4/3/2023 0 Comments Halloween 3d 2010![]() Machete (2010) – The Danny Trejo classic – Exploitation 2020 never diesĢ7. Planet Terror (2007) Werewolf Women of the SS Trailer– Rob Zombie’s own Exploitation takeĢ8. Night Creatures (1962) – Rob Zombie’s favorite Hammer movieĢ9. Charles (2020) – DELAYED (UH OH) – The brand new Chucky low-budget free fan-filmģ0. Trejo’s character Machete is there to remind us of what was, and kick politics in the teeth when needed.ģ1. ![]() It’s somewhere in the middle, trying to be a homage to grindhouse movies and extremely badass movies with an anti-hero with honor, though I think Wolverine and Deadpool have taken that to the bank for many years. Lucky for us, it’s too ridiculous to be a political satire, and too funny to be a serious drama. Overall, this is a good movie if you don’t take the politics seriously. I absolve you of all your sins, now get the f*** out! I think Cheech Marin’s character has the best lines although I could have done without the crucifiction.Ĭheech: It’s not safe for you to be here.Ĭheech: No I mean, it’s not safe for ME for you to be here. In general, some characters seem fleshed out but not TOO fleshed out, because this is a black/white comic book world, after all. She’s got a stack of ammunition next to her salsa. She’s just waiting to “rise up” and shoot the “evil bad guys” or something. Michelle Rodriguez plays a Mexican underground leader while she runs a taco stand, which I guess is supposed to be funny. When it brings in the politics, that’s when I start to cringe. What works best is when the plot is allowed to move at a good pace and stops only to deliver some excessive, gory action, and let Trejo play Machete as an anti-hero. I like Steven Seagal in this movie and I can see he’s having fun with the role. Most likely, Rodriguez had these funny, excessive ideas and threw them all together to see what would work. I like this kind of flavor, but again, it’s not really pure 70s exploitation as I think of it. Director Robert Rodriguez is really out there with this one.Īnother joke is that the monosyllabic Machete is really a former Federal lawman, but he has fallen from grace thanks to Steven Seagal, who plays a rare bad guy role. Is that anti-Catholic sentiment? I don’t get it. Many things are delivered with that in mind, like Trejo’s famous line, “Machete don’t text.” Other comedy moments are hit and miss in my opinion, like Lindsay Lohan shooting down thugs dressed as a nun, and Cheech Marin as a priest crucified in his own church, the latter of which I was scratching my head at. It’s just a kind of extreme farce, and the comedy is there to remind us that the movie director gets the joke. Of course, that sense of ethics is a stereotype too, but it’s still not really exploitation, in a true sense. ![]() His role seems written to maintain a high sense of honor, not taking advantage of women, for example. That’s really the joke of exploitation, but Trejo plays it so straight that he becomes a hero, transcending the stereotype. The New York Times complements Danny Trejo as Machete but insults him at the same time, calling his role a stereotype. He takes crap that’s pretty serious and pushes extremes. The movie uses inflammatory imagery on purpose, because it’s supposed to be reminiscent of the long-forgotten exploitation crap from the 70s, and I don’t think it’s extremist approach is supposed to be taken seriously. I really didn’t want to talk about politics in this dumb review but since it’s right there in your face, there’s no way around it. The movie is extremely liberal, I’ll give you that, and it’s set up as a vehicle to make fun of Trump’s idea of a Mexican border wall, which figures into the plot pretty heavily. I think the only message the movie MIGHT have is against far right wing politics, taking a stand against oppression and racial discrimination. I don’t think there’s any race wars coming. This film is exploitation and mostly played for laughs, dealing fast and loose with a hot political topic, using it to lampoon just about everybody, from politicians to Mexican drug lords. These guys at the paper get pretty crazy. Machete (2010) was infamously reviewed by the New York Times shortly after release, and the paper warned us that it might fuel a race war. ![]()
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