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Desperado (1995)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Director: Robert Rodriguez
It's Sergio Leone meets Sam Peckinpah meets Quentin Tarantino in this ultraviolent, mythological shoot-'em-up by auteur Robert Rodriguez.
In Desperado
(DVD) Rodriguez creates larger-than-life, genre-tweaking stock characters and puts them through their paces.
As they stride bravely through an Old West lightly dusted with camp humor, they're periodically called upon to nimbly dodge bullets and fireballs through outrageously choreographed displays of Hollywood pyrotechnics.
In this bigger-budget semi-remake/semi-sequel to Rodriguez's indie sensation, El Mariachi (made, famously, for $7,000), Antonio Banderas is the darkly charismatic El Mariachi, the Mysterious Stranger in town; Steve Buscemi is perfectly cast as his weasely, motor-mouth Comic Sidekick, laying the groundwork for El Mariachi's entrance by spinning saloon stories to build up his legend; Cheech Marin is a standout as the Bartender, who really knows how to handle a toothpick; and gorgeous Salma Hayek is, well, the
Girl -- treated to the kind of full-blown, slow-mo introduction the movies traditionally lavish on beautiful new stars.
It doesn't add up to much, but it's a kick.
Desperado
(DVD)
Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only)
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen
Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18.
Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios
DVD Features:
Widescreen anamorphic format
From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
ASIN: 0800130448
Other Formats: VHS, VHS subtitled in Spanish, DVD with DTS Stereo
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