Synopsis
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.
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Cast
- Danny TrejoMachete Cortez
- Mel GibsonLuther Voz
- Demián BichirMendez
- Amber HeardBlanca Vasquez / Miss San Antonio
- Michelle RodriguezLuz
- Sofía VergaraDesdemona
- Charlie SheenMr. President
- Jessica AlbaSartana Rivera
- Lady GagaLa Camaleon
- Alexa PenaVegaKillJoy
Recommendations
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Time Out
You’re really going for Rodriguez’s retrohappy splatter: Intestines tangle in helicopter rotors, heads pop in spring-loaded decapitations, and there’s even a new fake trailer up top. Little is believable, and that’s exactly as it should be. - 70
Village Voice
Kills tops the 2010 original by not giving a mierda about logic or character. - 64
Film.com
More focused and less preachy than its exploitation-riffing predecessor, the comparably shoddy Machete Kills nonetheless peters out in the homestretch (and, for some, surely sooner). - 50
Slant Magazine
The films that Robert Rodriguez emulates here are known for similar unexpected narrative turns, but the crucial value that he misses is their actual cheapness. - 40
Variety
As violent as its predecessor yet noticeably duller and less outrageous, Machete Kills is dragged to the finish line entirely by its director’s madcap energy and an absurd cast of major stars in strange cameos. - 40
Empire
Violent, silly, embarrassing, clumsy, confusing, juvenile, occasionally offensive, occasionally a little bit fun. - 40
Total Film
Like a meal made entirely of chillies, Machete Mk II is spicy to start with, then unpleasant, then numbing - before it all starts to repeat. - 40
Time Out London
Sadly, much as we want to relish the shameless parade of cartoon violence, while indulging the equally shameless cavalcade of adolescent sexism, the soggy plotting and slack comic timing are downers.
