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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 15387
Released: January 9, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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!
Description 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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Stills from Bandidas Bandidas Reviews:
Awesome! 
2009-11-18 - This is truly a sleeper! I haven't enjoyed a movie this much for a very long time!
These two ladies should do more movies together, what a raphor they seem to have!
I give this 5 out of 5 stars!!!
Terrific
2009-11-05 - This movie is the best! I rented it a long time ago and decided I wanted to own it.
good 
2009-09-19 - liked it there was no blood or bad words used in it something that most of the family could watch togeather
Good Fun For All
2009-09-15 - Iv'e watched this movie several times and laugh every time I see it, not to mention the beautful women. The story is the same old bad vs good but done with comic abandon. Dwight Yokum plays the kind of vilian you love to hate and Steve Zahn does a credible job.
Bandidas
2009-06-01 - I was expecting nothing from the "Bandidas" because I watched this sole movie with Penelope Cruz participation. But I bought this CD in case of the unsuccessful purchase of the other CD which I obliged to buy by simple logic. The fact is that I took part in competition "OscarMania" and have guessed right Penelope Cruz will have got the "Oscar" for secondary role in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Concerning "Bandidas". I like this movie. The one contains tragedy and comedy, "lyrics" and educational supplies... In the final analysis I wouldn't like to accent on a mishmash, but on the good play of two nice-looking artistes.
