Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Danny Trejo: Cucuy

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Quotes 

• Agent Sands : Are you a Mexi-CAN or a Mexi-CAN'T?

  Cucuy : I'm a Mexi-CAN

  Agent Sands : Good. Then do as I say.

• [El meets Cucuy in the middle of town] 

  Cucuy : There's cartel on every corner.

  El Mariachi : Sands told me you handle protection.

  Cucuy : I don't work for Sands anymore. And since I'm a Mexi-can, I can do whatever I want.

  El Mariachi : Then I guess I don't work for Sands neither. Goodbye.

  [Cucuy grabs his arm] 

  Cucuy : There's a price on your head. I'm going to collect. Why don't you just tell Barillo everything you know and then maybe he'll just cut off your hands.

  El Mariachi : And if I don't?

  Cucuy : Remember that old man I killed in your village? What if your whole village was next?

  El Mariachi : Would you kill them?

  Cucuy : Me?

  [Points to his men] 

  Cucuy : They certainly would.

  El Mariachi : Then I guess I have no choice... but to kill you all.

• Cucuy : The man I work for, Mr. Sands, is hiring El Mariachi to kill General Marquez.

  Barillo : So you want to join us. First you must understand. There is the bait and there is the trade.

  Cucuy : So El Mariachi is the trade?

  Barillo : You are.

  [Billy Chambers strangles and kills Cucuy] 

• Agent Sands : [talking about El Mariachi]  Does it have a name?

  Cucuy : We call him "El". As in "the".

  Agent Sands : I know what it means, thank you.