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Director {|Robert Rodriguez|} picks up where his successful independent debut El Mariachi left off with this slam-bang South of the Border action saga. Bucho ({|Joaquim DeAlmeida|}) is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules a seedy Mexican border town. Bucho and his men make the mistake of angering El Mariachi ({|Antonio Banderas|}), a former musician who now carries an arsenal in his guitar case. Bucho was responsible for the death of El Mariachi's girlfriend and put a bullet through his fretting hand, making him unable to play the guitar. Bent on revenge, the musician-turned-killing machine arrives in town to put Bucho out of business, though he finds few allies except for Carolina ({|Salma Hayek|}), who runs a bookstore that doesn't seem to attract many readers. Desperado features supporting performances from {|Cheech Marin|} as a cynical bartender, {|Steve Buscemi|} as the cantina patron who sets up the story, and {|Quentin Tarantino|} as a man with a really ter