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Summary: AN AMAZING DOUBLE FEATURE!!!!!!!!!
Review: .This DVD is indeed a flipper. So don't let your little cousins touch this. This DVD includes commentary by Robert Rodriguez on both films. You could see the struggle he had in making el mariachi, and how easier it was to make Desperado. This DVD shows featurates on both films. It also has the trailers. You can really see the amazing prespective of these great films. A definite must.
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Summary: ====ripped off some of john woo's movies====
Review: ====most of the scenes are reminicense or like john woo's films but this movie was a good copy=====
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Summary: How to make cool movies on a shoestring budget!
Review: All right, let's be clear here, the movies on this dvd are both cool. EL MARIACHI is a stunning achievement. Robert Rodriguez filmed the movie for $7000.00, most of which was spent buying film! DESPERADO was filmed for $7 million, but it looks like a $30 million action flick. How did he do it?He tells you all about it on the director's commentaries for both movies. A lot of director commentaries are an instant cure for insomnia. But Robert Rodriguez is NEVER boring. He explains how he accomplished various shots. He tells you how he made El Mariachi for only $7,000! He tells you how to make a little money go a long way. This is a new or aspiring filmmaker's dream and for those of us who are simply curious, it's fascinating to hear. On top of that, there are two ten minute featurettes. On the EL MARIACHI side you get an awesome 10 Minute Film School and on the DESPERADO side you get the Anatomy of a shootout. It's amazing to see how Rodriguez made the movies. Also fun is the short BEDHEAD, which Rodriguez filmed several years prior to EL MARIACHI. This dvd belongs on every movie fan's shelf. And as a note to any directors out there who plan to do commmentaries--listen to Rodriguez first to see how it's done!
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Summary: Mindless but Entertaining
Review: As I watched this film for the first time, my two reactions were (a) I'll bet they all had fun making it and (b) is this a parody of the so-called "Spaghetti Westerns"? Essentially, there is no plot. El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) seeks revenge from Bucho (Joaquim de Almeida) in a town which the drug dealer controls. EM enlists the support and assistance of Carolina (Selma Hayek) who owns and manages the local book store. (I'm not making this up.) No one eats or sleeps in this film. All of the action occurs during the day. There are a few crowd scenes but no one in the crowd seems to have any interest whatsoever in the fact that the street scenes are being filmed. There is one bar of special note. Cheech Marin is its host and bartender. (If you think the bar in Star Wars is unfriendly, this one makes it seem like the Palm Court at The Plaza in New York.) At one point, Quentin Tarantino briefly appears. Apparently he is involved in a drug deal which goes bad. Steve Buscemi also makes a brief appearance. Prudently, he decides not to become involved in the plot. (Where is Harvey Keitel?) EM is a one-man-army. Credit Rodriguez with brilliantly choreographing his creative and relentless carnage which leads up to the inevitable showdown with Bucho. Although most of this film makes no sense whatsoever, I found it thoroughly entertaining. It is on my Top Ten list of films to watch while consuming buttered popcorn, a box of Dots, and a cold beverage...or two.
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Summary: El Mariachi is what it's all about...
Review: As you've probably noticed by now, this DVD includes two movies - "El Mariachi" and "Desperado", "Desperado" being the more famous of the the two. Think "Desperado" is better? Wrong. "El Mariachi" is simply stunning. The feelings, the style, the actors left me with my mouth open. Which reminds me - when I say 'actors' I mean Consuelo Gomez (as Domino) mostly. There's something about her that leaves Salma Hayek (Carolina in "Desperado") looking as an overly simple james-bondish girl, someone with no temper and no character. Consuelo Gomez, on the other hand, would make "El Mariachi" worth seeing even if the movie had no other great qualities. But it has. The very young director Robert Rodriguez has created a very delicate movie - not in terms of action, but in terms of feeling. There is nothing Hollywood-ish about this movie (and there could have been - even though the budget for the movie was $7000). Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about "Desperado". The opening scenes are brilliant - but afterwards you cannot help but wonder (at times!) if you haven't seen this scene of James Bond before - the main character doesn't get killed even though he has more than ten trained killers shooting at him, he kisses his girl in-between shooting people, he jumps from building to building etc. And Salma Hayek has too much beauty and too little character to not be too much alike another bond-girl. Banderas is quite good, though. And the opening scenes (featuring Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino and Cheech Marin!) are worth as much as "El Mariachi". Overall, "El Marichi" is great and "Desperado" is quite watchable. Together, they get five stars and a tad nostalgic feeling Rodriguez should never have got rich and famous enough to make movies that end happily...
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Summary: AWESOME! DEFINETELY WORTH THE DOUGH!!!
Review: Both movies are excellent and full of action. But I'd have to say my favorite would be Desperado. Antonio Banderas is the best in this movie. Fulled with action and PLENTY of guns, an extremely worthy sequal of El Mariachi. El Mariachi is good too. It starts out with the main character being a helpless Mariachi instead of what he's become in Desperado: A dangerous gun handler whose out to get the boss of the man who shot his only love in El Mariachi, and put a bullet right through his hand. I have re-rented both movies numerous times. STRONGLY RECOMENDED!!
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Summary: Great Value Package for genre lovers
Review: Both movies are well worth your money. Each movie gets the same special edition treatment it had before. The difference between this new edition and the old double-feature is the increased audio and video quality and the preview for Once Upon A Time In Mexico. El Mariachi is a great piece of low-budget film-art and the special features accompanying that disc are great for film fans. I also recommend Robert Rodriguez's book ('Rebel without a crew...') Desperado is the high-budget version of El Mariachi. Banderas and Hayek kicking much buttocks in that film, and once again, the extras are good. NOW, should you buy this? If you already own the old double-feature disc, you don't get anything particularly new and you will have the same thing twice. BUT if you don't have these movies yet on DVD, GET THEM! These belong into every good collection!
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Summary: Both are spectacular, but "El Mariachi" was a step ahead.
Review: Both of these movies are great in their own rights, but I feel that "El Mariachi" is a step ahead. Antonio is super-cool in "Desperado," but in "Mariachi," Carlos Gallardo presents a character that all people can identify with. He's not the vengeful, super-suave killer that was in "Desperado," but a regular guy, just looking for work, caught in a bad situation he didn't create. Good flicks.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Desperado is just a kickass movie. It is ealily one of the best action movies around. It isn't the kind of action movie that stars some kind of buffed up mega god who weilds machine guns and can't be killed, it is much more inteligent. The action is Smart, the directing is unique, and the whole film is just very energetic and origanal. Favortie scenes include the roof top battle, and of course, the "band" battle A doulbe bonus is that this copy also comes with El mariachi. This film also rocks, and the fact that it was made for only $7000 dollars just makes it even more mind boggeling. Overall, if you are the kind of person who cant stand regular hollywood filth, but require more of an action movie, this dvd is one you need
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Summary: BOTH MOVIES ARE INCREDIBLE! DEFINITELY WORTH THE $$$!
Review: El Mariachi is a crowning acheivement for independent film makers. Made for about $7,000, Robert Rodriguez (the director) used his friends and family as cast and crew for the film. He truly shows how one doesn't need a huge Hollywood budget to make an incredible action film. It is full of laughs and thrills and YOU WILL LOVE IT! Desperado was released several years later, once Rodriguez had become known after El Mariachi and Bedhead (his first film - a short - also included on this DVD - so it's really a 3 for 1 deal!). This time, Columbia/TriStar put in $3 million for the budget, so Rodriguez was able to pull in Antonio Banderas (who was made for this role) and Salma Hayek (one of the most beautiful women in film today). While Rodriguez uses his friends in this film too (the Mariachi from the first film - Rodriguez's real-life best friend - makes a guest appearance as Banderas's friend), this one is definitely a Hollywood production. But it is still FANTASTIC! El Mariachi has more slap-stick comedy combined with the action, whereas the humor in Desperado comes more from the ridiculousness of the action and plot. But the fact that it is not believable does not detract at all from the film. It loses nothing because of that; in fact, it gains everything from it. Both movies are extremely violent and not for people who don't like action movies, but they are both honestly worth the time and money. The quality of the DVD is also incredible! The sound and video is crystal clear and LOUD! Both films are on 1 double-sided DVD and each is in Widescreen. It also includes Rodriguez's short film "Bedhead" and several Director's Commentaries and extra featurettes! This DVD is packed! It is what DVD was made for! DEFINITELY BUY THIS DVD!!! IT IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY!!!
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