10 Old-School Movie Action Heroes Who Need Rebooting

4. El Mariachi (The Mexico Trilogy)

Why He Needs Rebooting: El Mariachi is the guitar-playing, gun-totting protagonist of Robert Rodriguez's Mexico trilogy, played by Carlos Gallardo in the low-budget El Mariachi, before Antonio Banderas took over the reins for Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Though Banderas still has a likeable screen presence, it's fair to say that at 53 years old, with 11 years since his last outing as the character, it's probably best to hand the part to a younger actor. Thankfully, the plotting in these movies is loose enough that it could essentially be a "soft" reboot, without needing to create a new origin story. Who Would Play Him: Demian Bichir might be a good choice, but he's only 3 years younger than Banderas (though looks considerably younger than that). I'm thinking Diego Luna would be a pretty awesome choice: he doesn't have the baby-face of his buddy Gael Garcia Bernal, and has experience working in Hollywood action films (Contraband, Elysium).