Desperado
Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film written, co-produced, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the second part of Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy. It stars Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Desperado grossed $58 million worldwide. It has been cited as Salma Hayek's breakout role.
Plot
At the Tarasco bar in Mexico, an American man named Buscemi tells the story of witnessing a massacre in another bar, committed by a Mexican who had a guitar case full of guns. The bar's patrons are uninterested until Buscemi mentions the name "Bucho". Meanwhile, El Mariachi has a dream of his encounter with Moco, Bucho's underling, who killed his lover and shot his left hand, but Buscemi awakens him and tells him to continue searching for Bucho.
More details
| author | Robert Rodriguez |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico |
| director | Robert Rodriguez |
| editor | Robert Rodriguez |
| events | Mexican cartel revenge |
| genre | action western |
| keywords | ambush build burning building church drug dealing el mariachi encounter with moco even follow guitar case gun battle hotel room hunt injured kill morning mule mule drugs older brother on the road pick up search shoot their way wound |
| musicBy | Tito Larriva |
| producer | Bill Borden Robert Rodriguez |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Troublemaker Studios#Los Hooligans Productions |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Mexico |
| theme | sequel |