At the Movies with Fatwayne

 I would call this a very good movie that emanated from a crazy idea.  We have to go back to 2007 and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse. In that movie several fake trailers were made and shown between the two halves of the movie. One of these was Machete featuring Danny Trejo as the lead character. This trailer was an over-the-top laugh fest featuring gobs of violence produced mainly from (you guessed it!) a large machete.

Now you can enjoy it for real and Danny Trejo gets his first starring role in a film. Although not your typical pretty faced leading man he does have a commanding screen presence. You have no trouble at all believing that he is capable of anything you see him do on the big screen. The movie is very “Tarantinoesque” and if you like his other movies such as Inglourious Basterds, Grindhouse – Death Proof and Planet Terror, Kill Bill, From Dusk till Dawn, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and so many more you will undoubtedly love this one. Yes, it is wacky, it is funny and it is most certainly violent. We are not asked to take the plot seriously but merely to sit back and enjoy the action.

It is a story of revenge wrapped around politics, the drug trade and illegal Mexican immigrants. There are surprising actors who turn up in this film like Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Lohan, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson and others. You just never know who will turn up next or what fate they might have in store.

As I mentioned, this movie is full of humor and wise cracks. One of my favorite lines comes from Padre Benito del Toro (Cheech Marin) who sort of hears Machete’s confession and then tells him “I absolve you of all your sins. Now get the f**k out!”. Totally out of the blue but effective.

There are bound to be people who will abhore this film while others will readily eat it up just  like I did. If you have gotten this far into my review you should know what to expect. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Enjoy!

Rated  -  R  -

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