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Desperado

Desperado

1995
Romance, Suspense/Thriller
1h 44m
Antonio Banderas stars as the Mariachi without a name in this much anticipated follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 1992 hit, El Mariachi. This time the Mariachi (Banderas) plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican druglords, Bucho (De Almeida), showdown. (Sony)
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Desperado

1995
Romance, Suspense/Thriller
1h 44m
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Avg Percentile 48.77% from 6686 total ratings

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Rated 15 Mar 2010
8
80th
Rocket launching guitar cases? Hell yeah we've got rocket launching guitar cases. Banderas takes over as leading man and fits the role well. Must admit I also like seeing Tarantino getting his small bits of screen time.
Rated 14 Dec 2006
89
58th
Guitar-case flamethrower. GUITAR CASE FLAMETHROWER!
Rated 13 Feb 2007
35
13th
Silly film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
97th
A pure action film with Tarantino stylings, Rodriguez is a master craftsman who makes a great Hollywood film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
82nd
Desperado is super cool with amazing action, a neat revenge story, and undeniable sexiness exuding from Banderas and Hayek. It's possibly the reason that I first decided Robert Rodriguez is awesome. Really good!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
82nd
Wild action and indie cool make this one worth watching.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
75th
Nervy, kinetic updating of Rodriguez' own "El Mariachi". Plays like a superhero movie.
Rated 09 Apr 2009
98
98th
imagine what rodriguez made with a budget of 7000 dollar ( !! ) it's unbelievable. one of my favorite action flicks ever!
Rated 03 Mar 2010
76
64th
It's got two great leads and good supporting acting, superbly absurd over the top action sequences and a rocking soundtrack. Sure the plot is a goofy one but as an action movie it works well. My only complaint is the rest of the band being called out only to die within seconds. Even so it's an enjoyable action flick.
Rated 05 Feb 2012
67
57th
Slicked up sequel to El Mariachi, it loses the rough charm and tries to make up for it with elaborately choreographed fights.
Rated 15 Apr 2014
93
94th
Best of the Mexico trilogy
Rated 31 Jan 2020
58
16th
Hollow sequel cum-remake of EL MARIACHI is really just a series of kinetic action scenes strung together with some dull exposition, with Banderas lacking the physical presence to embody this "Amigo With No Name". Genially stolen by Buscemi before the curtain rises, with a clever and amusing prologue which becomes the highlight of the movie!
Rated 22 Sep 2020
80
34th
I found this to be pretty entertaining. I can't say it's particularly original, but the action and fighting is shot incredibly well and all of the acting is quite good. Rodriguez knows how to make films like this very entertaining and even funny at times. If the entire Steve Buscemi monologue at the beginning doesn't make you laugh and get you invested, I don't know what will. Very entertaining.
Rated 05 Dec 2006
90
79th
Salma Hayek = yummy. Great comedy and action in this one. Best of the trilogy, IMO.
Rated 13 Dec 2006
88
77th
Great movie until the sequel came out.
Rated 31 Jan 2007
83
41st
Desperado is one of those great little action flicks that not only has some really awesome fight sequences, but also has dialog you'll be quoting for weeks after having watched the film. The characters are all larger than life and quite eccentric in their own ways. Everything about this movie oozes style and Steve Buscimi and Quintin Tarantino's characters are on their own worth watching this movie for. A great big ball of fun actiony romping.
Rated 09 Feb 2007
77
71st
Its slightly funny to compare this to El Mariachi. The budget is about 50,000,000 times bigger. The shots replacing the pasty faced weed of the first film with Banderas in the flashbacks made me giggle. There were also moments where I wanted to congratulate the director on having seen a John Woo film. But for all that its still a good slice of fun. Also, Salma Hayek! Nuddy! Woooooooo! My inner 14 year will shut up now.
Rated 25 Feb 2007
50
23rd
Falls way short of the budget indie original. The seediness of the first film was part of its charm while this film is Big Studio hype.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
73
60th
El Mariachi action sequences galore!
Rated 02 Apr 2007
81
67th
This movie is badass, as are the people in it. The bit where Salma Hayek's character is introduced by having her (more or less) cause a car crash is inspired.
Rated 05 Apr 2007
75
68th
I enjoyed the over the top violence of Desperado. Especially that one bar scene with guns and bodies everywhere. And you can't argue that Salma Hayek just looks drop dead gorgeous from her first appearance on the screen!
Rated 27 Apr 2007
70
31st
Mmmm, Salma
Rated 01 May 2007
70
47th
Hyper violent and imaginative the film is nevertheless taken down a few notches when it's pacing slows to acrawl near the end.
Rated 26 May 2007
50
36th
Decent flick.
Rated 22 Jun 2007
81
74th
Great follow up to the original film. Some superb action scenes make the film an instant action hit.
Rated 12 Jul 2007
90
66th
A really cool action movie.
Rated 27 Jul 2007
72
25th
Overlong and overcooked but not a bad way to kill an afternoon.
Rated 09 Aug 2007
72
57th
Movie isn't as good as the first one. The money got to Robert Rodriguez or something, I guess. It's certainly entertaining, though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
86
92nd
The movie that started it all. Actually, it wasn't but it is the movie that made El Mariachi famous. At least that's what I think. Robert Rodriguez makes things cool.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
74
26th
Fun film from Rodriguez
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
33rd
30 points for each of Salma Hayek's tits
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
98th
One of the best over-the-top action films to ever exist.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
14th
Doesn't have nearly the hear or gumption of his El Mariachi, which is basically the same thing only funnier, grittier and less artificial.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
58th
Yes sir, not a bad movie at all. A lot better than its sequel, with some well-choreographed gunfights.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
87th
Robert Rodriguez follows up/remakes his debut movie with this bigger, better and cooler sequel. Visually stunning and great performances makes this a wonderful movie experience.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
49th
It's pretty action-y, and it gets bonus points both for being inspired by El Mariachi and for Steve Buschemi
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
84th
This movie will explain to you why mariachi players are not to be trifled with.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
23rd
El Mariachi never runs out of ammo.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
77th
Pretty good movie and Salma Hayek's bare breasts. Amazing, amazing breasts!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
55th
Buscemi makes this movie work. If only he had a bigger part.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
62
42nd
Superficial stuff, but fun to watch.
Rated 21 Aug 2007
85
86th
Excellent.
Rated 13 Sep 2007
75
50th
It is fun to watch and the acting is not horrible. Really though, it is just an excuse to see Salma Hayek beat people up.
Rated 14 Sep 2007
80
83rd
Best. Soundtrack. Ever.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
75
79th
Really unrealistic but really entertaining all the same. Banderas and Hayek sizzle individually as well as together.
Rated 08 Oct 2007
100
99th
One of the films of action that I most love. An environment with touches of western adventure, romance and comedy. Best Movie of Antonio Banderas, because its interpretation is impeccable.
Rated 17 Oct 2007
82
40th
great score,salma
Rated 03 Nov 2007
72
32nd
A fun action movie with a couple of cool, well executed ideas, like the guitar case grenade launcher.
Rated 12 Nov 2007
70
25th
looked like Zorro without the cape the best part of the movie was looking at selma hayak she is fine
Rated 30 Nov 2007
86
91st
Antonio Banderas gave his best for Rodriguez remake. So did Salma Hayek.
Rated 30 Dec 2007
60
29th
Fun and silly, Robert Rodriguez's strong point.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
75
36th
Oh, did I love this when I was 16...I thought this was one of the greatest action movies ever, at the time. Years of TNT reruns have soured me on it a great deal. Some good action scenes...the obligatory terrible (in a good way) Tarrantino cameo...but zero in the way of story.
Rated 28 Feb 2008
83
97th
Nice
Rated 26 Mar 2008
7
68th
cool guys walk away from explosions!
Rated 24 May 2008
80
37th
Fun, Salma is real hot. its fun and a easy to watch
Rated 14 Jun 2008
94
99th
Great
Rated 12 Jul 2008
79
73rd
Awesome!
Rated 28 Jul 2008
88
70th
Stylish and cool. Banderas is awesome.
Rated 23 Sep 2008
85
84th
My favourite of all Rodriguez' movies and of that trilogy.
Rated 27 Nov 2008
8
17th
Ooooooooooooh!! A throwback to an simpler, and arguably, better, time in cinema for the masses.
Rated 07 Dec 2008
32
12th
I think this gets watched only because it's a followup to a cult film. But it suffers the traditional sophomore slump and really isn't worth your time. "Cool" is not a plot. Or acting.
Rated 19 Dec 2008
78
55th
Fine action film, which actually succeeded in making me think Antinio Banderas is quite cool.
Rated 30 Dec 2008
80
70th
Ridiculous, but really fun movie.
Rated 15 Jan 2009
95
95th
The Movie is Awesome!
Rated 26 Jan 2009
75
74th
Explosions, idiotic story, hot women.. but part 2 was better :)
Rated 24 Feb 2009
85
57th
I really enjoyed Desperado. It was a really good lone-wolf revenge movie. I thought that the resolution scenes were a little rushed.
Rated 15 Mar 2009
14
11th
Bigger, bolder, bloodier, steamier, and more cartoonish than the original, but its endless waves of balletic shoot-outs soon become tiring.
Rated 22 Mar 2009
75
54th
Rodriguez's comparatively megabudgeted _El Mariachi_ sequel/remake lacks the soul and surprise of his original but partially compensates with spectacular action. Rodriguez tosses in some Peckinpah, Leone, and John Woo moves, even interrupting the abundant violence to detail Antonio's tender relationship with a guitar-playing street urchin. While Marin handles his sinister-barkeep role well, the best I can say about Tarantino's appearance as an Anglo drug courier is that it's a brief one.
Rated 18 Apr 2009
80
68th
Again...only for Antonio !!!
Rated 19 May 2009
75
67th
From 1995, directed by Robert Rodriguez. Pretty good. Good action scenes, good story. Yup. Good.
Rated 09 Jun 2009
70
59th
One word: sexy!
Rated 11 Jun 2009
68
65th
The story of El Mariachi continues. Good mexican gangster shoot-em-up.
Rated 19 Jul 2009
40
22nd
The score of 40 is for Salma Hayek :)
Rated 21 Jul 2009
2
39th
A fun action movie, nothing more nothing less.
Rated 26 Jul 2009
90
77th
Okay. This movie is crap, but I loved it. Stylistic, Soundtrack, Imagery. From the first bar scene, to the final battle. Wonderful wonderful bubblegum.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
50
38th
Find it a bit irritating if I'm honest.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
90
68th
Awesome.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
89
29th
A Spanish gunslinger and a notorious druglord. What twists and turns might await in this blast through a Mexican town ruled by someone so ruthless and hard? A good action movie with lots of guns and shooting. Bring on guitar case rocket launchers.
Rated 07 Sep 2009
60
25th
Fun and violence - is that the reason that everybody loves this movie? Or rather the chemistry between Hayek and Banderas?
Rated 06 Oct 2009
75
75th
Suitably slick and stylish for a movie about a guitar playing assassin. The plot gets a little rushed and flaky near the end - but theres enough good stuff going on before that to make up for it.
Rated 07 Oct 2009
80
72nd
A great cast, over the top gunfights, and smooth soundtrack help make Desperado a real thrill. Quite a few creative bits as well, such as the dreaded guitar case rocket launcher.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
70
67th
Just rewatched it for the first time in ages, and it holds up pretty well. Great music and visual panache makes up for a sketchy plot.
Rated 20 Nov 2009
63
32nd
Salma Hayek novamente
Rated 21 Nov 2009
85
84th
Quentin Tarantino knows how to tell a joke!
Rated 14 Dec 2009
5
11th
Fuc*in' STUPID... I really hate action movies that totally suspend reality to go for that 'over the top' absurdist action... the 5 points is for the first 5 minutes when I actually cared what was going on and had hope that this would be good.
Rated 07 Jan 2010
60
41st
fun, and cheesy, like El Mariachi, but more expensive...
Rated 26 Jan 2010
79
38th
Almost as elegant as Tarantino, and almost as meaningless too.
Rated 07 Feb 2010
80
67th
It's... fun. I'm not even sure what else to say, but is there anything else to say anyway? Not a perfect film or anything but a good time.
Rated 22 Feb 2010
75
71st
An often underrated gem of an action film that combines a Mexican cartel story with classic El Mariachi. This is a more polished and greatly improved version of El Mariachi. Has a truly badass soundtrack and great quotable dialogue bits coming from Buscemi and Tarantino. The action is over the top but fun at the same time. Banderas is in his element here. Hayek is ridiculously hot in this. Rodriguez really hit his peak in the 90's and it's been all downhill since.
Rated 27 Apr 2010
97
91st
When you have a movie that starts out with Buscemi telling a monologued story, you know its going to be good. the bits with dialogue were great, the action scenes are over the top and incredibly fun to watch, if you were like me and felt apprehensive going in, watch the opening scene and you'll be hooked. excellent action film.
Rated 05 Jun 2010
78
57th
It's certainly a classic, but, holding it up against other similar films, I must say I find it slightly 2D, all except for seeing Selma Hayek's boobs, that was a real treat
Rated 07 Jun 2010
85
68th
i like uns
Rated 08 Jun 2010
79
76th
I love this far over the top film.
Rated 12 Aug 2010
34
19th
"O' Roberto/Won't you come to your senses?/You've been out writin' offenses/For so long now."
Rated 13 Aug 2010
75
73rd
A man with a guitar, a gun, and a girl. Perfect action bliss.
Rated 15 Aug 2010
64
84th
#00s(e)#, liked, rewatch(2) }*{ #90s(m)#, story.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
60
68th
3/5
Rated 25 Sep 2010
50
37th
Fun movie, fun action sequences. Pass the popcorn.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
65
40th
Above-average action movie with it's own distinctive style.
Rated 22 Oct 2010
90
90th
Excellent and with a great sense of humor to it. And the sequel's even better.

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