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Desperado (1995)  link to Desperado on IMDb  

Number: 2472

cover Desperado

IMDb Rating:
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7.2/10 (149.6K votes)

Country: United States, 104 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director(s): Robert Rodriguez

Storyline:
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.

Cast:

Antonio Banderas El Mariachi
Salma Hayek Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida Bucho
Cheech Marin Short Bartender
Steve Buscemi Buscemi
Carlos Gómez Right Hand
Quentin Tarantino Pick-up Guy
Tito Larriva Tavo
Danny Trejo Navajas
Carlos Gallardo Campa

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: Red 4TB Drive

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 16:9 Widescreen