Bandidas

Synopsis: In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, María, the tough but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, María and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options?

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director(s): Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Actors: Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn, Dwight Yoakam

Production: 20th Century Fox


IMDB:: 5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:: 62%

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: PG-13
Year:: 2006
: 93 min
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Please take notes.
No wounds on the body to indicate
foul play from a weapon of any sort.
The contents of the safe are intact,
thus ruling out robbery as a motive.
The science of fingerprinting
has determined...
...there are no prints but the victim's
on the doorknob and frame...
...to indicate anyone else
entered or left.
The window is latched shut
from the inside.
So no one entered or left by that route...
...thus ruling out homicide
as a cause of death.
There's no indication of whiskey in
the glass or on the breath of the deceased.
No carpet fibers
on the soles of her shoes.
So she never set foot on the carpet.
There is a scuff on her right shoe tip...
...where polish was removed.
There is traces of the same polish
on this upturned bit of carpet.
There are traces of flower pollen
on the edges of the nostril.
I therefore conclude
from the evidence gathered...
...that the deceased entered the room
with a bunch of flowers.
She placed the flowers
in the vase by the door.
She took the vase in one hand, along
with the whiskey tumbler in the other...
...went across the room
to the decanter of whiskey...
...let the flowers get too close
to her nose.
She sneezed, her left foot
involuntarily slipped forward...
...caught the tip of her shoe
on this carpet...
...tripped, hit her head on the floor,
died from shock of the brain.
In other words, it was not foul play
that killed this poor woman...
...but an accident
caused by a simple sneeze.
And, in fact, it is not a woman at all...
...but a man wearing a horse-haired wig.
Oh, Quentin, I'm so proud.
-You know what this means, Clarissa?
-Yes, that we can get married.
It means science has a place
in police work.
I proved it. I convinced
each and every one of them.
Now there's only one more person
you have to convince.
I'm convinced.
But you must remember, Mr. Jackson...
...if we don't own the land
within 90 days...
...the railroad will go to other banks
to finance their expansion.
No worries, Mr. Ashe.
In 90 days, we'll be laying track
right through the middle of Mexico City.
Go.
That's a good one.
You do better.
How could you sell the mortgage
on my farm to the gringos?
Pedro, we have no choice.
The big American banks
control the cash flow.
And through the cash flow,
they control us.
Don Diego's doing all he can.
I'm sure Don Diego is.
But I've worked my whole life
to leave something to my poor daughter.
All she knows is the farm life.
What will become of her?
You cheated. I wasn't concentrating.
Best of three.
-Let me talk to Bernardo.
-Bernardo just follows orders.
So, what are we supposed to do, Papa,
stand by and let them steal our land?
Unless some higher authority
intercedes....
Maria, where are you going?
To see the higher authority.
Up. Up.
The spitting image of her mother,
God rest her soul.
My condolences, Don Diego.
Twenty years she's gone now.
Well, she left you
a very beautiful daughter.
Who I haven't seen in most of the 1 0 years
she's been away at school in Europe.
-Left a girl, came home a woman.
-Indeed.
My only problem now
is trying to convince her to stay.
She's been home for a week,
and already she wants to go back.
-I want to see Don Diego.
-He can't be disturbed.
Neither can I. And I am.
Very disturbed.
He is meeting
with a very important person.
Don Diego has always said,
"Every client is a very important person."
This is not a client, Maria.
This is a gentleman
from The Bank of New York.
I knew it.
Gotta pay the toll.
May I present Mr. Jackson from
the Capital Bank and Trust of Nueva York.
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