Machete Kills (2013)

The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.

Director:

Robert Rodriguez

Writers:

Kyle Ward (screenplay), Robert Rodriguez (story)

Stars:

Danny Trejo, Alexa PenaVega, Mel Gibson

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danny Trejo	...	Machete
Mel Gibson	...	Voz
Demián Bichir	...	Mendez (as Demian Bichir)
Amber Heard	...	Miss San Antonio
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Luz
Sofía Vergara	...	Desdemona
Charlie Sheen	...	Mr. President (as Carlos Estevez)
Lady Gaga	...	La Camaleón
Antonio Banderas	...	El Camaleón 4
Walton Goggins	...	El Cameleón 1 (as Walt Goggins)
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	El Camaleón 2
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Cereza
Alexa PenaVega	...	KillJoy (as Alexa Vega)
Marko Zaror	...	Zaror
Tom Savini	...	Osiris Amanapur

Storyline

Patrolling the U.S. border with his gun-toting lover, Sartana, after the massacre in Machete (2010), the stone-faced, former Mexican Federale, Machete, receives a call from the president himself of the United States. Thirsting for retribution, Machete embarks on a deadly mission to bring to Texas the megalomaniac Mexican revolutionary, Marcos, who has a nuclear missile pointing at Washington, D.C. Now, Machete and the undercover agent, Miss San Antonio, have to stop a global war, as the shape-shifting assassin, La Camaleón, is hot on their trail. Can Machete's hungry blades avert the impending Armageddon?

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a police officer | time bomb | woman breaks a man's neck | woman murders a man | murderess | 

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Taglines:

Trained to kill. Left for dead. Back for more.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R For strong bloody violence throughout, language and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alexa PenaVega only has one line throughout the film.

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Goofs

When Machete and Mendez are fleeing in the armored car, they run into The Chameleon and Desdemona and the girls. Once the van and VW van have been wrecked, Desdemona and the girl turn towards two wrecked sedans, not vans.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lieutenant Brass: Where the fuck are they?

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Crazy Credits

After all the credits have been shown, two short scenes are shown. One is an outtake of one of the last fight scenes, where an unexpected punch is delivered between two women, the other scene is a very short montage of the presidential character posing with guns.

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Soundtracks

Cancion Del MariachiI (Morena De Mi Corazon)
(uncredited)
Written by Cesar Rosas
Performed by Los Lobos

User Reviews

Actually a bit too ridiculously over the top

I wonder what drugs Rodriguez was on when he wrote this movie but he must have been under the influence of something since it is even more weird and insanely violent than his usual concoctions. What is worse it that it really is somewhat incoherent, like ideas for scenes was just strung together with no real concern for the overall picture.

I did like the movie as a two-hour distraction from reality and I had quite a few laughs at the ludicrously violent scenes. Unfortunately some of them made me squirm in my seat because the where not really funny-violent but just silly-violent.

Charlie Sheen as a president was a real really poor choice of actor. Mel Gibson as Voz was better and I have to confess that I do like Michelle Rodriguez. Lady Gaga? Well, "bof" as the French say.

Machete himself, which to me was one of the main reasons for watching the movie, was also a bit of a disappointment. He walked through the movie like he was just bored being on the set. There was never any real spark.

At the end of the movie I have to say that I felt a little disappointed. As I wrote, I did like it but it never reached the levels of enjoyment that I hoped for.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA Russia

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

11 October 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Machete 2

Filming Locations:

Troublemaker Studios - 4900 Old Manor Road, Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,837,183, 13 October 2013

Gross USA:

$8,008,161

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,496,820

Company Credits

Production Co:

AR Films, Aldamisa Entertainment, 1821 Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1