Fresh
Rodriguez's second feature may be a rambling, derivative exercise in gratuitous violence, but its determination to proceed as if the word 'restraint' never existed makes for gleeful entertainment.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Desperado
He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.
1995 · 1h 44m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
Overview
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
Director and cast
- Robert Rodriguez Director
- Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Carolina
- Joaquim de Almeida as Bucho
- Steve Buscemi as Buscemi
- Cheech Marin as Short Bartender
- Carlos Andrés Gómez as Right Hand
- Carlos Gómez as Right Hand
- Quentin Jerome Presher Brosman Tarantino as Pick-Up Guy
- Tito Larriva as Tavo
- Angel Aviles as Zamira
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mr. Rodriguez may be good enough to make a film about anything, but Desperado would collapse if its characters had to do anything but play with guns.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
What Rodriguez has essentially done in Desperado is make a slicker, more expensive copy of what came before. And what looked promising for $7,000 looks tiresome for a whole lot more.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The routine gets tiresome for the Mariachi, and for the audience, too, after about an hour.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Desperado is best when Rodriguez lets his playful side cut through the blare of a born filmmaker indulging his first chance at high-end Hollywood fireworks.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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