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Summary: Natural born tequilas
Review: Tossing his stallion's mane with every choreographed step, Antonio Banderas walks a perfect line between smouldering sexiness and ultra-camp machismo, all clicking flamenco heels and flamboyant matador twirls. One minute he's pulling fiery Spanish licks from a battered acoustic guitar, the next he's marching determinedly through a firestorm of bullets. With a pump-action shotgun in one hand and serious haircare products in the other, he's a man possessed, a latino Clint Eastwood rolling into town to blast the scum off the streets.Steve Buscemi is the mariachi's edgy sidekick, brilliantly setting the film's semi-mythic tone with a hilarious pre-credits monologue. Quentin Tarantino plays a sleazy drug dealer, delivering terrifically vulgar quips to camera while bodies pile up around him. Desperado is so much more than an action film. It's a modern Western; a black comedy romance; an explosive cocktail of pastiches and homages to everyone from Peckinpah to Leone, Almodovar, John Woo and--of course--Tarantino. But the action is nevertheless ample and noteworthy, handled with a balletic subtlety and eye-boggling invention which acknowledges Tarantino and his Hong Kong mentors without succumbing to imitation. Superheated bouts of mass gunplay are orchestrated almost musically, with style, rhythm and immense attention to detail. With Los Lobos cranking out turbo-charged latin-surf riffs throughout its pounding soundtrack, Desperado is a dazzling operatic riot of sound and fury and sweat and mud and guts. This dynamite rockn'n'rollercoaster of a film will leave your brain dancing a blood-splattered lambada for weeks afterwards.
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Summary: Superbit is a real improvement
Review: Robert Rodriguez remakes himself after El Mariachi, but in Desperado the spirit of his original work was crushed down by self-indulgence. The first 30 minutes are funny and entertaining, then the rhythm disappears.
This DVD edition is superlative. I've never seen - and never heard - anything better. This DVD proves Superbit is a real improvement because the original DVD edition of Desperado was really a good one: the betterment both in audio and video is substantial. I'd like to add a note about the DTS track: well, this movie can be boring, but the audio experience offers listening pleasure and continuous surprise and enjoyment.
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Summary: Rodrigez puts great cast in interesting film.
Review: first off before i start telling you about the film im going to list the cast. Antinio Bandares, Salma Heyeck,Steve Buscimi, Cheech Marin and Quinton Tarantino. Yep, Robert Rodrigez as well as in From dusk till dawn, always knows how to put a cast together. The only thing that i did not like about this film is how fast some of these hudge stars i just listed, die (...). It had a very shoot-em-up/gun kick (...) way about it. I recomend giving this movie a shot. But it probobly wont be the best Rodrigez film you will ever see.
RATED R for: violence, lauguge, and a scene of strong sexuality/nudity.
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Summary: Thumbs Up for Superbit
Review: I admit I was a bit skeptical about how much improvement I'd see with the Superbit version of "Desperado," especially on a nice but not extraordinary 32" Sony TV (but very good speakers). Glad to say, though, that I did notice significant improvement, not so much in the clarity of picture as in the truer colors. I also preferred the new DTS soundtrack over the old 5.1; the sound seemed to have better presence. It's a pretty severe features hit, though. My old version of "Desperado" is the one with "El Mariachi" on the flip side, plus there's a Robert Rodriguez commentary and a couple short featurettes. On the other hand, I haven't really dug into those features very deeply, and that disc is quite a bit more expensive. If the movie is what you want and you have a decent system with good sound, the Superbit is worth going for.
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Summary: DESPERADO SUPERBIT
Review: DO NOT WASTE YOR MONEY OR TIME ON THIS NEW SUPERBIT FORMAT. THE FIRST DVD DID NOT WORK AFTER CHAPTER 4 SO I BROUGHT IT BACK AND GOT A NEW COPY THAT ONE ALSO DID NOT WORK AFTER CHAPTER 4. COLUMBIA THINKS IT CAN PUT A FANCY NAME ON A DVD COVER CHARGE US MORE FOR IT AND THEN FORGET ABOUT QUALITY. WHAT COLUMBIA FORGOT IS THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD BUY A SUPERBIT DVD IS SOMEONE WHO TRULY IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL IN A DVD. THIS PURE PERFORMANCE IS A TOTAL LET DOWN. DESPERADO/10 SUPERBIT/0
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Summary: YEECH!!!! Violenced for its own sake.
Review: Mass killing and destruction with no point. Also has miserable acting. Amazingly in typical "John Woo" movie fashion the hero survives hundreds of gun shots fired at him along with several deadly knives. The horrible thing about violent movies like this is that it glorifys violence. Impressionable people think that it would be okay to engage in fights like this.
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Summary: Desperado is great for latinos (vatos). Gringos too.
Review: This video is out on loan right now to my favorite lady "Judy". I hope I get it back soon. Salma Heyek is at her best as a co-star. I still like her in "Roadracers" though. Rodreguez films really hit the mark. Guns, guns, guns. Antonio Banderas is the gunman (Desperado) don't get in his way.
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Summary: Very amusing nonsense
Review: This is one of those films you think is going to be bad, but it is really very amusing. The acting is just great and you have to laugh at Banderas - all he is trying to do is to get his man and people keep trying to kill him! The choreographed action is both gripping and amusing at the same time - sure it is violent, but it is not "real" violence - this is meant to entertain. Salma Hayek is just luscious too. My only quibble with the film is its ending which is very much an anticlimax. The plot IS cartoon like - but that is the point - this film is played for laughs. I liked the American tourists in the heavy Mexican bar not leaving a tip due to bad service - priceless. This film made me chuckle all the way through. If you get the humor in films like Robocop and Starship Troopers you will like this one too.
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Summary: A CLASS ACT
Review: When I first saw this movie I thought it was alright, it suffised as a good action movie. But after the third time of watching it I am still really enjoying it. It helps that its got the hottest girl in the universe as the lead female. But even without her it would still be amazing. The only downside is in places it is difficult to hear what Antonio Banderas is saying unless you listen to the film with the volume turned up fairly loudly, but in my view this makes the action sequences that much cooler. My mate thinks this film is thoroughly cheesy and anyone who watches it should be shot on site, if you have a friend like me then I pity you, because like me, your mate has no taste in films. This film may have a couple of pretty cheesy bits, one in particular, but that does not change the fact that this film deserves a lot of praise. All I can say is it's another triumph for Banderas. WELL DONE !!!!!!
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Summary: DESPERADO
Review: DESPERADO is without a doubt, one of the best action movies I've ever seen. A mysterious musician walks into a small Mexican town with a guitar case full of guns, searching for the main drug dealer that is responsible for his girlfriend's death. A standard death wish/revenge story that is helped with good performances, wild stunts, crazy action sequences, bad-a$$ weapons, and some campy humor thrown in for good measure. If you like action movies, this is defintly one you have to check out!
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