Review of Machete Kills (2013) by Paul B — 29 Nov 2013

Entertaining pulp fiction comic adventure. Machete (Danny Trejo) fights to save the world from oblivion and Mel Gibson's villainous acting. Good stuff.

This review of Machete Kills (2013) was written by Paul B on 29 Nov 2013.

Machete Kills has generally received mixed reviews.

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By James M (2,946) on 02 Apr 2015

This movie is a bad peice of garbage. Knowing that, see it. If you know it is a terrible film you will have a very enjoyable time…

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By Joy E (103) on 17 Apr 2015

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GREG: (Greg Smith, Founder of Agile Writers of Richmond, VA) Well I can t say I was surprised that a movie called Machete Kills had a high…

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