Bandidas
by Espen Sandberg, Joachim Roenning
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Actor: Denis Arndt, Dwight Yoakam, Pen?lope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve ZahnDirector: Espen Sandberg, Joachim Roenning
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-09
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Bandidas
Movie Review: A Latina -exploitation film
Summary: 2 Stars
Two pretty girls join the revolution when the rich girl's father is poisoned and the poor girl's father is shot. A bad Texas fellow represents
the American villain who is killing and foreclosing on anybodies' place on the railroad right of way.
A criminologist from New York who is engaged to the bank owner's daughter
comes to their aid as does a priest and an ex-bank robber.
A team forms up in the Robin Hood tradition of taking from the rich and giving back to the poor.
For my money as good as the two female actresses are, this movie
was made for only gain and has nothing do do with the history
of the late 1800's in Mexico. By the start of the 1900's
Mexico which is actually as rich in resources as the United States
was being subject to foreign exploitation that ended in a long period
of revolutionary struggle. The "Animal Farm' effect is no where so
obvious as in Mexico, where to poor are kept uneducated
and their land always finding the way to richer hands.
So that two Latina actresses should be part of mocking
that history is a very sad case.
Summary of Bandidas
First screened in Europe and scheduled for limited release in the U.S., Bandidas can now be viewed by all fans of the visually stunning duo, Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek. Set in Mexico 1888, Bandidas
is a Western spoof about two women, Maria Alvarez (Penelope Cruz) and Sara Sandoval (Salma Hayek), who seek to avenge the tragedies befallen both their fathers under robber baron, Tyler Jackson (Dwight Yoakam). Jackson, employed by the Bank of New York, is sent to Mexico to buy land and open banks to the detriment of local culture. Jackson kills Sara's corrupt father, Don Diego, while bandits burn down Maria's home. The two ladies band together for the community's cause. Under the tutelage of Bill Buck (Sam Sheperd), Sara and Maria develop bank robbery skills. When criminologist, Quentin Cooke (Steve Zahn), hunts them, they convert him with their strong moral sense and good looks. Like any Thelma and Louise-ish tale of women who take charge, Maria and Sara are foil characters who eventually become an invincible, sisterly team. This comedy is built around their bickering. For Sara, with European education and penchant of designer clothing, Maria is a hick who lacks refinement, yet Maria, horse whisperer, can fire a gun. The slapstick is overkill, for example when Sara wonders whether a bandana is Gucci or Prada. However, viewers will love Penelope Cruz on horseback and the two actresses practice-kissing their foe in a brothel. Bandidas is a light film with some laughs and mucho sex appeal. -- Trinie Dalton
Beyond Bandidas
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Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz have never been sexier as they team up for this hilarious, action-packed western! Determined to avenge the deaths of their fathers, Sara Sandoval (Hayek) and Maria Alvarez (Cruz) vow to seize the ill-gotten gains of robber baron Tyler Jackson (Dwight Yoakam). So, with help from a retired bank robber (Sam Shepard) and a jittery criminologist (Steve Zahn), these two beauties become unlikely outlaws, blazing a trail of larceny and laughter across Mexico!
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