I admit to not having seen Desperado and El Mariachi. When OUTIM started I expected a humurous and interesting, while gun-driven story about a disillusioned guy (the lead character) taking out his opponents while cutting a deal for himself.
What I got was constant display of violence that was way too realistic to be passed off as just to give the audience a little jolt, and I perceived the tongue-in-cheek humour used during these scenes as very inappropriate. Is it really necessary to shoot away the bad guy's knees and add funny sounds when he keels over? Do you really have to drill out the eyes of your opponent and make a thin one-liner about it?
This movie was a crude mess between genres. Had it been serious about either the violence or the humour I might have let it pass. As it is it just makes me want to puke.
What I got was constant display of violence that was way too realistic to be passed off as just to give the audience a little jolt, and I perceived the tongue-in-cheek humour used during these scenes as very inappropriate. Is it really necessary to shoot away the bad guy's knees and add funny sounds when he keels over? Do you really have to drill out the eyes of your opponent and make a thin one-liner about it?
This movie was a crude mess between genres. Had it been serious about either the violence or the humour I might have let it pass. As it is it just makes me want to puke.