Desperado

– A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 44 Minutes
Release Year:
1995
Desperado (1995)

A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Desperado (1995) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Aug 1995

Language:

English, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Robert Rodriguez

Writer:

Robert Rodriguez

Main Actors:

Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin

Plot:

With this sequel to his prize-winning independent previous film, "El Mariachi," director Robert Rodriquez joins the ranks of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo as a master of slick, glamorized ultra-violence. We pick up the story as a continuation of "El Mariachi," where an itinerant musician, looking for work, gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love, corruption, and death. This time, he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand, which occurred at the end of the earlier movie. However, the plot is recapitulated, and again, a case of mistaken identity leads to a very high body count, involvement with a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord, and finally, the inevitable face-to-face confrontation and bloody showdown.

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
Metacritic:
55%