Desperado
The movie follows a mysterious guitar player as he seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend. During his quest for justice, he faces down countless deadly killers and finds time for romantic tension with a beautiful woman.
16 May 1944, Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 June 1984, East Los Angeles, California, USA
27 December 1980, New York, USA
1 July 1964, USA
13 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 March 1963, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
13 December 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
2 September 1966, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
8 May 1975, Madrid, Spain
19 December 1969, San Antonio, Texas, USA
15 March 1957, São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, Portugal
1 January 1962, New York City, New York, USA
10 August 1960, Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
December 05, 2004
An incredibly violent and infinitely entertaining shoot-'em-up.
February 21, 2004
A supreme example of style vs. substance - and style wins!
September 26, 2003
Desperado has merit as a guilty pleasure, but when the violence and action grow tiresome, the film has nothing to hang its hat on.
March 13, 2007
Rodriguez's follow-up is unquestionably formulaic but mercifully free of the flat dialogue and arch one-liners that undermine so many action films.
June 18, 2002
The routine gets tiresome for the Mariachi, and for the audience, too, after about an hour.
July 30, 2007
Within Rodriguez' pulp formula stories are little pockets of ingenuity.
May 12, 2001
Desperado is best when Rodriguez lets his playful side cut through the blare of a born filmmaker indulging his first chance at high-end Hollywood fireworks.
May 20, 2003
Mr. Rodriguez may be good enough to make a film about anything, but Desperado would collapse if its characters had to do anything but play with guns.
June 20, 2006
A slicker, more expensive version than El Mariach, except that what was promising and charming for $7,000 now looks tiresome and repetitious for $7 million
August 15, 2002
What Rodriguez has essentially done in Desperado is make a slicker, more expensive copy of what came before. And what looked promising for $7,000 looks tiresome for a whole lot more.
January 01, 2000
Desperado, which is nothing but set pieces, snoozes between its scenes of carnage.
January 26, 2006
Rodriguez's second feature may be a rambling, derivative exercise in gratuitous violence, but its determination to proceed as if the word 'restraint' never existed makes for gleeful entertainment.
