DESPERADO
1995 *1/2 103 mins.
This follow-up to Robert Rodriguez's film El Mariachi, there is so much action that the viewer is bored to death. This is, truly, a trial to sit through. The story is simply this: a man (Antonio Banderas) carries a guitar case full of guns. He wants to kill the people who murdered his girlfriend. En route, he encounters Salma Hayek. Blah, blah, blah. The only really good part of this film is a hilarious joke told by Quentin Tarantino. Followed-up by Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Rated R for strong violence, language, simulated sex, and nudity.
Starring:
Antonio Banderas + Joaquim de Almeida + Salma Hayek + Steve Buscemi + Cheech Marin + Quentin Tarantino.
Written and Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
Other Films with:
Antonio Banderas - Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles and Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Steve Buscemi - Big Fish and Reservoir Dogs
Salma Hayek - Action (Television Series), From Dusk Till Dawn and Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Cheech Marin - From Dusk Till Dawn and Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Robert Rodriguez - From Dusk Till Dawn, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Quentin Tarantino - Destiny Turns on the Radio, From Dusk Till Dawn, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and True Romance
Motion Pictures