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Machete

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Machete

R

Released Sep 3, 2010

1h 44m

Action

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After nearly being killed during a violent fight with a powerful drug lord, a former Mexican Federale known as Machete (Danny Trejo) roams Texas streets as a vigilante and sometime day-laborer. Hired to perform a covert hit, he is double-crossed and forced to go on the run. Machete may be down, but not out, and he carves a path of blood, bullets and broken hearts in his quest to settle the score.

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Critics Consensus

Machete is messy, violent, shallow, and tasteless -- and that's precisely the point of one of the summer's most cartoonishly enjoyable films.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Rodriguez retreats into gruesome violence and flaccid comedy, grasping feebly for topical relevance...

Aug 10, 2022

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

The film has some outrageously enjoyable set-pieces, but overall, the convoluted plot and Rodriguez' agenda spoil the fun.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 29, 2010

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Philip French

Guardian

[A] tongue-in-cheek, knife-in-guts action thriller...

Nov 29, 2010

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Rodriguez’s delightful denouement reclaims various Mexican stereotypes and combines them with recognizable humble professions for immigrants into a triumphant call to arms and a catharsis of violence against the people who hate them.

Jun 12, 2024

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

It’s as a slipshod as any [Robert] Rodriguez film, directed with more energy and momentum than care or clarity, just like a real exploitation film shot on the run.

Sep 8, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

There’re plenty of splattery stabbings, decapitations, explosions, and eye-poppings to keep the audience entertained... Yet it becomes repetitious and drags.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 9, 2023

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Faiz D

Pathetic. Didn't like it at all.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Lewie J

An extremely poor but blatant attempt at mimicking Tarantino. It’s done in a Kill Bill style, without the style. Is attempted plagiarism a thing in the movie world? If so, Tarantino should have sued!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/25

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Ian W

What a load of utter rubbish full of wooden acting and gratuitous violence with the odd flashes of flesh to please. Continuity is very poor, blood stained vest and face then its all clean. Exploding car and then it's there all in one piece with the indicator on. Oh dear. And, action/deeds from the protagonist are in line with Deadpool. John Mclain couldn't dive through metal framed windows. All in all its dire tripe and 100% give it a miss. Unless you're 12.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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thiago s

Filme legal pra cacete, o roteiro é legal, o elenco é bom, gostei do trejo como o personagem principal, teve cenas que foram boas e com nudez, o filme tem boa cenas de gore e usa muito sangue que é legal, teve cenas sem sentido, como o trejo dentro carro da policia dar uma facada no policial e controla o carro girando a faca nas costas do policial, a outra é o trejo arrancar a tripa do maluco e usar a tripa como se fosse corda, passando de um andar para o outro de baixo, e também teve um maluco com um lowrider, que no capo tinha duas bazucas, e atirou com elas sem tocar e foda-se, igual no twisted metal, uma cena boa foi a do trejo colocando a minigun na moto e saltando com amoto e matando os capangas de seu inimigo steve seagal, no final trejo mata steve seagal. mas valeu a pena ver o filme, e eu recomendo por causa da matança e do sangue que eu gostei no filme.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/03/24

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Oaklee D

Cheesy B movie goodness, a fun turn your brain off kind of film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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Daniel C. M

A great homage to the 70s exploitation movies; you will never truly understand/get this movie unless you are someone like me and fully understand THOSE movies and the context behind them. Awesome effects that masterfully mix CG and pratical; plot, action, sex and gore.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/13/24

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Synopsis

After nearly being killed during a violent fight with a powerful drug lord, a former Mexican Federale known as Machete (Danny Trejo) roams Texas streets as a vigilante and sometime day-laborer. Hired to perform a covert hit, he is double-crossed and forced to go on the run. Machete may be down, but not out, and he carves a path of blood, bullets and broken hearts in his quest to settle the score.

Director: Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis
Producer: Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Rick Schwartz
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Troublemaker Studios
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexual Content|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.6M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS

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