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Desperado (1995)

R08/25/1995Thriller, Action, Crime1h 44m

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

Overview

El 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 friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Antonio Banderas

    El Mariachi

  2. Cast 1

    Salma Hayek Pinault

    Carolina

  3. Cast 1

    Joaquim de Almeida

    Bucho

  4. Cast 1

    Steve Buscemi

    Buscemi

  5. Cast 1

    Cheech Marin

    Short Bartender

  6. Cast 1

    Carlos Gómez

    Right Hand

  7. Cast 1

    Quentin Tarantino

    Pick-Up Guy

  8. Cast 1

    Tito Larriva

    Tavo

  9. Cast 1

    Angel Aviles

    Zamira

**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 po...