In addition, although the camp never fully goes away, the co-directors fail to maintain the faux '70s look, feel and - most importantly - tone throughout the entire pic.
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Sadly, there are another 95-some minutes to fill and while Rodriguez and company occasionally deliver some fun, funny and highly outrageous moments, the overall film proves that it's easier to sustain all of that in a short movie trailer compared to a full-length offering. While clearly not for all viewers, the first few minutes are quite entertaining for those who can stomach the material and appreciate what the filmmakers are trying to achieve.
The edits are purposefully bad, there are scratches all over the print, and the violent camp runs rampant. Rodriguez, who co-directs with Ethan Maniquis from a script he co-wrote with his cousin, Álvaro Rodríguez, keeps up that spirit in the extended prologue and subsequent credits sequence that begin the film with a figurative and literal bang. For those who didn't see it, the fake and outrageous advertisement stayed in spirit and along the lines of the pictures accompanying it and was a campy send-up and Mexican variation of the "blaxploitation" movies of the 1970s that featured low-production values, over-the-top archetypes, gratuitous violence and many buxom women. Now along comes "Machete," a movie that's all about just that, albeit tongue heavily planted in cheek.īased on the faux coming attractions trailer that filmmaker Robert Rodriguez created as an intermission piece for the double feature "Grindhouse" that he helmed alongside Quentin Tarantino, the film might be the first - and if not, it's one of the few - where the trailer preceded the actual flick and not vice-versa as usual. From "Crossing Over" to "Babel," such pics have taken a serious look at those who cross America's southern border as well as the locals who help them, object to their presence and/or try to contain the flow. OUR TAKE: 5 out of 10 Considering how contentious the illegal immigration issue has become in the U.S., it's no surprise that films are popping up about the matter. With Booth - when not dealing with his wild-child daughter, April (LINDSAY LOHAN) - and others hunting him down, Machete sets out to clear his name and bring down those responsible for wronging him. Yet, once she learns of Machete's past as a fellow law enforcement officer, she decides to bend and break her own rules to help him, as does his priest brother, Padre (CHEECH MARIN).
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A former immigrant herself, she's now trying to crack down on illegals who are crossing the border. Rumors about her being the legendary "She" have drawn the attention of Sartana (JESSICA ALBA), a field agent with the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As various people go on the hunt for him, he gets help from Luz (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ), who runs a taco stand but is actually the leader of an underground organization known as the Network that's designed to help assimilate illegal immigrants into the U.S.
The latter is running for reelection on an anti-immigration platform, drawing the support of Von (DON JOHNSON) and other like-minded Americans who've formed their own militia and have taken border patrol into their own hands.īut the assassination is really a set-up designed to make McLaughlin look like an injured martyr and Machete as yet another dangerous Mexican. Now a day laborer in Texas, he's spotted by Booth (JEFF FAHEY) who thinks he'll make a good assassin to kill Texas State Senator McLaughlin (ROBERT DE NIRO). PLOT: Machete (DANNY TREJO) was once a renowned Mexican federal agent who ran afoul of drug kingpin Torrez (STEVEN SEAGAL) and lost his family as a result. QUICK TAKE: Action/Comedy: After being set up as an assassin hired to kill a conservative Texas politician who's running for reelection on an anti-immigration platform, a former Mexican federal agent sets out to get revenge on those who've wronged him. Otherwise, use the following link to read our complete Parental Review of this film. If you've come from our parental review of this film and wish to return to it, simply click on your browser's BACK button.
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