Desperado
When the smoke clears, it just means he's reloading.
When the smoke clears, it just means he's reloading.
Action, Crime, Thriller
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1995
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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 best friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, the Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves a trail of blood of his own.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
25 Aug 1995
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$7,000,000
Revenue:
$25,405,445
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
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,
12 May 2001
rotten:
The routine gets tiresome for the Mariachi, and for the audience, too, after about an hour.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
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,
15 Aug 2002
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,
20 May 2003
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,
26 Jan 2006