The story behind the 1995 film "Desperado" is as interesting as the film itself. In 1991, 23-year-old Robert Rodriguez wrote and directed his first feature film, the Spanish-language Western action/thriller "El Mariachi," on a shoestring budget of around 7,000. The movie, about a mariachi who turns into a vigilante after being mistaken for a criminal, caught the attention of Columbia Pictures, who signed Rodriguez to direct the film's sequel, "Desperado." It was the second of the filmmaker's "Mexico trilogy" (the third being 2003's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico").

"Desperado" allowed Rodriguez to showcase his talents with the financial support of a big studio,...

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