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Machete is a 2010 American exploitationaction film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. Based on the eponymous character from the Spy Kids franchise, the film is an expansion of a fake trailer of the same name published as a part of the promotion of Rodriguez's and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 Grindhouse double-feature. Machete continues the B movie and exploitation style of Grindhouse, and includes some of the footage from the original.^[6]

The film stars Danny Trejo reprising the title role from the Spy Kids series and the fake trailer, and co-stars Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Seagal, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin and Jeff Fahey. This was Trejo's first lead role as the character, and Seagal's first theatrically released film since 2002's Half Past Dead. Machete was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox and Rodriguez's company, Troublemaker Studios, on September 3, 2010.^[7] A sequel, Machete Kills, directed by Rodriguez alone, was released on October 11, 2013.

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Plot

In Mexico, Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo), a MexicanFederal and his younger partner are on a mission to rescue a kidnapped girl. During the operation, his partner is killed, the kidnapped girl stabs him in the leg before being killed herself, and Machete is betrayed by his corrupt Chief to the powerful drug lord and former Federal, Rogelio Torrez (Steven Seagal), who kills Machete's wife and implies that he will kill his daughter before leaving him for dead.

Three years later, a down-and-out Machete roams Texas, scraping by on yard work. Michael Booth (Jeff Fahey), a local businessman and spin doctor, explains to Machete that corrupt Texas State Senator John McLaughlin (Robert De Niro) is sending hundreds of illegal immigrants out of the country, which would reduce the number of laborers. In order to stop this, Booth offers Machete $150,000 to kill McLaughlin. Machete accepts the murder contract after Booth threatens to kill him if he does not.

Machete trains a rifle on McLaughlin from a rooftop during a rally, but before he fires he sees one of Booth's henchmen aiming at him. The henchman shoots Machete in the shoulder, then shoots McLaughlin in the leg. It is revealed that Booth orchestrated the attempted assassination as part of a false flag operation to gain public support for McLaughlin's secure border campaign. By setting up Machete as the gunman, the conspirators make it appear that an outlaw illegal Mexican immigrant has tried to assassinate the senator, who is known for his tough stance on illegal immigration.

An injured Machete escapes capture by Booth and is taken to a hospital to be treated for wounds, escaping once again from Booth's henchmen at the hospital. Agent Sartana Rivera (Jessica Alba), a persistent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, is sent by her superior to find and capture the injured Machete. Machete, with the help of Luz (Michelle Rodriguez), aka Shé, the leader of an illegal immigrant aid movement known as the Network, recruits Padre (Cheech Marin), his 'holy' brother. To take revenge on Booth, Machete kidnaps Booth's wife June and his daughter April (Lindsay Lohan), after 'starring' in an amateur adult film with them. He also collects evidence from Booth's house linking McLaughlin and Torrez in a major drug trafficking deal. After encountering Machete, Sartana begins to develop an interest in him. Elsewhere, Booth, who is revealed to be working for Torrez, hires a hitman, Osiris Amanpour (Tom Savini), to assist in the hunt for Machete. A group of border vigilantes, sponsored by McLaughlin and led by Von Jackson (Don Johnson), begin attacking anyone who may be harboring Machete and shoot Luz in the right eye.

Booth and Osiris kill Padre in his church by nailing him to a cross, but do not find his own wife and daughter. Unbeknownst to Booth, the church has cameras. Through the CCTV recordings, the news of McLaughlin's corruption and faked assassination is eventually aired on national television. Infuriated, McLaughlin kills Booth and heads back to join Torrez and Jackson to kill Machete. In order to eliminate the people who double-crossed him, Machete gathers the Mexican Network and leads them to the base of the border vigilantes. When McLaughlin arrives at the base, Jackson turns on him for being involved with the Mexican drug trade and attempts to execute him, but is interrupted when Machete and the illegals arrive.

During this confrontation, the Mexican illegals triumph over the border vigilantes. Jackson tries to escape, but Luz, who survived and now sports an eye patch, shoots him in the back of the head. Machete fights Torrez and stabs him, who then scornfully kills himself through Seppuku. April shows up wearing a nun's habit after escaping from the church and shoots McLaughlin after figuring out that he has killed her father.

McLaughlin, injured, manages to escape, but he is later killed by the last remnants of his own border vigilante group, who mistake him for a Mexican. Machete meets with Sartana, who gives him a green card. They kiss and ride off into the night. The closing credits announce further adventures for Machete.

Cast

• Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez, 'a legendary ex-Federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.'^[8]
• Robert De Niro as Senator John McLaughlin, a politician campaigning to incite hatred against illegal immigrants.^[9]
• Jessica Alba as Sartana Rivera, 'a beautiful Immigrations Officer torn between enforcing the law and doing what is popular in the eyes of her familia.'^[8] Alba also portrays Sartana's twin sister in deleted scenes only.
• Steven Seagal as Rogelio Torrez, a drug lord, as well as Machete's former partner with the Federales.^[10]
• Michelle Rodriguez as Luz/Shé, 'a taco-truck lady with a revolutionary heart.'^[8]
• Jeff Fahey as Michael Booth, 'a ruthless businessman with an endless payroll of killers.'^[8]
• Cheech Marin as Padre Benicio Del Toro, Machete's brother, 'a priest who's good with blessings, but better with guns.'^[8]
• Don Johnson as Von Jackson, 'a twisted border vigilante leading a small army.'^[8] The character was originally known as 'Lt. Stillman' and was meant to be Sartana's superior.
• Lindsay Lohan as April Booth, 'a socialite with a penchant for guns' and 'a nun with a gun.'^[11]
• Shea Whigham as Sniper, Booth's right-hand man and bodyguard.
• Daryl Sabara as Julio
• Gilbert Trejo as Jorge
• Ara Celi as Reporter
• Tom Savini as Osiris Amanpour, a hitman hired by Booth to kill Machete.
• Billy Blair as Billy, Von Jackson's henchman.^[12]
• Felix Sabates as Doctor Felix
• Electra and Elise Avellan as Nurses Mona and Lisa^[13]
• Mayra J. Leal as Naked Girl
• Juan Gabriel Pareja as Rico
• Alicia Marek as June Booth, the socialite wife of Michael Booth and April's mother.
• Tito Larriva as Culebra Cruzado
• Cheryl 'Chin' Cunningham as Torrez' henchwoman
• Nimród Antal as Booth's bodyguard #1

Production notes

Development

According to Rodriguez, the origins of the film go back to Desperado. He says, 'When I met Danny, I said, 'This guy should be like the Mexican Jean-Claude Van Damme or Charles Bronson, putting out a movie every year and his name should be Machete'. So I decided to do that way back when, never got around to it until finally now. So now, of course, I want to keep going and do a feature'.^[14] Rodriguez stated, 'There weren't any action movies that with a Latin flavor that could play to a broad audience. When I watched [director] John Woo's movies, they made me want to be Asian. Woo and [actor] Chow Yun-Fat's Hard Boiled and The Killer really inspired me to make films that would create that feeling in the Latin arena'.^[15]

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Rodriguez said that he wrote the screenplay back in 1993 when he cast Trejo in Desperado. 'So I wrote him this idea of a federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do the job for $25,000. I thought, 'That's Machete. He would come and do a really dangerous job for a lot of money to him but for everyone else over here it's peanuts'. But I never got around to making it.'^[16]

Instead, during the filming of Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse, Rodriguez shot lobby cards and sequences from parts of the original script in 2006 for a fake trailer featuring Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, and Jeff Fahey. At South by Southwest in March 2007, Rodriguez announced that he would be expanding his trailer for Machete into a feature-length film.^[17] He announced that it would be a bonus feature on the Planet Terror DVD, but the film ended up being produced as a theatrical release.^[18][19]

During Comic-Con International 2008, he took the time to speak about Machete, including such topics as the film's status, possible sequels, and production priorities.^[20] It was also revealed that he has regularly pulled sequences from it for his other productions including Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

Direction

Rodriguez had always planned on being the head-director of the film, since he usually uses his 'one-man crew' technique. In April 2009, it was announced that Ethan Maniquis, who is a long-time editor of Rodriguez's films, would be co-directing the film with Rodriguez.^[21][22] At the Comic-Con 2010 event in San Diego, Trejo commented on Rodriguez: 'He's a genius. He's an absolute genius. He makes movie-making fun. You know, he makes you wanna go to work. A lot of people wake up saying 'I woke up before my alarm went off' just 'cause you're excited to work with him. You wonder 'what is he going to come up with today?', because every day, he's like inventing something new. So it's awesome to work with somebody like that'.^[23] 'Robert has an incredible vision and is very precise, and [working on his films] you feel like you're in the middle of something both big and experiential. And that anything is possible', states Jeff Fahey, who has collaborated with Rodriguez on Machete and Grindhouse.

Casting

The film's lead role had always been intended for Danny Trejo, as Rodriguez mentioned. The two had met during the filming of Rodriguez's film, Desperado. 'Nobody really knew about Desperado, yet the local townspeople would flock to see Danny, thinking he was the star of the movie, even though his part was very small', Rodriguez remembers. 'He has incredible presence, and I knew I had found Machete. So, I handed him a knife, and told him to start practicing'.^[15]

Trejo, Cheech Marin, and Jeff Fahey were announced to be reprising their characters in the trailer for the film. Tito Larriva did not reprise his primary role as the sniper who shoots Machete and was replaced by Shea Whigham. Michelle Rodriguez was the first actress to be cast in the film who wasn't in the original trailer. Chris Cooper was approached for the role of Senator McLaughlin. After Cooper turned down the role, Robert De Niro was cast instead. 'From the moment you get Robert De Niro in your movie, all the other actors come running', says Robert Rodriguez on De Niro's involvement in the film.^[24]

'What I liked about the character was that it was a fun thing to do in a sense of irony and it's not taken seriously. He's not taken seriously on one level so that frees you to have fun without being weighted down by some requirements', says De Niro on playing his character.^[25]Lindsay Lohan was revealed to be cast in the film in July 2009. 'Lindsay's cool', Rodriguez said of Lohan. 'There's actually a cool part in the movie for her if she takes it'.^[26] Lohan portrays April Booth, the socialite daughter of Booth, the man who double-crosses Machete. /download-game-asphalt-7-unlimited-money.html. 'April was born into a life of privilege and takes everything she has for granted', says Lohan. 'But she undergoes a big change. As an actress, I like pushing the envelope'.^[24] Lohan recolored her hair from auburn red to platinum blonde.^[27]

Jonah Hill was originally cast as Julio,^[28] but was replaced by Daryl Sabara, who had worked with Rodriguez, Marin, and Trejo on the set of the Spy Kids franchise. Jessica Alba said of her role of Agent Sartana, 'My character is an Immigrations Officer and she hunts him (Machete) down, but finds out that he was double-crossed himself. She wrestles with her own right-wing kind of mentality because she's all about enforcing the law and doing what the system tells you'.^[29]

'The cast may have sounded bizarre to some people when first announced. But when you watch Machete, you see that the actors fit their roles very well. The eclectic mix really works. Danny's worked in hundreds of movies and probably worked with everyone in Machete at some point. Everyone just loves Danny and appreciated the fact he was finally getting to be the star of his own film. I remember Robert De Niro, who worked with Danny in Heat telling him that, '[Machete] is going to be really good for you'.'^[24]

Regarding the nudity that was present in the film, Rodriguez mentioned that he deliberately set the first scene with a nude woman (actress Mayra Leal) to make the audience think that subsequent scenes show more than they actually do.^[30] Jessica Alba mentioned that for her shower scene, 'I had undies on, and I had other stuff on, and they just sort of etched it out in post [production]. That's not really me. I'm better covered up'.^[31]

Filming

Filming for the fake trailer for Grindhouse began in the summer of 2006, while Rodriguez was also filming Planet Terror. The scenes that Rodriguez shot only consisted of scenes involving Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, and Tito Larriva. Some of the scenes filmed for the trailer were left intact in the film, while others have been re-shot.

Principal photography began on July 29, 2009 in and around the city of Austin, Texas. Lindsay Lohan filmed her role in three days, two in August and one in September.^[32] Principal photography of the film ended on September 24, 2009.

Release

Marketing

The first trailer was released and attached to Planet Terror in 2007. On July 28, 2010, it was confirmed that Machete would headline the Venice Film Festival held on September 1, 2010, at a special midnight screening, followed by the general theatrical release on September 3.^[33][34]

The film was released in the U.S. on September 3, 2010,^[35] by 20th Century Fox.^[36] The film appeared on 3,400 screens at 2,670 locations.^[37]

The film was released in Australia on November 11 and in Mexico on November 12, 2010.^{[citation needed]}

A fake trailer for the film was released on May 5, 2010, through Ain't It Cool News. The trailer opened with Danny Trejo saying, 'This is Machete with a special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona', followed by scenes of gunfire, bloodshed, and highlights of the cast.^[38] The fake trailer combined elements of the Machete trailer that appeared in Grindhouse with footage from the actual film,^[39] and implied that the film would be about Machete leading a revolt against anti-immigration politicians and border vigilantes.^[39] According to Fox News, critics of illegal immigration were offended by the contents of the movie trailer.^[40] Production of the film predates the legislation, however.^[38]

Several film websites, including Internet Movie Database, reported that it was the official teaser for the film.^[39] However, Rodriguez later revealed the trailer to be a joke, explaining 'it was Cinco de Mayo and I had too much tequila'. The official theatrical trailer was released on July 8, 2010.^[39] It was then attached with Predators, which Rodriguez produced, and later shown before The Expendables.^[41] A red band trailer featuring more gruesome scenes from the film was released on July 23, 2010.^[42]

Box office performance

Machete opened in 2,670 theaters in the United States on September 3^[44] and earned $14,102,888 for its four-day weekend, placing second at the box office behind The American.^[45] The film opened at #2 behind The American and took in $3,866,357—$1,448 per theater—on its opening day and $14,102,888—$4,001 per theater—on its opening weekend. Machete placed fourth at the box office by the end of the week after Resident Evil: Afterlife opened in theaters, totaling $20,916,709.

Machete has made $26,593,646 in the United States as of November 18, 2010.^[5] The film made another $17,499,670 in foreign markets, bringing the gross total of $44,093,316, as of November 18, 2010.^[46]

Critical reception

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 72% based on 186 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 giving the film a 'certified fresh' rank. The site's general consensus is that, 'Machete is messy, violent, shallow, and tasteless -- and that's precisely the point of one of the summer's most cartoonishly enjoyable films'.^[47] Another aggregator, Metacritic, gives the film a score of 60% based on 29 reviews.^[50] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'B' on an A+ to F scale.^[51]

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Jessica Alba won a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress, along with her other roles in The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers and Valentine's Day.^[52]

Home media

Rodriguez expressed in an interview that an even more violent director's cut will be released on home media.^[53] The R-rated theatrical version of Machete was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 4, 2011.

On the week ending January 9, 2011, Machete debuted atop the DVD sales chart in America. The DVD sold 691,317 copies in its first week of release.^[54]

In the Blu-ray deleted scenes, Rose McGowan is featured as one of Osiris's henchmen named Boots McCoy; one scene shows her confronting Luz and shooting her through a cat she is holding, hitting her in the eye and seemingly killing her. However, in the film, this action was given to Von Jackson, and it is later revealed Luz is merely blinded. In other deleted scenes Jessica Alba also plays the role of Sis, Sartana's twin sister. McCoy later shows up and slits her throat with a razor blade, thinking she is actually Sartana.

Sequels

Before the credits roll, a screen super reads that Machete will return in Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again.

According to Trejo, Rodriguez had scripts for the first of two Machetesequels, titled Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again.^[55] Both these titles appear in the end credits of the film's theatrical release. At the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, Rodriguez said that both sequels have been greenlit. The trailer for the third film, Machete Kills Again,^[56] precedes the second film as a 'Coming Attraction'.^[57][58]Machete Kills was released on October 11, 2013.

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Machete Kills is a 2013 American actionexploitation film co-written and directed by Robert Rodriguez.^[5][6] It is a sequel to Machete, and the third film based on a Grindhouse fake trailer. Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Tom Savini, Billy Blair, Electra and Elise Avellan, Felix Sabates, and Jessica Alba reprise their roles from the first film, and are joined by series newcomers Mel Gibson, Demián Bichir, Amber Heard, Sofía Vergara, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Hudgens, Alexa Vega, William Sadler, Marko Zaror, and Charlie Sheen (credited by his birth name of 'Carlos Estévez').^[7] The film follows the titular ex-federal (Trejo) as he is recruited by the U.S. President (Sheen) to stop an arms dealer (Gibson) and a revolutionary (Bichir).^[7]

The film was released on October 11, 2013, failing to recoup its budget of $20 million and received mixed reviews. Critics cited the overuse of plot points, poorly produced CGI, and the 'out-of-place' science fiction elements.

Plot

Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo) and Sartana Rivera (Jessica Alba) attempt to capture weapon dealers who have been supplying the Mexican drug cartels. The military men are then all killed by the gangsters, who in turn are wiped out by another intervening party. Its leader murders Sartana while Machete is arrested by corrupt Sheriff Doakes (William Sadler) and Deputy Clebourne (Samuel Davis). Doakes unsuccessfully tries to hang Machete but the President of the US, Rathcock (Charlie Sheen), intervenes. Machete is brought to the White House, where the president offers him US citizenship if he eliminates Marcos Mendez (Demián Bichir), a psychopath who is threatening to fire a nuclear missile at Washington, D.C. if the American government does not intervene to stop the rampant drug cartels in Mexico and the corruption of its government.

Machete agrees and travels to San Antonio, where he meets his handler Blanca Vasquez (Amber Heard), an undercover beauty pageant competitor. She sends him to Acapulco to meet a young woman, Cereza (Vanessa Hudgens), who can lead him to Mendez. Machete finds her in a brothel run by her mother, Madame Desdemona (Sofía Vergara), who attempts to kill Machete before he escapes with Cereza. She takes him to Mendez's associate, Zaror (Marko Zaror), who kills Cereza before taking Machete to Mendez's base of operations.

There, Machete learns that Mendez has wired the missile's launch device to Mendez' heart and triggered its launch in 24 hours. If he dies, the missile fires. After Machete kills Zaror, he also captures Mendez, intending to escort Mendez to US and find a way to disarm the missile. Machete learns that Mendez is an ex-secret agent who tried to expose his corrupt superiors, only to be betrayed and forced to watch his family being tortured. The trauma drove him insane, creating his split personalities and leading him to join forces with the missile's creator.

Shortly thereafter, a hit is put out on them. Machete is targeted by several assailants, including Madame Desdemona and her prostitute assassins, a shapeshifting hitman called El Camaleón, and Doakes. Machete and Mendez manage to reach the US and kill Doakes and Clebourne only to be caught by a reborn Zaror and the same mercenaries who killed Sartana. Zaror decapitates Mendez and Machete is riddled with bullets.

Machete wakes up to find himself in a healing tank. He is taken to meet Zaror's benefactor—corrupt businessman, inventor and Star Wars fan Luther Voz (Mel Gibson), who reveals Zaror is a series of cloned warriors. He shows Machete Mendez's beating heart, preserved in a jar, and informs him of his plan to manipulate extremists throughout the world to detonate nuclear weapons while planning to escape in a spaceship to rebuild society in space. Machete then escapes with help from Luz (Michelle Rodriguez), who had heard about the hit on Machete. She informs him that the only one who can disarm Mendez's heart is Machete's old enemy, Osiris Amanpour (Tom Savini), who had repented and joined Luz's Network. Machete contacts Vasquez, who instructs him to meet her at a rendezvous point.

Arriving there, Machete is betrayed and ambushed by Vasquez, who is in league with Voz. As she is escaping into the desert, Machete gives chase and jumps onto the top of her vehicle but falls off after gunfire comes through the roof. Machete is then given a ride by El Camaleón, who tries to kill him one last time, but he escapes and El Camaleón ends up being shot to death by a group of racist rednecks just inside the US border. Machete then reunites with Luz and the Network. They infiltrate a fundraiser at Voz's base of operations, where Voz kills Osiris. Machete realizes Voz was the one who killed Sartana and fights him. He severely burns Voz's face, disfiguring him to the extent that Voz is forced to wear a metallic, silver mask. Meanwhile, Vasquez shoots Luz in her good eye, completely blinding her. Luz kills Vasquez in return but is captured by Voz, frozen in Carbonite and taken aboard his ship.

Machete jumps on the missile as it launches and disarms it in mid-air, while Voz boards the ship and departs with the Zaror clones, his supporters, as well as Luz and the surviving Network members who will be used as slave labor. The disarmed missile then plunges into the Rio Grande and Machete is rescued by President Rathcock, who asks him to follow Voz into space and kill him. Machete agrees and uses a SpaceXFalcon 9 v1.0 rocket to depart to Voz's Station in Earth's orbit, where he is given a laser machete to start his mission.

Cast

• Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez
• Michelle Rodriguez as Luz / Shé^[8]
• Mel Gibson as Luther Voz^[9]
• Sofía Vergara as Madame Desdemona^[10]
• Amber Heard as Blanca Vasquez / Miss San Antonio^[11]
• Demián Bichir as Marcos Mendez^[12]
• Charlie Sheen (credited under his birth name Carlos Estévez) as President Rathcock^[13]
• Walton Goggins as El Chameleón 1^[14][15]
• Cuba Gooding Jr. as El Chameleón 2^[15]
• Lady Gaga as La Chameleón
• Antonio Banderas as El Chameleón 4^[15]
• Jessica Alba as Sartana Rivera (uncredited)
• Vanessa Hudgens as Cereza Desdemona^[16][17]
• Alexa Vega as KillJoy^[18]
• Marko Zaror as Zaror
• Tom Savini as Osiris Amanpour
• William Sadler as Sheriff Doakes^[19]
• Julio Oscar Mechoso as Chepo
• Billy Blair as Billy Blair
• Samuel Davis as Clebourne
• Vincent Fuentes as Cabrito Cook
• Elle Lamont as Dollface
• Felix Sabates as Doc Felix
• Electra and Elise Avellan as Nurse Mona and Nurse Lisa^[8]
• Jessica Moreno as Lady D Girl
• Vicky Solis as Lady D Girl
• Marci Madison as Nurse Fine
• Elon Musk as Himself

Production notes

On June 10, 2012, Rodriguez announced that principal photography for Machete Kills had begun.^[20] Principal photography took only 29 days, as shooting wrapped on July 28, 2012.^[21]

The film was produced by Robert Rodriguez, as well as Aaron Kaufman and Iliana Nikolic, through their QuickDraw Productions, Sergei Bespalov of Aldamisa Films, Alexander Rodnyansky of AR Films, and Rick Schwartz of Overnight Productions.^[22]

Lindsay Lohan, who played April Booth in the first film, did not appear in this installment. Rodriguez said that he liked Lohan's character but she 'didn't fit into the story'.^[23]

The film has Charlie Sheen credited under his birth name Carlos Estévez. Expected to be a one-time move, it was Sheen's idea to use his birth name for the film, due to the film's Hispanic theme. The trailer and opening credits for the film use an 'and introducing..' tag when showing Sheen's birth name.^[24]

On June 20, 2013, the film's release date was pushed back from September 13, 2013, to October 11, 2013, to avoid competition with Insidious: Chapter 2.^[25]

In a post-credits scene, an outtake from the Luz and Blanca fight scene is included followed by a shot of President Rathcock in front of a space background inquisitively brandishing two of Voz's guns (the molecular disruptor and the same pistol used to kill Sartana) before firing wildly at an off-screen target.

Promotion

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On October 9, 2013, Lady Gaga's Vevo released a lyric video for 'Aura', a song from her third studio album Artpop, to promote the film.^[26]

Reception

Machete Kills received negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 29%, based on 118 reviews,^[27] with the critical consensus 'While possessed with the same schlocky lunacy as its far superior predecessor, Machete Kills loses the first installment's spark in a less deftly assembled sequel.' At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received a score of 41 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indictating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[28]

Gaga was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her work in the film, but lost to Kim Kardashian for Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.^[29]

Sequel

At the end of the first film's theatrical version, two sequels are mentioned, Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again. The trailer for the third film titled, Machete Kills Again.. In Space,^[30] precedes the second film as a 'Coming Attraction'.^[31][32] In 2015, Trejo told Halloween Daily News that the third film is happening.^[33]

References

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2. ^'MACHETE KILLS (15)'. Lionsgate. British Board of Film Classification. September 24, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
3. ^Scott Mendelson (August 10, 2013). 'Review: 'Machete Kills' Fires Blanks'. Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
4. ^'Machete Kills (2013)'. Box Office Mojo.
5. ^Buchanan, Jason. 'Allmovie'. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
6. ^Neumaier, Joe (October 10, 2013). ''Machete Kills,' movie review'. New York Daily News. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
7. ^ ^ab'Amber Heard joins Brilliant Cast of Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills as an Assassin'. Heyuguys.co.uk. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
8. ^ ^ab'Machete Kills Cast Gets a Double Dose of Hot with Electra and Elise Avellan'. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
9. ^'Mel Gibson Joins Robert Rodriguez's MACHETE KILLS'. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
10. ^'Sofia Vergara Joins Machete Kills'. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
11. ^'Amber Heard swings 'Machete Kills''. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
12. ^'Demian Bichir Joins MACHETE KILLS and William Friedkin's TRAPPED; Was in the Mix for Villain Role in STAR TREK 2'. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
13. ^'Fantastic Fest review: Machete Kills'. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
14. ^'Fantastic Fest Review Machete Kills'. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
15. ^ ^abc''Machete Kills' Review'. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
16. ^'LADY GAGA's 'Machete Kills' Character Poster Unveiled'. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
17. ^'After The Cut – Machete Kills Adds Vanessa Hudgens'. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
18. ^RR gave the ok for a sneak peek..@machetekills KillJoy
19. ^'William Sadler Stalks Machete Kills'. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
20. ^MACHETE KILLS today! (principal photography begins)
21. ^Twitter, Just wrapped MACHETE KILLS
22. ^Comingsoon.net, Machete Kills Will Slice Into Theaters on September 13
23. ^Josh Wigler (2013-01-30). 'Lindsay Lohan Not In 'Machete' Sequel, Robert Rodriguez Confirms'. MTV.com. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
24. ^Adios Charlie Sheen, hello Carlos EstevezCNN.com, June 6, 2013
25. ^'Open Road Pushes Back Machete Kills and Homefront'. ComingSoon.
26. ^MTV
27. ^'Machete Kills – Rotten Tomatoes'. Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
28. ^'Machete Kills (2013): Reviews'. Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
29. ^NME
30. ^Robert Rodriguez Tells Vulture About Machete in Space, Sin City 2, and Fire and Ice
31. ^''Comic-Con 2011: Robert Rodriguez Updates on MACHETE Sequels and SIN CITY 2; Announces HEAVY METAL Remake''. Collider. 2011.
32. ^''Robert' Rodriguez's next projects: sin city 2, heavy Metal, frank Frazetta.. and machete in space!''. io9. 2011.
33. ^Artz, Matt (April 2, 2015). 'Danny Trejo Confirms 'Machete Kills In Space' Filming This Year [Exclusive]'. Halloween Daily News.

External links

• Machete Kills on IMDb
• Machete Kills at Box Office Mojo
• Machete Kills at Rotten Tomatoes

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