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By Chris Cabin (484) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 01 Sep 2010

Rodriguez's dullest, shallowest, and most self-satisfied film to date…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Sep 2010

Robert Rodriguez's unofficial sequel to his half of Grindhouse is a lot like its predecessor--gory, funny and, in the end, somewhat disappointing…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 01 Sep 2010

It's often stylish and exciting, but the pile-up of cool kills, hot bodies, and other unprocessed bits of juvenilia doesn't add up to a good time…

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By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 01 Sep 2010

Rodriguez emphasizes style over substance, but the sheer audacity of his vision - the energy, the inventiveness, the extremes to which he's…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 01 Sep 2010

Everyone in the film underestimates Machete, dismissing him as some mere Mexican day laborer just as Hollywood has underestimated Trejo, relegating…

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By Eric Hynes (189) for Movieline (883) on 01 Sep 2010

Forget modulation, nuance or storytelling, this is a movie that hits hard from first to last, no questions asked or logic followed…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 01 Sep 2010

At this point, I can't tell if Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Sin City), co-directing with editor Ethan Maniquis, is spoofing grade-Z, 1970s-era,…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 01 Sep 2010

Pro-illegal ideology won't win any fans at Fox News, but it's the only thing close to a point of view in an otherwise unfocused, overstuffed…

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By Andy Klein (675) for Brand X (72) on 01 Sep 2010

For sheer entertainment value, Machete easily surpasses glossy action features like Takers and The Expendables…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 01 Sep 2010

It's outlandishly gory and bluntly political, the latter being more interesting than the former…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 01 Sep 2010

Machete is insanely violent, insanely over-the-top. It's pretty much flat-out insane…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 01 Sep 2010

If other movies feel increasingly emo, Machete is heavy metal. This manly feast eats The Expendables for breakfast…

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By Peter Hall (23) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 01 Sep 2010

It's disappointing that a film with this many decapitations and naked Lindsay Lohans can be so boring…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 01 Sep 2010

A gory, pulpy wink of an action thriller, was spun out of a parody trailer Rodriguez directed for the '70s-trash homage Grindhouse (2007)…

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By Joe Lozito (463) for Big Picture Big Sound (482) on 01 Sep 2010

Robert Rodriguez finally delivers on the promise of 2007's Grindhouse with this gleefully campy Mex-ploitation flick about a knife-wielding…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 31 Aug 2010

Trejo has one gnarled, weather-beaten mug, as if he had a staring contest with the sun - and won…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend (829) on 31 Aug 2010

Machete's politics are a cringe-worthy mess but when it comes to over-the-top fun his blade is razor sharp…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Horror.com (214) on 31 Aug 2010

You might be surprised by some of the more ingenious ways to deliver D.O.A.s - stiletto shoes, wine corkscrews, and of course an array of badass,…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 31 Aug 2010

This is the kind of movie in which it's considered the zenith of meta-wit to have a slumming Robert De Niro (as Machete's racist politico nemesis)…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 31 Aug 2010

If Rodriguez could think of it, he has included it in this film…

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