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04/09/07
Desperado (1995)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:24
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez' sequel to his 1993 ultra low-budget movie, "El Mariachi." This film continues the story of the no-name, solitary, brooding mariachi, whose guitar case is stocked with... [More]
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Joaquim de Almeida, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek
Director: Robert Rodriguez
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06/06/08
Top CriticOn the one hand, Rodriguez sticks with what he knows -- screwball action-adventure. On the other hand, he seems to have shot the same movie twice.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/12/04
Around the halfway or two-thirds mark, the bloody killings become far too redundant, the best supporting characters are gone and Rodriguez rapidly runs out of fresh ideas.
01/01/00
Many characters and situations are repetitive and the film is overlong, and at times even boring.
09/09/02
A movie that was probably more fun to make than it is to watch.
04/17/02
Desperado has merit as a guilty pleasure, but when the violence and action grow tiresome, the film has nothing to hang its hat on.
09/26/03
Bloated and overlong.
01/01/00
Top CriticMr. 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.
05/20/03
Top CriticIf Rodriguez is still stumbling forward, finding his way, at least he’s got panache and character. Sometimes, that is enough.
01/27/02
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.
08/15/02
Top CriticThe routine gets tiresome for the Mariachi, and for the audience, too, after about an hour.
06/18/02
Top Critic
On the whole, watching the film is about as much fun as sitting on a cactus.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhat happens looks terrific. Now if [Rodriguez] can harness that technical facility to a screenplay that's more story than setup, he might really have something.
01/01/00
Top CriticThere’s plenty of action and will keep Banderas fans happy, but somehow lacks the charm of the original.
01/01/00
Rodriguez's follow-up is unquestionably formulaic but mercifully free of the flat dialogue and arch one-liners that undermine so many action films.
03/13/07
It's big, it's daft, but Desperado is confident and hugely entertaining filmmaking.
01/01/00
A supreme example of style vs. substance - and style wins!
02/21/04
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