1995 · action · crime
Desperado
Directed by Robert Rodriguez1h 44m1995
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
Our read: Desperado (1995) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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