*Note: to the best of our knowledge, MACHETE KILLS was not screened for critics. Normally Bob, an unrepentant fan of trash cinema, would have gone to see it on opening weekend anyway, but for whatever reason that didn't happen, either. Now that the movie is out on home video, however, there's no excuse for not giving it a look and a review.]
Review by Bob
Ignizio
Danny Trejo
returns as the titular former Mexican Federale turned mercenary with
a conscience in MACHETE KILLS. And indeed, the film lives up
to its name as Trejo leaves a trail of bodies in his wake. The plot
driving the carnage is that Machete has been charged by the United
States President (Carlos Estevez aka Charlie Sheen) to take out
Mexican bad guy Marcos Mendez ((Demián Bichir). The problem is,
Machete can't just kill the schizophrenic villain as his heart is
wired to the detonator for a nuclear missile. If he dies, the bomb
flies. It also soon becomes apparent that Mendez isn't the real evil
mastermind; that would be Luther Voz (Mel Gibson), a corrupt
businessman and inventor who apparently has enough money to play
MOONRAKER for real.
