Desperado (1995)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Antonio Banderas	...	El Mariachi
	Salma Hayek	...	Carolina
	Joaquim de Almeida	...	Bucho
	Cheech Marin	...	Short Bartender
	Steve Buscemi	...	Buscemi
	Carlos Gómez	...	Right Hand (as Carlos Gomez)
	Quentin Tarantino	...	Pick-up Guy
	Tito Larriva	...	Tavo
	Angel Aviles	...	Zamira
	Danny Trejo	...	Navajas
	Abraham Verduzco	...	Niño
	Carlos Gallardo	...	Campa
	Albert Michel Jr.	...	Quino
	David Alvarado	...	Buddy
	Angela Lanza	...	Tourist Girl

Storyline

With this sequel to his prize-winning independent previous film, "El Mariachi," director Robert Rodriquez joins the ranks of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo as a master of slick, glamorized ultra-violence. We pick up the story as a continuation of "El Mariachi," where an itinerant musician, looking for work, gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love, corruption, and death. This time, he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand, which occurred at the end of the earlier movie. However, the plot is recapitulated, and again, a case of mistaken identity leads to a very high body count, involvement with a beautiful woman who works for the local drug lord, and finally, the inevitable face-to-face confrontation and bloody showdown. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>  

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