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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    The commercial transition has been remarkably successful. This is primarily thanks to Rodriguez, who not only retains the original movie's kinetic flair, but takes it further. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The camera loves Banderas -- a velvet stud -- as much as it did the young Clint Eastwood. Read full review

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The stunts dazzle until you miss the low-key charm and cost-conscious inventiveness of the original. 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. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Nothing but set pieces, snoozes between its scenes of carnage. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Search for some independent inspiration, and you'll be looking for a long time. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I was pleased again and again by set-ups, camera angles, lighting effects, editing rhythms and the fanciful staging of action scenes. But I never for a moment cared about the characters, and the plot was all too conveniently structured - just a guideline to the action. Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Desperado also has some entertaining twists, some sexy goings-on, but on the whole, watching the film is about as much fun as sitting on a cactus. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    Could scarcely be more dazzling on a purely visual level, but it's mortally anemic in the story, character and thematic departments. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Like "The Quick and the Dead," Desperado wavers uneasily between myth making and parody, so that too many scenes drag on long after they've lost their punch. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A weakly comic splatter movie oversupplied with jokey, cartoonish violence. Read full review

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