Machete (2010), Ethan Maniquis & Robert Rodriguez
3/5
From the creators of Sin City (2005), and Planet Terror (2007) comes Machete (2010) a Mexican cartel film full of exploitation level gratuitous violence. The dialogue is terrible the story overwrought and cliche fulfilling all the genre predicability. The action sequences are amazingly over the top and ridiculous and a pure joy to watch. The cinematography is good embellishing the gore and violence well. The cast is a mixed bag with Danny Trejo (Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Grindhouse) giving a great performance as Machete, while Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls) is terrible and out of place, as is Jessica Alba (Sin City) who is the unbelievable border policewoman who always wears the practical high heels and can't hold a gun realistically. Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) gives her standard wooden, bad performance and Steven Seagal (Hard to Kill, Under Siege) in this film is quite strange almost playing a homage of all his old action characters. Overall a good exploitation and enjoyably gratuitous.
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