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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Quentin Tarantino and John Woo. To a certain audience, that's a potent combination, and "Desperado" plays like a wickedly enjoyable B-movie; it's just got that rebellious streak, and a wealth of self-confidence. Deep down, I know this film was explosive back in '95, even if time and imitators have conspired to dull its edge.Banderas strolls into this like a ready-made myth, all scowl and jingly spurs. The stuff he gets away with in this movie is absurd, and that's exactly what people paid to see. That, and stunning beauty. If there's one thing that can distract from the balletic gun battles, it's Salma Hayek. This is a fun movie.7/10

This sequel to 'El Mariachi' opens with a man going into a bar and telling the story of another man going into a similar bar looking for 'Bucho'… nobody is interested in the story till Bucho is mentioned; then everybody hangs on the stranger's every word as he tells how the other man killed every person in that other bar. That other man is the former mariachi and he is looking for revenge against the man he holds responsible for the woman he loved. It isn't long before the Mariachi reaches this town and when he does those who get in his way drop like flies. He isn't invincible though; he is caught in the arm by a bullet. Book store owner Carolina helps dig it out and patches him up but by helping she has put herself in Bucho's crosshairs. Bucho sends his me into town to deal with the mariachi and Carolina but he too has help when a couple of old friends arrive.There are quite a few changes between this film and 'El Mariachi'; most notably the film is in English rather than Spanish and our protagonist is played by Antonio Banderas. There is also more over-the-top action and some witty dialogue… most notably in the opening scene where Steve Buscemi tells the story about El Mariachi and an hilarious, if rather crude, story told by Quentin Tarantino in the same bar. There is lots of fairly bloody action; this mostly takes the form of shootouts but there is also an impressive scene featuring Danny Trejo as a knife thrower. The cast does a solid job; Antonio Banderas is just right as the Mariachi; tough but with just enough vulnerability and Selma Hayek is suitably sexy and believable as love interest Carolina. Joaquim de Almeida makes a good bad guy; outwardly calm most of the time but with a hair-trigger temper. Overall I'd highly recommend this to anybody looking for a good over-the-top action film.

In 1992, Robert Rodriguez burst onto the Hollywood scene with "El Mariachi", a movie that grossed two million dollars despite a minuscule budget of about $7,000. For his next feature film, "Desperado", he had a modest but healthy budget of $7,000,000; literally a thousand times more than what he had at his disposal for his previous project.Although "Desperado" is a sequel to "El Mariachi", it isn't necessary to have seen the first film in order to follow this one. Personally, I have never seen "El Mariachi" and I found "Desperado" to be perfectly understandable. After all, the story is a fairly simplistic one. Basically, a musician seeks revenge for the death of his lover and will stop at nothing until he achieves his goal.Playing the mysterious musician at the centre of the story is Antonio Banderas. His glamorous look and facility with action sequences is well suited to the movie's stylized violence. Salma Hayek, in her first major role, provides a worthy female lead. In support, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin & Danny Trejo all contributed memorable performances. Lastly, watch for Quentin Tarantino in a small role.When it comes to Rodriguez's script, it's as sharp as his direction. The story's revenge scenario could have been strictly routine but Rodriguez threw in enough twists and turns to keep the viewer interested from beginning to end. Speaking of which, the movie features a great opening scene that really sets the tone for the rest of the movie. Musically, the movie is pretty solid as well, though I thought that a couple of the soundtrack selections haven't aged too well.Overall, "Desperado" is a stylish, action-packed movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, except when it comes to filmmaking craft. The final entry in Rodriguez's so-called Mexico Trilogy, "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", unfortunately doesn't quite measure up to this. I'd also give "Desperado" the edge over the somewhat similarly themed "Machete".

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.