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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.
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Not to be confused with ''[[Desperados]]''.
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=== This movie contains examples of: ===
* [[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]]
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: To the annoyance of all Spanish-speakers everywhere the word "desperado" is horribly mangled Spanish. The correct spelling should be "desesperado".
** 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}}.
* [[Confessional]]: Mariachi is a good Catholic, so he goes to confession after cleaning out Tarasco in the bloodiest shootout in the entire film:
{{quote| '''Mariachi:''' Bless me Father, for I have just killed quite a few men.<br />
'''Buscemi:''' No shit! }}
** It also gets [[Lampshaded]] a bit later, when the actual priest comes up to El Mariachi.
{{quote| '''Priest:''' Would you like to come to confession, my son?<br />
'''Mariachi:''' Maybe later, father; because where I am going, I would just have to come right back. }}
* [[The Danza]]: Mariachi's buddy Buscemi, played by, ummm... Steve Buscemi.
* [[Death Byby Cameo]]: Quentin Tarantino is executed quickly. Well, okay, he tells the long version of an old joke and does a lot of other pointless stuff, too.
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: Seriously, the first half hour is just "Guys telling stories in bars: The movie."
* [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: Carolina's introduction. Hey, it's Salma Hayek, they have an excuse. Judging by her reaction to the car crash, it's not the first time that's happened.
* [[Drink Order]]: El Mariachi drinks soda. MANLY soda.
** "All I got is piss-warm Chango."
* [[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.
* [[Fake Nationality]]: In a case of [[Spexico]], Spaniard Antonio Banderas as Mexican El Mariachi.
* [[Flashback Withwith 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.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: The Mariachi uses dual Ruger [[KP 90 s]] to clean out the Tarasco Bar and to {{spoiler|kill his [[Big Bad]] brother}}.
* [[The Gunslinger]]: El Mariachi is Type C, with undertones of Type A.
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* [[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.
* [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]]: El Mariachi keeps dual Ruger KP90s up his sleeves. The KP90 is a large pistol, so the prop guns had their grips cut off to fit up his sleeves, which you can briefly see when he draws them.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Antonio Banderas]] replaces Carlos Gallardo in the role of El Mariachi, including editing him into [[Flashback Withwith the Other Darrin|flashback]] scenes from [[El Mariachi|the first movie]].
* [[Pillow Pistol]]: Mariachi does this with one of his Rugers, which concerns Buscemi:
{{quote| '''Buscemi:''' One day, you're gonna lay down too hard on that thing and blow your brains out.}}
* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: Mariachi with Quino and Campa
* [[Quick Draw]]: Mariachi does this with two full-sized .45s from his sleeves.
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** The movie also suggests that the pain is in his head and the only thing injured is his confidence.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His name is El Mariachi. You killed his girlfriend. Prepare to die.
* [[Sawed -Off Shotgun]]: El Mariachi uses this in the first major bar shootout, before switching to the Rugers for the rest of the movie.
* [[Senseless Violins]]: Multiple variations.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Deconstructed. El Mariachi has a buddy go ahead of him to towns and spread tales about him.
* [[Slipknot Ponytail]]: Mariachi often keeps his hair in a ponytail, and it unravels into a Badass look during the shootouts that he gets into.
* [[South of the Border]]
* [[Star -Making Role]]: Hello world, we'd like to introduce you to [[Antonio Banderas]].
** And [[Salma Hayek]] for that matter.
* [[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.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: In the first movie, "El" was an [[Action Survivor]] who spent most of the time on the run and only made a single kill. By the time this movie starts, he is clearing out bars and making a name for himself.
* [[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.}}
* [[Unflinching Walk]]: Mariachi and Carolina do this after tossing a grenade off a roof. [[Rule of Cool|It makes a much larger explosion than it should]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: If not for his untimely death in 1994, [[Raul Julia]] would have played Bucho.
* [[World of Badass]]
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Bucho does this to one of his underlings.
 
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
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