The
musician who was mistaken for a hitman in EL MARIACHI is back, this
time as a hitman mistaken for a musician. Avenging the murder of his
girlfriend and the ruthless maiming of his guitar playing hand, he
seeks revenge on Bucho, the man responsible for the incident.
Director
Robert Rodriguez impresses with his Peckinpah-ish style once again in
this sequel (which is almost a remake) of EL MARIACHI. DESPERADO
does lack some of the freshness of it's predecessor, but still has a
lot of style on it's own. Banderas turns in a good macho perfomrance
and Salma Hayek is impressive in her breakthrough role as his love
interest. The downside of the film is the lack of a compelling plot
and the excessive time spent with Rodriguez trying to send the action
WAAYY over the top. As a matter of fact, you probably could have
excised about 90 minutes of scenes that neither push the plot along
nor add to character development (of which there is almost none.)
Superficial stuff, but fun to watch.
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