Desperado [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Lowest New Price: £9.30
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  • Total New: 3
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  • Actor : Antonio Banderas
  • Actor : Salma Hayek
  • Actor : Joaquim de Almeida
  • Actor : Cheech Marin
  • Actor : Steve Buscemi
  • Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Antonio Banderas
  • Creator : Salma Hayek
  • Creator : Carlos Gallardo
  • Creator : Guillermo Navarro
  • Creator : Robert Rodriguez
  • Creator : Robert Rodriguez
  • Creator : Robert Rodriguez
  • Creator : Bill Borden
  • Creator : Elizabeth Avellan
  • Director : Robert Rodriguez
  • EAN : 9780767879545
  • Format : Anamorphic
  • Format : Closed-captioned
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : Dolby
  • Format : DTS Surround Sound
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : Subtitled
  • Format : Widescreen
  • Format : NTSC
  • Is Adult Product? : No
  • ISBN : 0767879546
  • Label : Sony Pictures
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Subtitled: Spanish, Subtitled: French, Subtitled: Portuguese, Subtitled: Georgian, Subtitled: Chinese, Subtitled: Thai, Original Language: English
  • Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
  • MPN : COLD07576D
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.60 inches (Height) x 7.50 inches (Length) x 0.30 pounds (Weight) x 5.30 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : COLD07576D
  • Picture Format : Anamorphic Widescreen
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : Sony Pictures
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2001-10-09
  • Running Time : 104
  • SKU : 84,B00005NRNC,7.0,B00005NRNC,02
  • Studio : Sony Pictures
  • UPC : 043396075764

It's Sergio Leone meets Sam Peckinpah meets Quentin Tarantino in this ultra-violent, mythological shoot-'em-up by auteur Robert Rodriguez. In Desperado, Rodriguez creates larger-than-life, genre-tweaking stock characters and puts them through their paces. As they stride bravely through an Old West lightly dusted with camp humour, they're periodically called upon to nimbly dodge bullets and fireballs through outrageously choreographed displays of Hollywood pyrotechnics. In this bigger-budget semi-remake/semi-sequel to Rodriguez's indie sensation, El Mariachi (made, famously, for $7,000), Antonio Banderas is the darkly charismatic El Mariachi, the Mysterious Stranger in town; Steve Buscemi is perfectly cast as his weasely, motor-mouth Comic Sidekick, laying the groundwork for El Mariachi's entrance by spinning saloon stories to build up his legend; Cheech Marin is a standout as the Bartender, who really knows how to handle a toothpick; and gorgeous Salma Hayek is, well, the Girl--treated to the kind of full-blown, slow-movement introduction the movies traditionally lavish on beautiful new stars. It doesn't add up to much but it's a kick. --Jim Emerson

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Antonio Banderas is the titular Desperado out for revenge against the drug-lord responsible for the death of his girlfriend in Robert Rodriguez's semi-sequel, semi-remake of his debut El Mariachi (1992). Set in a Mexican town, this is a contemporary Western that combines elements familiar from classic Sam Peckinpah movies with the post-Reservoir Dogs school of film-making. With a threadbare story and unbelievable characters acting in unbelievable ways the result is a repulsively blood-soaked comic-book treatment, in which the best scenes are bar-stool monologues by Steve Buscemi and Quentin Tarantino. The film also introduced Salma Hayek to English-speaking audiences. She's incandescently sensual here and survived a farcical rock-video-style sex scene to become a Rodriguez regular. On the DVD: Desperado is a Superbit DVD, meaning maximum disc space has been given to the film, with a data rate close to double that of a normal DVD, no extras and just a choice between Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 soundtracks. The 1.78:1 anamorphically enhanced transfer is virtually flawless, with excellent detail, accurate colours and a refreshing absence of grain. The Dolby Digital soundtrack is very good and the DTS even better, though as this comparatively low-budget film was originally released in stereo it's not state-of-the-art even when remixed. Only those with high-end home cinema set-ups are likely to notice significant technical improvements over a standard DVD version. --Gary S. Dalkin

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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