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Desperado (1995)

Desperado poster
Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
Cast
Vincent Zhao, Cai Wen Jing, Liu Yu Xin, Chen Hao (actor), Song Yun Hao
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film, vigilante film, contemporary Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 3,173 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A musician turned gunslinger hunts down the drug lord responsible for his lover's death. He fights through a series of brutal shootouts in a dusty Mexican border town.

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What happens

Desperado is a 1995 American neo-Western action film written, co-produced, edited, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. A sequel to El Mariachi (1993) and it is the second installment 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 on 25 May 1995. Desperado grossed $58 million worldwide, and received mixed to positive reviews. Co-starring Salma Hayek, it has been cited as her breakout role in anglophonic American film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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