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Features: DVD, Keep Case, No Longer Produced
A mysterious guitar player searching for vengeance against themen who murdered his girlfriend.
Editor's Note
The no-named Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) tracks down the last Mexican drug-lord "Bucho" with the help of his best friend and a beautiful book store owner (Salma Hayek). In a poetically violent style reminiscent of John Woo and Sam Peckinpah, the Mariachi takes on his entire army of henchmen in a dusty border town as an act of revenge for the murder of his love and his injured musician's hand. Robert Rodriguez's big budget sequel to "El Mariachi." Also starring Cheech Marin (of Cheech and Chong) and Steve Buscemi (RESERVOIR DOGS).
Plot Summary
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 high-powered weaponry. The musician is in a sleepy Mexican town seeking revenge against the much-feared, ruthless Bucho, a drug dealer who once shot El Mariachi in his strumming hand, and killed his girlfriend. When Bucho hears that the guitarist is looking for him, he sends his men out to forestall the attack -- which leads to many well-choreographed and bloody shootouts. Will the Latin adversaries ever confront each other directly? And if so, who will survive?
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Letterbox - 1.66 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 2.0 - English |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Ingram Entertainment |
| Release Date: 6/26/1997 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 11659 | | UPC: 00043396116597 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Korean, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "The client is always wrong." ---- sign in the bar run by Short Bartender (CHEECH MARIN). | | "It's easier to pull the trigger than play the guitar.... It's easier to destroy than to create." ---- El Mariachi (ANTONIO BANDERAS) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Antonio Banderas is the ultimate in sexy action cool....The stunts dazzle..." 09/07/1995 p.76-7Sight and Sound
"....Breathtaking....[Rodriguez] makes adventurous use of the camera..." 02/01/1996 p.38 Entertainment Weekly
"...[A] propulsive rock & roll spaghetti Western....Wittily hyperbolic..." -- Rating: B 09/22/1995 p.62 Variety
"...[The film] could scarcely be more dazzling on a purely visual level....There is no question of imagination working overtime..." 05/29/1995 Total Film
"...On a visual level, DESPERADO is a dazzlingly indulgent exercise..." 08/01/2000 p.100 |
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