Antonio Banderas

Salma Hayek Pinault

Joaquim de Almeida

Steve Buscemi

Cheech Marin

Carlos Gómez

Quentin Tarantino

Tito Larriva

Angel Aviles

Danny Trejo

Abraham Verduzco

Carlos Gallardo

Albert Michel Jr.

David Alvarado

Angela Lanza

Mike Moroff

Robert Arevalo

Gerardo Moscoso

Peter Marquardt

Consuelo Gómez

Jaime de Hoyos

Cristos

Richie Gaona

Tommy Nix

Patricia Vonne

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Mark Dalton

Reinol Martinez

Diego Sandoval

Robert Rodriguez

Troy Robinson

Batan Silva

Javier Lambert

Gilbert Rosales

Ricardo M. Kaplan

Allan R.J. Joseph

Cheri Hall

Reuben Cannon

Henry Kingi Jr.

Judee Flick

Elsa Hermoso

David Orr

Fernando Moreno

Tony Mark

Karyn Rachtman

Pedro Mejía

Gloria Kaiser

Felipe Fernández del Paso

Jesús Romero

Joaquin Silva

Terry Haskell

Mark Green

Luz María Rojas

Gary S. Gerlich

Matthew C. Beville

Julian Bucio

Frank Smathers

Mariano Carranco

Michael Connell

Tamara Smith

Donah Bassett

Greg Hedgepath

Charles Ewing Smith

Don Levy

Graciela Mazón

Cecilia Montiel

Guillermo Navarro

Robin Anderson

Rico Torres

Sergio Reyes

Mark Ulano

Dean Beville

Steve M. Davison

Bob Shelley

B. Tennyson Sebastian III

Bill Borden

Elizabeth Avellan

Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.

Thomas Raymond Fabbricante

Conrad Lozano

Larry Hopkins

Alana Caudillo

Eduardo Lopez

Rosie Duprat Fort

David Berryman

Cesar Rosas

Joaquin Gutierrez

Douglas Kirkland

David Hidalgo

Ramiro González

Louie Pérez

Steve Fink

Antonio Sánchez Romero

Marvin Walowitz

Marco Morales Echeverría

Ermahn Ospina

Douglas J. White

Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán

Steve Berlin

Tim Gomillion

Ireri Mazón Salas

Ethan Maniquis

Allan A. Apone

Ernesto López Ríos

Malinda Shelley

David Giella

Derek Marcil

B.J. Shelley

Gerardo Manjarrez

Juan Martín

Carlos Mungia Rodríguez

Fernanda Echeverria

Pamela Jaeckle

Nick Glennie-Smith

Mark Gantt

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Thriller

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Crime

Desperado

Columbia Pictures

Los Hooligans Productions

United States of America

English

gunslinger

showdown

mexico

ambush

hitman

guitar

anti terror

bartender

revenge

tragic hero

shootout

mariachi

explosion

brutality

drug lord

leg brace

concealed weapon

book store

This was a solid and highly enjoyable take on the spaghetti western by Rodriguez that rightfully put the director on the map and provided star Antonio Banderas the breakthrough he needed in the American marketplace. Though I love his work on the Sin City films, particularly the first, his incredible earlier trilogy will always hold a special place in my cinephilic heart.

My recent project of coming to terms with classic Westerns has only further helped me enjoy these more recent contemporary releases.

Filipe Manuel Neto

**Action, shots, bullets and… “latinxploitation”?**

I confess that I expected something more from this film. I was left with the feeling that it has little to offer us other than two tons of spectacular action scenes, with explosions, hundreds of gunshots and some gratuitous destruction. Even more: it reminded me of those films from the 70s, which we call “blaxploitation” because they reinforced a series of stereotypes about the African-American community: if we pay attention, we have almost all the stereotypes attributed to Latinos and Mexicans-Americans.

In general, I'm not a fan of political correctness and I don't care about stereotypes! I deal with this well, being a proud Portuguese who was born and lives in a Latin country, but I am in solidarity with those who, especially in the USA, suffer from prejudices about the Latin community, a vast community that encompasses Castilian and Portuguese speakers, forgetting, interestingly, that Italian Americans are also culturally Latino. Robert Rodríguez is Latino and makes films that reflect that. I think he must be a man proud of his roots, and I think that's magnificent. We must have this pride. Therefore, I think he made this film in that spirit, but my doubts lie in this: a film with so much violence, with so much to do with drugs and crime, was it good or bad for Latinos?

António Banderas is one of the greatest Spanish actors of all time and easily transitioned to Hollywood, where his career took on stratospheric proportions. Here, he did an interesting job, mixing a bit of Latin lover with gangster and Zorro. He has the right profile and was a good choice. I also really enjoyed seeing Joaquim de Almeida, my compatriot, in what was the best North American film he has made to date (and I think that productions could really invest more in this actor, I think he has talent and ability). Steve Buscemi adds a friendly touch to the film, and Danny Trejo and Tarantino make brief, innocuous appearances. Salma Hayek, another good actress, unfortunately just has to be sexy and hot in bed. That's not enough.

I don't know what the production budget was, but it doesn't seem like a cheap film to me because the number of strong names in the industry in this project is considerable and no one, nowadays, works for free. We also have a good special effects department, with great capacity and creativity: the sets are very realistic and the film's action scenes are very well thought out and executed. As an action film, it works impeccably and is a delight for fans. The script, unfortunately, is much less interesting, with too many stereotypes, weaknesses, clichés and insipid dialogues.

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Desperado( 1995)

He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.

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Written by talisencrw on Fri Jul 29 2016

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