Machete

Never have I heard of a film put into production because of the buzz a Fake trailer produced. When The Grindhouse films, Death Proof and Planet Terror came out, they had fake trailers made specifically for them. The trailers were made in the same effect as the grind house films, so to say, these movies are the real deal. When a 3 minute trailer featuring Danny Trejo and Lindsay Lohan aired in front of the film, people went berserk. A film about a renegade Mexican who's weapon of choice is a Machete got so much feedback, this fake trailer turned Danny Trejo into a leading man after a decade or so of being a character actor. I love that Robert Rodriguez shot this film exactly like the fake trailer. Just like 70's grind house. Scratchy film, dull color, and campiness as far as the eye could see. When Machete (pronounced Mu-chet-Tay), a Federale, is betrayed by his own countrymen, he is pissed. Unfortunately he does not have time to dwell on that for too long before a powerful man named Torrez (Steven Seagal) kills his wife and Daughter, yet fails to kill him, putting him into a state of melancholy. He is now in the USA trying to rebuild his life. What is currently going on in Texas has the Mexican population in turmoil. A Senator (DeNiro) along with a local Texas independent border patrolman (Don Johnson) are trying to keep our borders Mexican free. They take drastic measures to ensure this. When a local man comes to Machete and pays him to assassinate said Senator, he gets set up big time. The Senator takes one in the leg from someone else, while Machete is framed for Attempted Murder. Now he is on the run, but he gets help from a couple of sources to help him bust this conspiracy wide open. It is a bit of a blood fest. The cast is amazing. Jessica Alba as the Immigration Officer, Cheech Marin as a Priest and brother to Machete, Michelle Rodriguez as a local restaurateur always fighting for the Mexican cause, and Lindsay Lohan. She is not around a whole lot, but she is naked and it does show her bits. YAY. When the Mexican's face off against the Texan vigilantes, it is one helluva great action scene. Machete is like the Latino Martin Luther King, minus the speeches and all that. He has been appointed their leader and he will stop at nothing. This is one of those films that if you take it seriously, you will hate it. You have to appreciate the effort Robert Rodriguez put into making a film placed in the present day, but looking like it was shot 40 years ago. It is just a good, fun movie to watch. I was considering rating it Phenomenal, but I do not think many people would understand why. In order to keep my credibility...


NBM rates Machete - Awesome