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Jimmy LindseyNäyttelijät:
Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Shea Whigham, Lindsay Lohan (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (3)
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Hän näytti aivan tavalliselta siirtotyöläiseltä ja siis täydelliseltä kieron poliittisen murhan syntipukilta. Mutta hän olikin Machete (Danny Trejo), legendaarinen ex-agentti, jolla on murhaava asenne ja taito antaa sille katetta. Otettuaan yhteen meksikolaisen huumeparonin Torrezin (Steven Seagal) kanssa Machete jätetään kuolemaan, mutta hänen onnistuu livahtaa Texasiin piiloutuakseen sinne ja unohtaakseen murheellisen menneisyytensä. Texasissa vastassa on kuitenkin korruption ja petoksen verkko, jonka jäljiltä senaattori McLaughlinia (Robert De Niro) ammutaan ja Machetesta tulee etsintäkuulutettu. Machete ryhtyy puhdistamaan nimeään ja paljastamaan salaliittoa, mutta kapuloita hänen rattaisiinsa lyövät Booth (Jeff Fahey) – häikäilemätön liikemies, jolla on käytettävissään liuta palkkatappajia, Von (Don Johnson) – kieroutunut rajavartija, joka johtaa pientä armeijaa, ja Sartana Rivera (Jessica Alba) – kaunis maahanmuuttoviraston virkailija, joka joutuu valitsemaan, noudattaako lakia vai kuunnellako omaatuntoaan. Macheten rinnalla puntteja tasoittavat Luz (Michelle Rodriguez) – seksikäs tacomyyjätär, jolla on kapinallinen mieli ja vallankumouksellinen sydän, sekä Padre (Cheech Marin) – pappi, joka on hyvä siunaamaan lähimmäisiä, mutta vielä parempi suolaamaan vihollisia. Macheten luodeilla, verellä ja särkyneillä sydämillä reunustettu tie johtaa lopulta takaisin Torrezin luo ja huipentuu eeppiseen, kostonkatkuiseen taisteluun. (Walt Disney Nordic Fin.)
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They should have stuck with the fake trailer. It serves up imaginative action and catchphrases in every other scene, but the whole thing is kind of... sterile. And boring at that. Lost among the geysers of stylishness is a plot that needed to draw us in more and give us more insight into the characters. I know, it’s all about a slightly different genre and intelligence rules, but even when you have one of the ugliest people running around between Hollywood and Mexico in the lead role, you expect the fun to be a little more serious, or conversely, a little crazier. Like Planet Terror.
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–Cuban? –Mexican. It’s such a shame that Rodriguez didn’t have the balls to shoot the whole of his Mexploitation flick as crudely as he filmed the über-muthafucka prologue... I found that regrettable until the scene with entrails. The film’s superficial refinement only draws attention away from the self-confident (and self-conscious, as evidenced by the involvement of the uncensored internet) contempt for common sense, good taste and every conceivable kind of political correctness. Machete is an exploitation movie for multiplexes, but that doesn’t mean that it would lack machetes, machine guns, boobs, gore, sexy nurses, a murderous nun, a one-eyed avenger, Steven Seagal, Tom Savini and a pissed-off Mexican with a weed whacker. You can either accept this film in all its simplicity and bombast and enjoy the ruthless fun, or look for a more sophisticated view of the world. This time, I’m giving a strong four-start rating and posing a simple question: why always complicate things? 85%
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With similarly tuned retro images, it is difficult to find a reasonable line between piety, parody and seriousness, if I paraphrase the words of one of the protagonists: Machete didn't cross the line, the line crossed Machete. This film is the most entertaining and dullest spectacle I can imagine in the genre. If I’d had it on VHS in the 1980s, I’d undoubtedly have long hair, a black mustache and a sharpened machete. And a girl with one eye. [85%]
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So, that little grindhouse flick that was shadowed by Stallone’s The Expendables turned out to be something completely outrageous that knows no limits. A perfect dose of trash and self-awareness. Trejo! Seagal! Alba! De Niro! Fahey! Lohan! Rodriguez! Rodriguez! While The Expendables fool around…
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The star of Machete is neither Danny Trejo – Machete nor even Danny Trejo – Gardener. I acknowledge that this guy has cult status as an acting legend of one particular subgenre, but that doesn’t change the fact that he doesn’t know how to act. He only knows how to grimace. The true stars of Machete are the numerous and superbly cast villains, among whom any viewer can find the right “badass motherfucker” of their choice. For me it was Don Johnson hiding behind a pair of huge sunglasses. I also liked Steven Seagal, who truly relished his part. 2010 seems to be the year of good old (or obsolete) action heroes. Robert Rodriguez conceived Machete in an orgasm-inducing epic fashion and you’ll probably remember more scenes from this than from Planet Terror. But it lacks dialogue gems with cult potential, as well as the presence of another nutjob character with the face of the great Mr. Q. T..
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