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Desperado (Special Edition) |
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Regular
Price $14.94
Starring:
Antonio Banderas,
Salma Hayek,
Joaquim de Almeida,
Cheech Marin,
Steve Buscemi,
Directed By:
Robert Rodriguez,
Rated: R (Restricted)
Release Date: 1995-08-25
Studio: Sony Pictures
Format:
Anamorphic,
Closed-captioned,
Color,
Dolby,
Dubbed,
DVD-Video,
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Editorial Reviews and
DVD Information about
Desperado (Special Edition)
Product Description
A mysterious Mexican guitar player searches for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 5-JUL-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
It's Sergio Leone meets Sam Peckinpah meets Quentin Tarantino in this ultraviolent, mythological shoot-'em-up by auteur Robert Rodriguez. In Desperado, 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. Be careful not to blow out your speakers with the DVD's Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. --Jim Emerson
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Customer Reviews for
Desperado (Special Edition)
Loud movie
He and his brothers carry guitars, to hide there guns. Everyone has a guns in this movie.Desperado (Special Edition)
Awesome!!!
Antonio,Antonio,Antonio...those eyes are to die for!!!! I could watch this movie over & over, in fact I have. My mother and I's favorite movie to watch together. He's soooo yummy!! It is also a great plot and the fight scenes are so good and gory. Typical Quentin style!Desperado (Special Edition)
Classic Movie !
This movie is great; brilliant dialogue, a ridiculous number of gun fights, obscene amounts of blood and guts, great soundtrack and the best sex scene ever ..... just classic!Desperado (Special Edition)
Best Western
When I watched this movie, I could not believe the difference between it and El Mariachi. Not because the man from the first one looked nothing like Antonio Banderas, but becuase in el Mariachi, the effects were decent, but in Desperado, the effects were fantastic. Not only were the effects dazzling, but the cast was great as well as all of Robert's Movies. I give this movie 5 stars and higly recommend it for any QT or Robert Rodriguez fan.Desperado (Special Edition)
A Modern Classic
This movie loses a little steam near the end, but I have nothing but good things to say about this over the top, ultraviolent, pulp western...Say what you will about Banderas, but he was born to play this part. Plus we get to see Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino(his joke is hilarious...), and Salma Hayek in early or first film roles; Rodriguez is a master film technician in every way, and this movie is filled with innovative firefights and camerawork, all furiously put together with his usual trademark editing. The story is pretty bare bones, but it's the creative energy and on-the-mark performances that make this one of my top 10 favorites. Best bar shoot-out ever!! Sure, it's B-grade stuff...but classic nonetheless.Desperado (Special Edition)
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