Netflix Restricts Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado on Ad-Supported Tier

Netflix is not making Robert Rodriguez’s 1995 neo-Western Desperado available to subscribers on its ad-supported tier this month. The film stars Antonio Banderas as a man who goes on a quest for revenge against a drug lord and features Danny Trejo in a supporting role.

Desperado is the second installment of Rodriguez’s Mexico Trilogy, following El Mariachi and preceding Once Upon a Time in Mexico, which grossed nearly $100 million in 2003. Desperado finished its run with around $58 million at the worldwide box office and holds a 71% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, "Desperado contains almost too much action and too little story to sustain interest, but Antonio Banderas proves a charismatic lead in Robert Rodriguez's inventive extravaganza." Like every other Sony title licensed to Netflix, the movie isn’t available to subscribers of the streamer’s ad-supported tier this month.

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