Movie Reviews 12:32 pm Fri September 12, 2003  Once upon a Time
in Mexico  Depp doesn't cry; he just bleeds talent.  Rodriguez
has fashioned a romance without compromising his satire.  Two
Westerns this year have me in revisionist heaven: Kevin
Costner's "Open Range" is a faithful rendition of the old
formula with modern sensibilities; Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon
a Time in Mexico" is a surrealistic Sergio-Leone turn on
revolution, heroes, violence, revenge, and redemption.  "Mexico"
is Rodriguez's third part of the trilogy that began with the
low-budget and unknown actors of "El Mariachi" and ends with
considerable production values ($30 million as opposed to
$7,000) and Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, and Johnny Depp. The
high-definition digital video of Mexico and camera work/cutting
are sublime.  When Banderas and Hayek rappel from a tall
apartment while chained together, I cannot think of another
equally exciting escape this year. Rodriguez has fashioned a
romance without compromising his satire--two gor