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Bandido (2004)

Bandido poster
Directed by
Roger Christian
Genre
action film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A skilled thief named Max Cruz is framed by the CIA. They force him to help them recover stolen intelligence data from a Mexican crime lord.

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What happens

Bandido ("Bandit") is a 2004 action thriller film written by Scott Duncan and Carlos Gallardo and directed by Roger Christian. The story revolves around the CIA framing skilled thief Max Cruz, a.k.a. "Bandido" (Gallardo), in order to gain his cooperation in helping them recover intelligence data that was stolen by Beno Gildemontes (Kim Coates), a Mexican Crime lord. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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