Desperado

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	Antonio Banderas	El Mariachi
	Salma Hayek	Carolina
	Joaquim de Almeida	Bucho
	Cheech Marin	Short Bartender
	Steve Buscemi	Buscemi
	Carlos Gómez	Right Hand
	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
	Mike Moroff	Shrug
	Robert Arevalo	Opponent
	Gerardo Moscoso	Priest
	Peter Marquardt	Moco
	Consuelo Gomez	Domino
	Jaime de Hoyos	Bigoton
	Cristos	Cristos
	Richie Gaona	Case Opener
	Mark Dalton	Fighting Barfly
	Tommy Nix	Fighting Barfly

Crew View all

Director	Robert Rodriguez
Writer	Robert Rodriguez
Producer	Elizabeth Avellan, Bill Borden, Carlos Gallardo, Robert Rodriguez
Musician	Los Lobos
Photography	Guillermo Navarro

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Story Synopsis:
Banderas is the Mariachi with no name in this much-anticipated studio budgeted follow-up to the critically acclaimed 1992 El Mariachi. This time, the 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 (De Almeida) for an action-packed bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of a friend (Buscemi) and a beautiful bookstore owner (Hayek), the Mariachi tracks Bucho and takes on his army of desperadoes. (Suzanne Hodges)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced Superbit DVD (framed at 1.85:1) looks better than the previously released DVD due to a new transfer and higher bit rate. Colors are more naturally rendered, while retaining the “hot, sultry” color scheme. Overall, the improvements are generally subtle, but vast improvements are occasionally noticed. Fleshtones don’t have the reddish tinge as on the previous version. Some edge enhancement is detected. The picture is quite solid and should be quite pleasing. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack is a new encoding at 448 kbps (previously at 384 kbps). While the previous DVD soundtrack was certainly impressive, this new Dolby Digital offering is even better, delivering clearer tonality in the midrange, as well as overall slightly improved fidelity. The DTS Digital Surround seems to be an even further refinement in terms of midrange resolution, and also spatial coherence. However, the Dolby Digital audio slightly excels in terms of low-end punch and impact. Otherwise, both soundtracks are terrific and wonderfully enhanced. Aggressive split surround envelopment is effective with a nicely directionalized presence. The soundfield, however, never achieves a holosonic image because the sound effects are so channel-specific that there is no side or back wall phantom imaging. Sound effects are recorded in stereo; and the music score is vibrant with a wide soundstage presence and natural bass extension, enhanced with .1 LFE. (Perry Sun)


This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality

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