Machete Review
So what is it about?
A cheesy action flick about one man's battle with both ruthless drug cartels, and racist American border patrol. Robert Rodriguez’s Machete is a over-the-top action film filled with guns, blades, and plenty of blood. The main character Machete is a former Mexican federal agent, who lost his family and fled to America after swearing he would take down a notorious Drug Lord, He is soon strong armed into an assassination attempt by a local businessman, quickly betrayed, and a rampage quickly begins that takes Machete across Texas and back to Mexico where he has to face Rogelio Torrez again.
What are the little details about the film?
What are the little details about the film?
Created in the US and released September 3rd 2010, Machete had an estimated budget of $10,500,000 and in the USA alone grossed $26,589,953 by November. Since it’s release it has become one of Danny Trejo’s most recognizable roles, although not his first as he has appeared in various other films over the years such as Heat, The Devil’s Rejects, Anaconda, Con Air, Predators, and various others.
What Genre is it?
A cheesy Mexploitation action film.
What did I go in expecting?
I went into Machete expecting a bloody action film, filled with lots of fight scenes, shootouts, explosions and pretty much everything else you would see in your standard action flick.
I hadn’t seen or really thought much about the concept of Mexploitation films, so I hadn’t gone in expecting to really focus on and see the underlying messages the film was trying to convey.
I had expected something similar to a B-movie from the trailers and few scenes I had seen before.
How does it hold up to those expectations?
In the action department I found that I had hit the nail on the head, plenty of blood, gunfights, and various other things associated with action films. I still feel that had the messages of the film not been so heavy handed, I would not have really noticed them. The vigilantes are extremely stereotypical of the racist white southerners who hate immigrants and anyone different from them. The production of the film was also much higher than I had expected, with a large amount of A-list actors appearing for even just short cameo shots.
Overall, Machete is a very enjoyable film that I would suggest people watch.
I am honestly glad you choose this film, because I did not enjoy it. I specifically choose your machete post because I wanted to read why you enjoyed this film. The action in the film was okay but I need a movie with a plot and my cast doesnt have to be this large. But with the large number of A-list actors the production wasnt horrible. You have several good point about machete and its production.
ReplyDeleteBefore this class I actually didn't know Machete was a film and honestly I expected his character to be just like he was in Spy Kids. I was surprised and horrified when the heads first started rolling, but if I were to analyze it as an action film, I actually don't think it was enough explosions and action scenes. To me the ones they showed were very brief and sporadic.
ReplyDeleteFor sure, it's definitely not an action film. Like Chris and our group said, it's a parody, or a satire of an action film more than it's a through and through action flick. Surely it has action in it, but the nature of it should classify it as a parody.
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