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

Reuben Cannon

Tony Mark

Luz María Rojas

Batan Silva

Karyn Rachtman

Felipe Fernández del Paso

Henry Kingi Jr.

Troy Robinson

Julian Bucio

Javier Lambert

Gilbert Rosales

Allan R.J. Joseph

Ricardo M. Kaplan

Fernando Moreno

Jesús Romero

Joaquin Silva

Cheri Hall

Elsa Hermoso

Mariano Carranco

Terry Haskell

Mark Green

Michael Connell

Greg Hedgepath

Gary S. Gerlich

Matthew C. Beville

Pedro Mejía

Judee Flick

Frank Smathers

Charles Ewing Smith

Tamara Smith

Don Levy

David Orr

Gloria Kaiser

Donah Bassett

Cecilia Montiel

Graciela Mazón

Guillermo Navarro

Bob Shelley

Robin Anderson

Rico Torres

Mark Ulano

B. Tennyson Sebastian III

Sergio Reyes

Dean Beville

Steve M. Davison

Bill Borden

Elizabeth Avellan

David Hidalgo

Louie Pérez

Cesar Rosas

Conrad Lozano

Steve Berlin

Rosie Duprat Fort

Ermahn Ospina

Douglas J. White

Allan A. Apone

Ernesto López Ríos

Eduardo Lopez

Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.

Thomas Raymond Fabbricante

Tim Gomillion

Larry Hopkins

Derek Marcil

Marvin Walowitz

B.J. Shelley

Malinda Shelley

Steve Fink

Ramiro González

David Berryman

Ricardo Oscar Fernández

Joaquin Gutierrez

Gerardo Manjarrez

Marco Morales Echeverría

Antonio Sánchez Romero

Douglas Kirkland

Juan Martín

David Giella

Alana Caudillo

Ireri Mazón Salas

Carlos Mungia Rodríguez

Adolfo Ramírez

Erik C. Andersen

Daniel Fort

Ethan Maniquis

Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán

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Thriller

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Crime

Desperado

Los Hooligans Productions

Columbia Pictures

United States of America

Mexico

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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Robert Arevalo in Desperado

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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