Review of Machete (2010) by Donald Z — 02 Apr 2013
Really a lot more serious than I had hoped it to be. And honestly, the trailer was much better than the movie, and... I felt the movie tried too hard to fit around the trailer when really the opposite is what's supposed to happen. Hmmm... the thing about Planet Terror is that it was a really good movie that was a dedication to grindhouse movies. The thing about this movie, and Death Proof, are that these two movies are both actually legitimately bad movies, so in that sense I guess they are closer to the majority of their source materials than Planet Terror was.
This movie was better than Death Proof though, I'll give it that. But it seemed way more conventional to me than what the original trailer had made it out to be.
Steven Seagal was leagues, miles, and lightyears beyond what any of the other actors brought to this thing though. Dude made everybody else look foolish in their acting jobs.
This review of Machete (2010) was written by Donald Z on 02 Apr 2013.
Machete has generally received positive reviews.
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