After the moderately decent "El Mariarchi," Robert Rodriguez delivered this film, one of the most precisely executed action films I have ever seen. Every gunfight is choreographed as well as any musical dance sequence. Rodriguez masterfully shot and edited these scene for the maximum intensity possible. In fact, that one word is what really defines this film ; Intensity. Antonio Banderas proved to me longer before his critical acclaim for "Evita" (in which he is the only redeeming aspect) his ability to convey raw power and fierce emotion into every one of his scene. For a man who, at this time, hardly really had a grip on the language he was speaking, Banderas manages to push exactly the right amount of energy into every line he delivers. This man alone is just as exciting as Rodriguez's fast camera action. And so, I highly recommend this as my favorite 'popcorn ' movie. It may be little more than blood and bullets at times. But, blood and bullets have never been captured so well since Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch."
