adonis98-743-186503 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. Machete Kills is even worse than Machete since it wastes completely Jessica Alba and not even Mel Gibson's charm as the villain can save this mess of a film from being a total waste of time and money. (0/10)

rwunder OK, not really true what with the violence, objectification of women, and the explosions, but this movie is absolutely great. Ol' Bobby Rodriguez still has his touch. This is definitely one of the great movies of the 21st century. It will hold a place near the top of the list of great films of our time. Machete Kills is a modern marvel of cinematic achievement. A high water mark of film making and civilization itself. This movie has it all: action, suspense, beautiful scantly clad women, explosions, disguises, nuclear bombs, and a cast of stars. It also provides quality instruction on how to hold, swing, carry, and use a machete in extreme situations. I found myself taking notes and practicing moves while watching this movie on repeat in my living room. In fact, by the Machete School of Mexican Arts rules and regulations, I am a red belt! This movie is the best and everyone should watch it.

Screen_Blitz Robert Rodriguez's 'Machete' in 2010 proved to be a satisfying homage of classic 80s action flicks with its titular character showering his charismatic energy from nearly start to finish. Even if Rodriguez doesn't manifest much substance when it comes to bringing action to the screen, he at least knows how to keep things moving. This absurdly over-the-top sequel continuing the story of the title hero is not quite as fun as it sets out to be. While the first film demonstrated a solid obeisance to the hay days of 80s action cinema, this one operates more as parody, or in other words, an excessively violent Loony Toons episode. Blending with Grindhouse-style violence and gleefully absurd humor, Rodriguez's second installment to the proposed trilogy should have been more fun, but sadly falls short of the flair that made the original more appealing. Opening with a fake Star Wars-like trailer showing a proposed third installment to the series, this film follows the titular mercenary Machete (played by Danny Trejo) who's recruited by the United States president (played by Charlie Sheen a.k.a Carlos Estevez) to stop a Mexican terrorist Mendez (played by Demien Bichir) from launching a nuclear missile into U.S. Acquiring the help of Luz (played by Michelle Rodriguez) and a sexy, but vicious beauty pageant woman (played by Lady Gaga), Machete hacks, slashes, and shoots his way through the U.S/Mexican border in efforts to stop the devastating attack. Soon, he learns that the real monster behind the plan is an American arms dealer Luther Voz (played by Mel Gibson) along with his sexy accomplice Blanca Vasquez (played by Amber Heard).If you are looking for a smart action thriller with a concrete plot and story elements to fuel the brain, that is completely out of the question here. Lady Gaga playing an assassin? Charlie Sheen as the president? A woman using her bra as a machine gun? Those are just examples of how absurd this film proceeds. Although Robert Rodriguez is rarely known for pushing for realism when it comes to filming action, he operates this film to a level that raises the bar how desperately viewers are urged to turn their brain off in order to get past how wildly implausible this movie gets. Like the original film, the main figure of the story is Machete who is fueled with a fair amount of charisma and bombastic personality by Danny Trejo in terms of portrayal. As for the script and execution, that's a slightly different story. As Rodriguez continues with his style-over-substance manner, his mix of gleefully exploitative violence and gore, and cartoony characters manages to tower over the clumsily written plot. Watching our characters dismember, decapitate, and slaughter the baddies in gruesome manners can be fun to watch (unless you are turned off the use of poor CGI blood spouts). But without a clean-cut plot to the mix, it is less satisfying. The story advances through a string of mindless plot elements including the lead character's encounter with Antonio Banderas who's character is gravely wasted, and it all builds up to a climatic showdown between Machete and Mel Gibson's Luther Voz, a villain who's engraves the intelligence of Dr. Evil for 'Austin Powers'. Gibson's performance, while not bad, does little justice for how obnoxious his character. If his character is a villain not meant to be taken seriously, shouldn't he be a little more funny rather than buffoonish? Machete Kills is an over-the-top, go-for-broke action thriller that may offer a little fun in the category for action-set pieces, but fails to fuel the charm and flair that made the predecessor an entertaining hit. The original film is far from an action classic, but at least it was a slightly more sleek than what Robert Rodriguez delivers here.

ernesti Machete Kills must be one of the most violent films that i've ever seen but actually it's also so light to watch that it makes me wonder if the director has ever got hang of the idea of tension building. There's none of it. It's like watching a violent scene after another that follows shortly without any tension, just cartoon-like characters making tired jokes and that's about it. Just about everyone gets killed, but Machete somehow manages to get out alive.I did find several scenes funny but that's no good if the idea wasn't used further. This movie just rushes hastily from one idea to another and it's perfect for those who can't concentrate while watching a film.Well, honestly this movie is the new dimension of trash and yet many people will enjoy it. It's still watchable and still it's one of the dumbest and lightest violent film there is. It's a Tarantino film without the character development and coherence. It's a mess. Still someone's going to love it anyway.