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Genres:
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Action /
Crime /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Robert Rodriguez
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Actors:
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Quentin Tarantino,
Joaquim de Almeida,
Tito Larriva,
Carlos Gallardo,
Angel Aviles,
Albert Michel Jr.,
Angela Lanza,
Abraham Verduzco,
David Alvarado,
Antonio Banderas,
Salma Hayek,
Cheech Marin,
Steve Buscemi,
Carlos Gómez,
Danny Trejo
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Duration:
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105 min.
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Rating:
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(7/10)123.5
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Plot Summary:
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A guitar-playing outlander (Antonio Banderas) shoots up a Mexican cantina while seeking the drug stockist (Joaquim de Almeida) who killed his girlfriend.
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Tags:
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Desperado
Spanish star Antonio Banderas fronts this double fisted, furiously paced Latino gun opera from virtuoso director Roberto Rodriguez
The sequel to Rodriguez's El Mariachi (famously made for less than $7,500) boasts a bigger budget and bigger stars (Banderas and Hayek), but offers pretty much the same sort of stylish, explosive gunplay as its not-so-pricey predecessor.
Banderas, here the epitome of cool, is the lone drifter with a guitar case full of artillery, a wounded hand and a vengeful agenda; Hayek provides smouldering love interest. Any semblance of plot (which is pretty confusing anyway, although Rodriguez does explain a few things in flashback) is lost at the expense of endless shootouts and stunts, all of them breathless, bloody and expertly cho...
It's also a chick flick
I'm a girl and I just love this film. I did watch it first in the company of a whole bunch of lads, and wasn't looking forward to it, but by the end of Steve Buscemi's story at the beginning I was hooked. I will watch it any time.
Yes, it's violent, but it's also incredibly funny. It never takes itself too seriously, and while it's slicker than El Mariachi, it plays up against those production values to great effect.How else would the full range of Campa and Quino's guitar playing skills be brought to life?
I bow to the majesty of Salma Hayek, possibly the hottest woman on the planet. I applaud the role of Quentin Tarantino's character. I adore Antonio Bandera's one-handed hairdo trick and his sense of just trying to fulfill his task - the ...
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