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Desperado
Special Edition
Genre: Action Adventure

Reviewed In Issue 82 (Mar 2004) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin & Quentin Tarantino

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 5
DD Sound Rating: 4.5
DTS Sound Rating: NA
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Reference Systems
Critics' Composite Score: 3
Internet Links
http://www.sonypictures.com

Special Features
Special features include audio commentary by director Robert Rodriguez, a Ten More Minutes: Anatomy Of A Shootout featurette, a four-minute sneak peak for Once Upon A Time In Mexico (the same sneak peak as on El Mariachi), filmographies, and trailers. As with the


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
(Catalog Number): 09961
(MPAA Rating): R
(Rating Reason):

Strong bloody violence, a strong sex sequence and language
(Retail Price): $19.95
(DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
(Running Time In Minutes): 104
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 1995
(Theatrical Release): Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release): No
(DVD Release Date): 08/26/03
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Robert Rodriguez
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Banderas is the Mariachi with no name in "Desperado," the much-anticipated studio budgeted follow-up to the critically acclaimed 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 DVD (framed at 1.85:1) looks very similar to the Superbit

Soundtrack:
The Dolby

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