BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Osmosis Iron Sequel to Rodriguez's debut "El Mariachi" gets a big budget, big guns and big stars, but it remains a "b-action flick" at heart. So no overly complex story, but rather cool characters, over the top shootouts and even the dialogue is obviously just aiming to be cool - in which it mostly succeeds! Soundtrack is nicely Mexican flavored and very fitting.

clearwinner The film opens up as an action film should... with action and the right amount. My expectations became high after the first scene but this time Antonio Banderas made this movie boring. He did not do justice to his character. I always felt as if something was amiss throughout the movie and really there were lots of those things. Definitely there is the typical Mexican cowboy type action but having only that does not solve the purpose of a movie. I hated the lead actor the most followed by the romance or the love at first sight between the two main lead. That scene was nowhere . I mean that scene made me feel very terrible as if something came out of the blue.Well coming to other aspects, the music is okay, the locations are really nice. My final verdict the film loses its charm due to poor script and bad acting.

bh_tafe3 I remember I recommended this to a friend and he asked me for the plot. That was my answer. As such, my review has a misleading title, because I actually think there's a fair bit more to enjoy here than the action centre pieces. To start with this film was the first time I'd ever seen one of the world's most beautiful women, Salma Hayek in a film. On the strength of her scenes in this I have followed that young lady's career with interest ever since.First time I saw this I was not aware of Robert Rodriguez's work, and it was not until many years later that I watched El Mariachi, the film this one either follows on from, or re-imagines, depending on how you want to look at it, and fully appreciated what the director did with this film.Antonio Banderas stars as an anti hero gunman El Mariachi attempting to avenge the death of his lost love at the hands of the evil Bucho years earlier, armed with a guitar case full of weapons that any underground militia would be envious of. His helper in this crusade is Steve Buscemi.Over the course of the film we run into many familiar faces, including Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino, Danny Trejo, and bizarrely Enrique Iglesias, but the real star is Rodriguez's style and direction. He is able to successfully incorporate over the top Hong Kong style action, lusty 70s exploitation and spaghetti western characterizations and ground them all in an innovative piece of 90s film making which does not look out of place with the other films of its era.Banderas is absolutely superb as The Man With No Name (mariachi is a job description) while Joaquim de Almeida is equal parts fun and menacing as the villain Bucho. Hayek is fine and is so stunningly beautiful you won't care if she isn't. All of the support players do a great job as everyone seems to "get" what type of film they are in, which is a key to the film's success.Desperado is a great 90s actioner that incorporates different film making styles, fine performances and a great soundtrack into one of the best action films of the era.

ucmenw I absolutely loved this movie, and ever since watching it as a young boy, it has become a classic and a must have movie in any collection. Desperado is a film about a former traveling musician who seeks revenge for the murder of his lover, and the maiming of his guitar hand by drug dealer. The main character comes to focus his anger and hate on "El Bucho", a high ranking drug cartel responsible for much of drug trafficking in the community. This is made clear within the first 20 minutes of the movie, which I thought was awesome. The main character, El Mariachi, has already killed the murderer of his lover in the last film, yet he continues to kill drug dealers. I felt like this gave the main character a great opportunity to grow in the film, he was obviously still reeling from the loss of his woman, and the inability to express his love of music by playing guitar because of his hand. I felt that when he got revenge on the murderer he didn't feel the relief he thought he would feel, so he transferred his rage to the next drug dealer, and the next until finally deciding that maybe bringing down the leader of the cartel would finally bring him some peace. I think it was great how he eventually overcame his sorrow through the help of Carolina.