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[[File:t_5131_01.jpg|frame| He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.]]

 

''[[Desperado]]'' (1995), a.k.a. ''Pistolero'' in Spanish, is an action thriller film starring [[Antonio Banderas]]. It is the second movie in [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s ''Mexico'' or ''Mariachi'' Trilogy , following ''[[El Mariachi]]'' and followed by ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]''. Has the interesting distinction of being one of very few sequels to be in an entirely different language from the first movie.

Not to be confused with ''[[Desperados]]''.

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* [[Badass Spaniard]]: El Mariachi, natch. Also, given that's a [[World of Badass]], pretty much all other Mexicans.

* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: The Oro Verde and Tarasco bars, both of which were hangouts for members of Bucho's gang, and both of which get a rather violent housecleaning by El Mariachi.

* [[Blast Out]]

* [[Blown Across the Room]]

** However, the word "desperado" has its own connotations in English (likely borrowed from Spanish itself) that quite befits El Mariachi. And one can hardly accuse [[Robert Rodriguez]] of not knowing Spanish.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|It is revealed when Mariachi and Bucho finally face off that they are brothers}}.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: A variation: He ''used'' to be a Mariachi, but now is a hitman with a guitar case full of guns.

* [[Fade to White]]: Used in the climax.

* [[Flashback with the Other Darrin]]: A scene from the end of the original ''[[El Mariachi]]'' is reprised at the beginning of ''[[Desperado]]'', with Banderas in the role instead of Carlos Gallardo. It's fairly convincing.

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: The movie has an extended, passionate love scene -- one of the hottest in mainstream cinema -- between El Mariachi ([[Badass Spaniard|Antonio Banderas!]]) and Carolina ([[Hello, Nurse!|Salma Hayek!]]). Cut to the villain Bucho lying on his bed, smoking a cigar and looking bored while a prostitute bounces up and down on him. Then she kisses him and he blows smoke into her mouth, sending her into a coughing fit.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Who do you think?

* [[No Name Given]]: El Mariachi, the Short Bartender, the guy played by [[Quentin Tarantino]], and many of the other characters don't have names.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Antonio Banderas]] replaces Carlos Gallardo in the role of El Mariachi, including editing him into [[Flashback with the Other Darrin|flashback]] scenes from [[El Mariachi|the first movie]].

* [[Pillow Pistol]]: Mariachi does this with one of his Rugers, which concerns Buscemi:

* [[Suspect Is Hatless]]

* [[A Tankard of Moose Urine]]: The [[Bad Guy Bar]] has terrible beer, to keep casual customers away (it's a front for the drug smuggling operation). After one of the customers says that the beer tastes like piss, Tavo makes a crack about pissing in the beer, and based on some of the reactions people have when drinking it, it's very possible he wasn't joking.

* [[Two Shots From Behind the Bar]]: The opening shootout ends with the bartender pulling a shotgun to try to take out the Mariachi as he was walking away. As for how it turned out...

{{quote|'''Buscemi:''' ...No, man. The bartender got it worse than anybody.}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: If not for his untimely death in 1994, [[Raul Julia]] would have played Bucho.

* [[World of Badass]]

 

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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]

[[Category:Useful Notes/Mexico]]