Rent Desperado (1995)

3.7 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 40min
Rent Desperado (aka Pistolero / El Mariachi 2) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
A shadowy figure stalks the Mexican underworld, travelling from town to town with only a guitar case in hand; however, what El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) has on his mind isn't music, but merciless vengeance. With enough bullets up his sleeves for every bandito in his path, the guitar-playing gunslinger has his sights firmly set on taking down a powerful drug lord (Joaquim de Almeida), but only the love of a local bookstore owner (Salma Hayek) will help the Mariachi get out of town alive.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Robert Rodriguez, Bill Borden
Writers:
Robert Rodriguez
Aka:
Pistolero / El Mariachi 2
Studio:
Sony
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
Collections:
New waves of Latin American Cinema, Top 10 Bookshop Scenes, Top Films, What to watch by country
BBFC:
Release Date:
21/03/2011
Run Time:
100 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
Arabic, English, French, German, Turkish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Commentary with Director Robert Rodriguez
  • 10 More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout Featurette
  • Sneak Peek: Once Upon a Time in Mexico Featurette
  • Director and Cast Filmographies
  • Theatrical Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/08/2024
Run Time:
104 minutes
Languages:
Dubbed, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
  • Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
  • Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
  • Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
  • Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
  • Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid)
  • Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
  • Textless opening ("Morena de mi Corazón")
  • Theatrical trailers
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/08/2024
Run Time:
104 minutes
Languages:
Dubbed, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Audio commentary by writer-director Robert Rodriguez
  • Lean and Mean, a newly filmed interview with Rodriguez
  • Shoot Like Crazy, a newly filmed interview with producer Bill Borden
  • Kill Count, a newly filmed interview with stunt coordinator Steve Davison
  • Lock and Load, a newly filmed interview with special effects coordinator Bob Shelley
  • Game Changer, a newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid)
  • Ten More Minutes: Anatomy of a Shootout, an archive featurette narrated by Rodriguez
  • Textless opening ("Morena de mi Corazón")
  • Theatrical trailers

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Reviews (2) of Desperado

Contemporary Western - Great Action - Desperado review by GI

Spoiler Alert
24/05/2022

Whilst this a sequel to director Robert Rodriguez' low budget 1992 feature El Mariachi it is more or less a stand alone film, and given a bigger budget (albeit still small by many standards) and a more prestigious cast it sits as a great and highly entertaining contemporary action film. The stylish influence of Rodriguez friend and mentor, Quentin Tarantino, is obvious from the get go and Tarantino himself has an amusing cameo as a drug courier. This is set in a Mexican border town ruled over by a big time drug dealer, Bucho (Joaquim de Almeida) and his business is run from a seedy bar. He and his thugs hear rumours of a strange travelling guitar player who hunts down and kills drug gangs but they believe its just a myth put about by locals. But then a mysterious stranger turns up (Antonio Banderas), with a guitar case full of weapons and he's looking for Bucho. Delightfully bloody, over the top action set pieces and heavily influenced by spaghetti westerns this is a riot from the outset, with a great soundtrack, some fantastic support from Steve Buscemi and Salma Hayek and a script that could've been written by Tarantino although it's Rodriguez work. Certainly fans of QT will love this.

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Tongue in Cheek Shoot out movie - Desperado review by CD

Spoiler Alert
23/05/2024

I did not enjoy this film, although it has some good actors, a good music score and and an interesting Mexican small town locale. The amount of shooting and violence totally overwhelms anything else and it becomes a comic book gangster movie. Probably of interest to Quentin Tarantino fans, but not one for me.

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