Samiam3
Bandiadas is Strictly b-movie material, but that doesn't mean it has no spirit. If nothing else, one is liable to get a kick out of Hollywood's two hottest Spanish actresses sharing screen time, wielding knives and pistolas, and playing off each other with one liners like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The end result is a dumb, but cute comedic westernBandidas makes up for its lack of brains and creativity, with satire. It keeps the movie from being dull or obnoxious (generally) but I think it is safe to say that the movie could've been funnier. Robert Rodriguez would be very much at home behind the camera on this one. Under such circumstances, Badidas would not just be spiced up but may have even been clever. On another matter, It is a wonder how something that features names like Hayek, Cruz, writer Luc Besson, and even Sam Shepard (renowned American play write and co-star of The Right Stuff), did not get major commercial release. At any rate, Bandidas remains silly but is amusing enough to make it worth a peek (assuming it catches your attention)
Em D
This is a good movie if you are looking for something that is so bad it's funny. I don't remember ever hearing about it coming out, I'm wondering if it just went straight to DVD. I managed to sit through the whole thing, although three of the four other people I was watching it with left before it was over. It has decent entertainment value, but is without merit as any kind of quality film. The "bandidas" are clothed in the most ridiculously provocative way throughout the movie and are constantly getting wet or fighting each other. Most of the script is poorly written which results in awkward line delivery from the largely mediocre cast. Penelope and Salma do as well as they could in this movie, but I'm not sure what possessed them to choose this script. The funniest part is the range of accents you get from the supposed "Mexicans". The plot had multiple problems and every once in awhile I just wasn't sure what was going on. I would consider it to be a "mock western", but it almost seems that it is trying to be an actual western, and, if that is the case, it has completely missed the mark. They have a strange mix of serious subject matter covering the exploitation of the Mexicans by the Americans combined with unrealistic and impossible events carried out by these two prima donna characters. While this movie was good for some laughs (all at its expense) I don't think it was worth it.
pc95
Believe this movie was trying to be cheeky, adventurous, and fun. It turned out to be cheap, pathetic, and hackneyed. Bandidas is one of the worst movies seen in memory. It has worthless music, sounding made in some back garage. It features spoken English in 19th century Mexico and very very unfunny dialog. Both actresses are sadly objectified mockishly. Not really sure what was going through the mind of all those involved. This movie is a dump. The sets are cheap, cheap, and more cheap. The plot is paper thin and the acting let off the leash in a bad way. Thankfully the fast-forward button was fully employed here for this free check-out from the library.
BA_Harrison
Bandidas might have a lousy script, and very little in the way of decent action or comedy, but it does have four (big) things going for it: two of them belong to Salma Hayek and the other two belong to Penelope Cruz.Yes... the main (or only) reasons for watching this rather lame western are tucked down the front (and sometimes bulging out) of the stars' tight cleavage-enhancing costumes. The buxom beauties' magnificent mammaries steal the show, making the film just about worthwhile.Hot 'n' spicy Hayek and comely Cruz play two feisty señoritasone a spoilt rich brat (Hayek), the other a peasant girl (Cruz)who, with the help of a police forensics expert (played by Steve Zahn), become bank robbers in order to save their country's land and wealth from an unscrupulous employee of an American railroad company.Expect plenty of dull shootouts and dreary bank heists, interspersed with welcome scenes in which the stars' heaving bosoms strain to contain themselves within tightly laced corsetry (phew!). The highlight of the whole film sees the tasty twosome tie down a semi-naked Steve Zahn and pose for a series of sexy photographs, in an attempt to blackmail the lucky blighter! (personally, if these gals were to offer me a similar 'Kodak moment', the results would be on my MySpace page before you could say 'Ay, caramba!').Bandidas gets 1 point for each of the stars' breasts, plus an extra point for the incredibly silly Matrix-style knife/gun-fight at the end, giving it a rating of 5/10.
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