 "Mariachi Extremo" | 2008-08-28 |
| - Reviewed By amp70214 |
The Good Things
*Lots of good action scenes.
*Very excellent, solid filming style and quality. A vast improvement over its predecessor "El Mariachi."
*Not a bad story.
*It's well written.
*Not bad characters. Maybe not as good or memorable as "El Mariachi," but they are fun.
*Good music.
The Bad Things
*Ummm...
The Questionable Things
*A fair amount of absurdity. Some may like it, others won't.
This sequel to is a tremendous improvement over "El Mariachi" in terms of style, action, cameramanship, and overall quality. Only the story and characters seem superior in the predecessor, but are still fun in "Desperado." Anybody who enjoys action films should enjoy this.
The DVD has very good video and sound quality. It is mostly in English; parts in Spanish are subtitled. Includes a few good special features; commentary and making-of footage. |
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| "Loud movie" | 2008-03-09 |
| - Reviewed By alska |
| He and his brothers carry guitars, to hide there guns. Everyone has a guns in this movie. |
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 "Awesome!!!" | 2007-10-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3PUVABVFI2ALV |
| Antonio,Antonio,Antonio...those eyes are to die for!!!! I could watch this movie over & over, in fact I have. My mother and I's favorite movie to watch together. He's soooo yummy!! It is also a great plot and the fight scenes are so good and gory. Typical Quentin style! |
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| "Classic Movie !" | 2007-05-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3NPMFGE8R020X |
| This movie is great; brilliant dialogue, a ridiculous number of gun fights, obscene amounts of blood and guts, great soundtrack and the best sex scene ever ..... just classic! |
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| "Best Western" | 2007-04-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: ATXJKT9N7PBOP |
| When I watched this movie, I could not believe the difference between it and El Mariachi. Not because the man from the first one looked nothing like Antonio Banderas, but becuase in el Mariachi, the effects were decent, but in Desperado, the effects were fantastic. Not only were the effects dazzling, but the cast was great as well as all of Robert's Movies. I give this movie 5 stars and higly recommend it for any QT or Robert Rodriguez fan. |
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| "morena de mi corason" | 2007-01-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A19G21FYUZW56D |
Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek - a perfect match. Maybe because of hair, cause with long hair Banderas looks like real spanish macho.
The main line of movie is very simple and entertaining. Antonio performance on guitar in beginning of movie is excellent.
Antonio bandras takes the lead role and deserves an Oscar. The violent shoot outs and action scenes are very well staged, offering something diffrent. The plot isn't convincing but it's quite original and so who cares?!
The cast is good, the script is well written and the overall film is good enough to be directed by Quentin Tarintino.
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| "A Modern Classic" | 2007-01-21 |
| - Reviewed By kman2120 |
| This movie loses a little steam near the end, but I have nothing but good things to say about this over the top, ultraviolent, pulp western...Say what you will about Banderas, but he was born to play this part. Plus we get to see Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Quentin Tarantino(his joke is hilarious...), and Salma Hayek in early or first film roles; Rodriguez is a master film technician in every way, and this movie is filled with innovative firefights and camerawork, all furiously put together with his usual trademark editing. The story is pretty bare bones, but it's the creative energy and on-the-mark performances that make this one of my top 10 favorites. Best bar shoot-out ever!! Sure, it's B-grade stuff...but classic nonetheless. |
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| "A Violent But Entertaining Film!" | 2006-10-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2F5PAC9I5SCG6 |
This is a film for required tastes only. It will probably not appeal to the vast audience out there. First of all, the film is very violent. And when I say violent, well, I think half the towns Antonio Banderas visited in the film were depleted of the entire male population. However, it's also very funny at the same time. Not comedy funny, but dark-comedy. A guitar playing, gun wielding Mariachi player on the hunt for the man who wronged him is not a film you see everyday. OK, I know the film is bloody and violent, but that is the nature of this film. I found it entertaining and amusing at the same time. Especially the character of Steve Buscemi: the sometime confidant and messenger to Antonio Banderas.
As I wrote in the beginning, the film is very violent and bloody, therefore, this film might not be up your alley. And I must admit, the first time I saw the film I really didn't care for it. However, on a second viewing I did. This film will not appeal to all audiences. However, if you like silly movies with no real plot but interesting characters and some funny dialogue, then this film is for you. Moreover, I found the film funny and outrageous: Especially the idiots who work for the drug Lord Bucho, played by Joaquim de Almeida. There are many parts of the film which made me laugh. Especially in the beginning of the film, when Steve Buscemi makes conversation with the bar owner (Cheech Marin) of the drug house he is visiting. The film is recommended with extreme caution. |
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| "The Best Action Flick of the 90's" | 2006-07-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1II2NR3KS1OJ9 |
| Well i watched this movie when i was 12 or 13 at the time, but through out the years i still have it in my mind as the most enjoyable action movie ever.... |
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| "The Most Super of Superbit DVDs" | |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
| This week I had an opportunity to take a look at the new Superbit DVDs from Columbia Tristar. Of all the Superbit DVDs we looked at the one which clearly delivered on the Superbit promise is Desperado Superbit with a version clearly superior to the initial release. From the first scene in the movie on, the picture is remarkably improved over the original version. To give you an example of how big the difference is, when Steve Buscemi's character walks into the bar, it looks like it is lit in a murky brown light, whereas in the Superbit version the bar is clearly and evenly lit by a dark red light. I was like, "Oh, so that's what it's supposed to look like!" I found myself comparing a good number of scenes in Desperado, and clearly across the board the Desperado Superbit looked better. The key scene I selected compare between the two versions in Desperado was the one where Carolina (played by Selma Hayek) sings a song on the bed of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas). Some of the notable differences I could see: • Skin tone! Wow! In the Superbit version there's a dramatic difference in skin tone, it looks a lot richer and is a much truer color.
• As the camera pans over to Selma's face you can see much more detail in her face and on her skin.
• The colors of El Mariachi's guns are much different and they glimmer in the Superbit version. In the original version they are a dull metallic color. The DTS audio track is as dramatic a difference as the picture. Most noticeably is when El Mariachi jumps backward from the top of the building firing his pistols. In the DTS audio track you hear a thud as he lands, something I didn't hear in either the old or new Dolby Digital tracks. Of all the Superbit Titles, Desperado is the easiest to recommend as a 'replacement' DVD for someone who already owns the original version. The improvements in the Superbit version are significant enough to warrant a purchase and you don't give up anything going to Superbit, as the original release didn't have any special features. However, there was also a double feature release (yep, Superbit makes release #3), which had Desperado on one side and El Mariachi on the other, so that's a pretty huge special feature to give up (and the only way to own El Mariachi on DVD). [Geoffrey Kleinman, DVDTalk.com] |
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