''Bandido'' ("Bandit") is a 2004 action thriller film written by Scott Duncan and Carlos Gallardo and directed by Roger Christian. The story revolves around the CIA framing skilled thief Max Cruz aka "Bandido" (Gallardo) in order to gain his cooperation in helping them recover intelligence data that was stolen by Beno Gildemontes (

Kim Coates Kim Frederick Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and in th ...

), a Mexican Crime lord.

Cast

* Carlos Gallardo as Max "Bandido" Cruz * Edy Arellano as Armas * Michel Bos as CIA Agent *

as Beno *

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as Fletcher * Marintia Escobedo as "Scar" *

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as Natalie * Ana La Salvia as Sofia * Karyme Lozano as Rosalia (as Carime Lozano) * Wes Martinez as Max Barcus * Verónica Segura as Delgado * Manuel Vela as Peña * Ernesto Yáñez as Quintana

Release and reception

The film was released December 10, 2004 by Innovation Film Group. Carlos Gallardo came up with the idea for the film directly after his involvement with cult classic ''

El Mariachi ''El Mariachi'' () is a 1992 Spanish-language Mexican independent neo-Western action film and the first part of the saga that came to be known as Robert Rodriguez's '' Mexico Trilogy''. It marked the feature-length debut of Rodriguez as writer ...

''. He created that movie for a mere $7,000.

References

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* 2004 films Films directed by Roger Christian Mexican independent films 2004 action thriller films American independent films Mexican action thriller films American action thriller films 2004 independent films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s Mexican films English-language Mexican films English-language action thriller films English-language independent films {{2000s-Mexico-film-stub