吉他手埃尔（安东尼奥•班德拉斯 Antonio Banderas 饰）是墨西哥荒漠上最令人闻风丧胆的神枪手，他曾经摧毁了一个又一个当地的毒枭、黑帮，因此也八面树敌。在痛失爱妻之后，心灰意冷的埃尔背着他的吉他开始四处流浪，从此销声匿迹。 现今，大毒枭巴罗瑞（威廉•达福 Willem Dafoe 饰）逐渐建立起了他的毒品王国，野心勃勃的他甚至还在密谋刺杀总统，推翻墨西哥政权。CIA探员桑德斯（约翰尼•德普 Johnny Depp 饰）得知了巴罗瑞的阴谋，于是，他找到了埃尔。曾经的铁血战士埃尔当然不会袖手旁观，他终于重出江湖。但是，事情并没有表面的那么简单，墨西哥荒漠上一出传奇正在徐徐上演。
In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.
