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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 06/25/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: Korean, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 10 Genres: Action, Action Thriller, Gangster Film See Also: Desperado [Superbit], Desperado [Special Edition], Desperado [UMD for PSP]

Director Robert Rodriguez picks up where his successful independent debut El Mariachi left off with this slam-bang South of the Border action saga. Bucho (Joaquim DeAlmeida) is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the mistake of angering El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), a former musician who now carries an arsenal in his guitar case. Bucho was responsible for the death of El Mariachi's girlfriend and put a bullet through his fretting hand, making him unable to play the guitar. Bent on revenge, the musician-turned-killing machine arrives in town to put Bucho out of business, though he finds few allies except for Carolina (Salma Hayek), who runs a bookstore that doesn't seem to attract many readers. Desperado features supporting performances from Cheech Marin as a cynical bartender, Steve Buscemi as the cantina patron who sets up the story, and Quentin Tarantino as a man with a really terrible joke to tell. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Antonio Banderas - El Mariachi
Salma Hayek - Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida - Bucho
Cheech Marin - Short Bartender
Steve Buscemi - Buscemi
Quentin Tarantino - Pick-up Guy

Robert Rodriguez's high-octane follow-up to his low-budget hit El Mariachi, Desperado, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves he original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while French, Spanish, and a second English soundtrack are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish and Korean subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but the picture and sound quality on this Columbia/TriStar release are superb. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide