
The highly skilled Federale Machete is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate a senator. But just as he's about to take the shot, he notices someone aiming at him and realizes he's been set up. He barely survives the sniper's bullet, and is soon out for revenge on his former employers, with the reluctant assistance of his brother Cheech Marin, who has become a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence. If you hire him to take out the bad guys, make sure the bad guys aren't y... (Full plot summary below)
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The highly skilled Federale Machete is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate a senator. But just as he's about to take the shot, he notices someone aiming at him and realizes he's been set up. He barely survives the sniper's bullet, and is soon out for revenge on his former employers, with the reluctant assistance of his brother Cheech Marin, who has become a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence. If you hire him to take out the bad guys, make sure the bad guys aren't you!
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| Entertainment SpectrumJolene MendezWith an all star cast and creative writing Machete is the best film I have seen this year. |
| MSN MoviesJames Rocchi"Machete" is gratuitously smutty, sadistically violent, politically aware and somehow also politically incorrect. Put more succinctly, it is awesome, and delivers every goofy gory guilty pleasure "The Expendables" was supposed to but did not. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrThe movie's an unexpected end-of-summer tonic: a trash guilty pleasure with a healthy (if really violent) sense of outrage. It's also Rodriguez's freest movie yet, and possibly his best. |
| Filmcritic.comChris CabinRodriguez's dullest, shallowest, and most self-satisfied film to date |
| Film.comEric D. SniderBrimming with infectious energy -- a well-made movie in the style of poorly made movies. |
| E! OnlineLuke Y. ThompsonThere's still a lot of fun to be had when he actually does pick up that signature blade and start chopping, but when it comes to Trejo taking the spotlight, we were hoping for more snarly, less sedate. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottYou know a movie is going to be a blast when the credits say, "and introducing" in front the name of 1980s TV icon Don Johnson. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekFor about an hour...the silliness works. Unfortunately, the last 45 minutes go south, as it were. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzRobert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan and Steven Seagal all give equally stilted performances, and if you didn't know better you would think all three thespians were losers. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneTom HorgenIt's absurd, absolutely insane and a lot of fun. |