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Actors: Antonio Banderas, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Desperado |
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Guy comes to town looking for old nemesis. Guy shoots lots of people. In the process guy falls in love with girl.
--Sasha B, Resident Scholar
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The hero from El Mariachi is back and out for revenge. In the previous movie his girlfriend was murdered and he suffered a horrible injury. Now Mariachi is hunting the drug dealers behind it in this mediocre sequel to the awesome, El Mariachi. And this time the villain is his own brother, the most powerful drug dealer in all of Mexico.
--Ken Carper, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Desperado |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- drug dealers
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 20%
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- building
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- use of artificial tools
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- run over
- flamed
- impaled
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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