From the three blokes we’ll always think of as the “Trainspotting trio,” The Beach is about the perfect place that some travelers are always searching for.
By now, you’ve heard the howls from Shakespearean purists over Luhrmann’s attempt to make the most famous love story palatable for the Tarantino generation.