Plot: Machete is a renegade former “Mexican Federale”. He roams the streets of Texas after a shakedown from drug lord Torrez. Benz, a spin doctor, tells Machete that McLaughlin, a corrupt senator, is sending hundreds of illegal immigrants out of the country and that he must be killed.
He offers him $150,000 to kill McLaughlin. Attempting to assassinate the senator, Machete is double-crossed and is shot in the neck. Now on the run and being tracked by Sartana, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with a special interest in the blade slinger, Machete goes after Benz and his men with the help of his “holy” brother Padre, a saucy meat cleaver-wielding taco slinger named Luz, and April, a socialite with a penchant for guns.
Opinion: After Death Proof and Planet Terror in 2007, the homage to ’70s exploitation flicks continues with Machete, which was inspired by a phony trailer in Grindhouse.
Robert Rodriguez exploits some timely issues, like anti-immigrant xenophobia and Hispanic stereotyping, like a low-budget genre filmmaker from the 70s. Of course that this subject will annoy some Republicans, but I think that’s intentional.
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