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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
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
The camera loves Banderas -- a velvet stud -- as much as it did the young Clint Eastwood. Read full review
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
Nothing but set pieces, snoozes between its scenes of carnage. Read full review
Search for some independent inspiration, and you'll be looking for a long time. Read full review
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
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
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
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
A weakly comic splatter movie oversupplied with jokey, cartoonish violence. Read full review