Machete kills. With, unsurprisingly, a machete. But he likes a bit of diversity, and puts various other sharp bladed instruments and gun powder fed projectiles to good use. It’s a movie full of deliberately implausible plots, cheesy lines, ridiculous stunts, gratuitous killings and farcical scenes.
There’s also plenty of hot chicks and nudity, which are always plus points. It’s got a lot of viva Mexico, and an equal dose of – is there a polite way to say what Arizona should do with its mother? It’s so very topical. It’s also brilliant fun. I suspect more so with the lads round and a few tinnies.
Machete is a Mexican superhero. With a moustache instead of a cape. Blades instead of lasers. Scars instead of a curly lock of hair. But with a sense of right and wrong. And a willingness to commit a few wrongs to make things right. He has his A Team moments, but unlike the TV show, his victims bleed and heads really roll.
There’s some famous heads too. Robert De Niro, Don Johnson, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez (the delicious Ana Lucia in Lost), and Lindsay Lohan all put in some sterling performances. It hit the screens in the US last month. In Mexico next month. Unless you wander down to your local mercado and pick up a pirata. Or else visit your online movie friend, the Pirate Bay.
The Mexile 
I could swear I saw press on this like 2 years ago…took a long time to produce did it not?
Looking forward to it…I love Mexican cinema.
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Tarantino made some fake trailers for a movie, one which was called Machete. It was such a great idea….here it is for real 🙂
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Oh…just realized it’s an American film and not a Mexican one. No matter.
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That’s your D’oh moment for the day over and done with…heh heh!
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Danny Trejo is an intense great actor.
Liked his performances in “Once Upon A Time in Mexico” and “Grind-house” another Rodriguez movie.
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Once Upon A Time was a great movie. I’ve not seen Grindhouse yet….it’s been added to the list though.
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Watched Machete last night…loved it! A lot of campy moments of course but that’s what you ant in a flick like this. Love Trejo.
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Camp, cheese and corn are fine so long as they’re deliberate and totally overdone!
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