Bandidas (2006)
- Starring:
- Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg, (more)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Bandidas
Latina heartthrobs Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz co-headline the rousing indie Western Bandidas. The brainchild of producer/screenwriter Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Big Blue), Bandidas marks one of only a handful of films in its genre (along with Bad Girls, Cattle Annie and Little Britches, and Johnny Guitar) to use women as its principals, and distinguishes itself further by adding hefty doses of comic relief to the Western formula. Hayek and Cruz play Sara and Maria, respectively -- two women whose fathers (one a banker, the other a peasant farmer) are each wiped out by a nasty, vile, gun-wielding swindler named Tyler Jackson (Sling Blade co-star and country music singer Dwight Yoakam). Jackson cuts a bloody swath across the Southwest as he reduces one bank after another to an impoverished trash heap. In revenge, these women (who sit at opposite ends of the personality spectrum) vow to beat Tyler at his own game by hitting and robbing each of the banks before their father's killer can reach them. Steve Zahn co-stars as the "criminal science" officer who aids the girls in their mission; Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning co-direct. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 92 mins
Complete Cast of Bandidas
- Penélope Cruz - Maria Alvarez
- Steve Zahn - Quentin Cook
- Sam Shepard - Bill Buck
- Audra Blaser - Clarissa
- Carlos Cervantes - Pedro
- Joseph D. Reitman - Regulator
- Salma Hayek - Sara Sandoval
- Dwight Yoakam - Tyler Jackson
- Denis Arndt - Ashe
- Ismael Carlo - Don Diego
- Jose Maria Negri - Padre Pablo
- Director(s):
- Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg
- Writer(s):
- Robert Mark Kamen, Luc Besson
- Producer(s):
- Ariel Zeitoun, Luc Besson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Sexual Situations, Violence, Nudity)
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