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title: "Desperado/El Mariachi"
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# Desperado/El Mariachi

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Product Description Deperado - Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin and Quentin Tarantino star in this stylish shoot-’em-up described as a south-of-the-border PULP FICTION, now remastered in high definition for Blu-ray™. Writer/director Robert Rodriguez follows up his legendary debut film, EL MARIACHI, with this sexy sequel about a mysterious guitar player (Banderas) search desertcart.com El Mariachi This first film by twenty-four-year-old Robert Rodriguez was made for seven thousand dollars, and part of its enormous charm is that it really looks like a seven-thousand-dollar movie. It's a grubby little thriller, set in a Mexican border town, about a wandering mariachi musician (Carlos Gallardo) who is mistaken for a killer. The picture is a virtually unbroken series of chases and shoot-outs, and the non-stop action should be tiresome, but it isn't. Rodriguez establishes a delirious pace, and keeps the bullets flying and the corpses crumpling for a brisk, and appropriately terse, eighty-two minutes. The movie has the sort of dry, bracingly unwholesome humor that relentless mayhem can produce if the characters are mean and abject enough and the storytelling is speedy and laconic. This young filmmaker is no visual wizard; he's just an energetic and imaginative manipulator of tried-and-true genre conventions. But if you enter his seedy world with expectations as low as the picture's aspirations, you'll probably have a very good time. Also with Reinol Martinez, Consuelo Gómez, and Peter Marquardt. In Spanish. -Terrence Rafferty Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker Desperado Director Robert Rodriguez follows up his cult feature "El Mariachi" with a similar story in an identical setting, throws in a big star, and comes up with the same old thing-fun with guns. The plot is not exactly Balzacian in its complexity: we watch the Mariachi kill a large number of unshaven men and go to bed with a smooth-skinned beauty as he moves toward an ultimate and rather tedious act of vengeance. What fun there is derives from the smart editing (Rodriguez did his own cutting, and he's quicker on the draw than most of the pistol-packers) and from Antonio Banderas, who, stepping neatly into the Mariachi's boots, lends irony and calm, and even a trace of sweetness, to a nothing role. Without him the picture would remain a hollow, high-speed exercise in style. (Fans of Quentin Tarantino will note with delight that their idol has a small supporting role. Foes will note with equal delight that he gets shot in the head.) -Anthony Lane Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Review: A great combo for those who have only seen Desperado - Two movies for a great price. Now the movies: I have owned Desprado on DVD for a while and love the movie. I would give it more than five stars if I could. As for El Marachi surprisingly another fine Robert Rodriguez film. Frankly I never before had heard and believed that it was Desperado but in Spanish. I was wrong and found out what El's motivation for killing drug dealers came from. Thank goodness the film was transferred as is and was not ruined with a computerized enhancement. You see the grain of the film which added grittiness to the film. The only thing that I highly recommend that you turn on the English subtitles and listen to the original Spanish audio. The English dub track is Godawful you will enjoy the film much better. As an avid anime and Chinese Kung Fu fan I have heard worse dub tracks and this is the same. You will get more enjoyment and the translation of the subtitles give more depth to the story then listening to the dubbed audio. In wanting to match lips to dialog inevitably is butchered when English I'd synced to the film. All that said both films are trademark Robert Rodriguez movies. These are not masterpieces in need of an award, but they are great action films for guys to enjoy with humor mixed in with the blood and guts. I am happy these were released together. Otherwise I most likely would have watched it on cable with the horrible English dub. Even though it is said that Once Upon A Time In Mexico is the finale of the movies it does nothing but embarrass Robert Rodrigez. I am sure it was made with a bigger budget and they tried to make up for the poor script with some big named actors and blood and guts. These two are all you need to see IMHO
Review: Terrific pair of films - El Mariachi is Robert Rodriguez's first commercial effort, but it is amazing in that the brilliance that inhabits his later works are already on display. The film is a little unpolished compared to the later ones, but it is very effective none-the-less and provides a good starting point for the subsequent films 'Desperado' and 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico". The English dubbing isn't bad either, which always helps. Desperado is fabulous. Antonio Banderas is perfect as the now very intense El Mariachi. The story is great. It bristles with humour and intelligence, which are true for all Robert Rodriquez's efforts. I'm making an assumption, but some of the gunfight scenes owe a little to John Woo. However, at the end of the second gunfight (the first is narrated by 'the American'), I've never seen gunfighters picking up the weapons of the fallen and so consistently having them not work. It's very funny in a bloody sort of way. The collection did not include 'Once Upon A Time In Mexico', which, believe it or not, is even better. I recommend watching all 3 in a mini Robert Rodriguez film festival. You will not only see 3 excellent films (of their genre, of course), but have an opportunity to see a great director develop his craft. Very highly recommended.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B0048LVDHG |
| Aspect Ratio  | 1.85:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #126,088 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #8,097 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (764) |
| Director  | Robert Rodriguez |
| Dubbed:  | English, French, Spanish |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Item model number  | 15760562 |
| MPAA rating  | R (Restricted) |
| Media Format  | Subtitled |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.24 ounces |
| Release date  | January 4, 2011 |
| Run time  | 3 hours and 6 minutes |
| Studio  | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Subtitles:  | English, French, Spanish |

## Product Details

- **Contributor:** Robert Rodriguez
- **Format:** Subtitled
- **Genre:** Action & Adventure
- **Language:** English, Spanish
- **Runtime:** 3 hours and 6 minutes

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great combo for those who have only seen Desperado
*by D***X on January 6, 2012*

Two movies for a great price. Now the movies: I have owned Desprado on DVD for a while and love the movie. I would give it more than five stars if I could. As for El Marachi surprisingly another fine Robert Rodriguez film. Frankly I never before had heard and believed that it was Desperado but in Spanish. I was wrong and found out what El's motivation for killing drug dealers came from. Thank goodness the film was transferred as is and was not ruined with a computerized enhancement. You see the grain of the film which added grittiness to the film. The only thing that I highly recommend that you turn on the English subtitles and listen to the original Spanish audio. The English dub track is Godawful you will enjoy the film much better. As an avid anime and Chinese Kung Fu fan I have heard worse dub tracks and this is the same. You will get more enjoyment and the translation of the subtitles give more depth to the story then listening to the dubbed audio. In wanting to match lips to dialog inevitably is butchered when English I'd synced to the film. All that said both films are trademark Robert Rodriguez movies. These are not masterpieces in need of an award, but they are great action films for guys to enjoy with humor mixed in with the blood and guts. I am happy these were released together. Otherwise I most likely would have watched it on cable with the horrible English dub. Even though it is said that Once Upon A Time In Mexico is the finale of the movies it does nothing but embarrass Robert Rodrigez. I am sure it was made with a bigger budget and they tried to make up for the poor script with some big named actors and blood and guts. These two are all you need to see IMHO

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrific pair of films
*by T***R on January 20, 2014*

El Mariachi is Robert Rodriguez's first commercial effort, but it is amazing in that the brilliance that inhabits his later works are already on display. The film is a little unpolished compared to the later ones, but it is very effective none-the-less and provides a good starting point for the subsequent films 'Desperado' and 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico". The English dubbing isn't bad either, which always helps. Desperado is fabulous. Antonio Banderas is perfect as the now very intense El Mariachi. The story is great. It bristles with humour and intelligence, which are true for all Robert Rodriquez's efforts. I'm making an assumption, but some of the gunfight scenes owe a little to John Woo. However, at the end of the second gunfight (the first is narrated by 'the American'), I've never seen gunfighters picking up the weapons of the fallen and so consistently having them not work. It's very funny in a bloody sort of way. The collection did not include 'Once Upon A Time In Mexico', which, believe it or not, is even better. I recommend watching all 3 in a mini Robert Rodriguez film festival. You will not only see 3 excellent films (of their genre, of course), but have an opportunity to see a great director develop his craft. Very highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 STARS FOR EL MARIACHI!!!! Desperado pails in comparison.
*by A***R on December 12, 2017*

I bought this for El Mariachi, I heard Robert Rodriguez made it for $7,000 and that it was good. I watched it and was suprised, it's pretty great, such raw passion, such fire.... Carlos Gallardo played a fantastic Mariachi and It's just an amazing little gem! Buy it for this movie alone! Desperado is not the same story. Because El Mariachi was so sucessful and so cheap, they threw 7 million at the sequel and well, it's nowhere near as entertaining El Mariachi. Desperado feels unfocused, has too many jokes, and Antonio Banderas doesn't hold a candle to Carlos as the Mariachi. It looks nicer and has better effects, but I feel no passion. In short Buy for El Mariachi, and maybe you might like Desperado.

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