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The movie follows a mysterious guitar player as he seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend. During his quest for justice, he faces down countless deadly killers and finds time for romantic tension with a beautiful woman.
What Rodriguez has essentially done in Desperado is make a slicker, more expensive copy of what came before. And what looked promising for $7,000 looks tiresome for a whole lot more.
Desperado, which is nothing but set pieces, snoozes between its scenes of carnage.
January 01, 2000
EmanuelLevy.Com
A slicker, more expensive version than El Mariach, except that what was promising and charming for $7,000 now looks tiresome and repetitious for $7 million
Desperado is best when Rodriguez lets his playful side cut through the blare of a born filmmaker indulging his first chance at high-end Hollywood fireworks.
May 12, 2001
Reno Gazette-Journal
Desperado has merit as a guilty pleasure, but when the violence and action grow tiresome, the film has nothing to hang its hat on.
September 26, 2003
TV Guide
Rodriguez's follow-up is unquestionably formulaic but mercifully free of the flat dialogue and arch one-liners that undermine so many action films.
Rodriguez's second feature may be a rambling, derivative exercise in gratuitous violence, but its determination to proceed as if the word 'restraint' never existed makes for gleeful entertainment.