Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Machete

2010 American Action Film

Director: Robert Rodriguez & Ethan Maniquis

Writer: Robert Rodriguez & Álvaro Rodriguez

Cinematography: Jimmy Lindsey

Running time: 105 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: If you're going to hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you better make damn sure the bad guy isn't you!

Cast:
Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez
Robert De Niro as Senator John McLaughlin
Jessica Alba as Sartana Rivera
Michelle Rodriguez as Luz/Shé
Lindsay Lohan as April Booth/The Sister
Jeff Fahey as Michael Booth
Cheech Marin as Padre Benicio Del Toro
Steven Seagal as Rogelio Torrez
Don Johnson as Von Jackson
Shea Whigham as Sniper
Tom Savini as Osiris Amanpour
Felix Sabates as Doc Felix
Electra and Elise Avellan (The "Crazy Babysitter Twins") as Nurses Mona and Lisa
Cheryl "Chin" Cunningham as Torrez' henchwoman
Daryl Sabara as Julio
Alicia Marek as June Booth, the socialite wife of Michael Booth and April's mother
Ara Celi as Reporter
Tito Larriva as Culebra Cruzado
Nimrod Antal as Booth's bodyguard #1
Mayra J. Leal as Naked Cell Phone Chick

Plot
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

Awards:
  1. ALMA Award- Favorite Movie Actress - Drama/Adventure Jessica Alba- ALMA Awards
  2. Razzie Award- Worst Supporting Actress Jessica Alba- Razzie Awards

Trivia
As Robert Rodriguez tells it, after conceiving of the character of Machete and telling Danny Trejo about it, Rodriquez started receiving phone calls at random hours of the day from Danny, trying to convince him to make the film. One day, Robert said to Danny that he was busy and asked why Danny can't just send a text message instead of constantly calling, to which Danny Trejo replied: "Machete don't text." Machete says this exact phrase in the film.

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5 stars out of 5 stars

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