Review of Desperado (1995) by Debanjan C — 12 Dec 2009

This isn't much of a plot, but if you want depth of story, try Merchant/Ivory. Banderas has never had a role this cool since, and Hayek has only topped herself here once, in From Dusk Till Dawn. Too bad it took so long to get these two back together again, but at least we have Once Upon a Time in Mexico coming out. de Almeida seems a little too suave and elegant to be a drug lord, but his increasing paranoia and frustration is fun to watch.

Is it ludicrous in places? Sure. How can a six-foot-plus man walk along a bar and not get hit by a single bullet? Plus, his fall from one building to another late in the movie violates several laws of physics and gravity. But who cares when there's plenty of stylish ass-kicking and Salma Hayek's flesh on display? Robert Rodriguez got a $50 million movie out of his $7 million budget.