Desperado
He came back to settle the score with someone. Anyone. EVERYONE.
El 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, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown.With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
- Worldwide
- $25M
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Cast
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El 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, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
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Box Office & Release
Desperado returned 3.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Aug 25, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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