Review of Machete Kills (2013) by Kendall C — 26 Nov 2013

A mess of colossal proportions that actually wouldn't be a problem and would fit like a glove onto Machete's style. The problem is that this mess is tremendously unfunny and is not as action packed as it thinks it is. It bites more than it can chew with it's ginormous disposable cast, silly premise with pretentions at social critique and way too low of a budget. The movie looks horrible and not in a good way. Where's the grain? Where's the missing tape segments? The audio jumps? The gritty filters? Does Machete Kills even wants to be an exploitation flick by missing these key grindhouse elements? Cause they would mask the atrocious CG and poorly directed action segments.

Asides from an inspired role from Démian Bichir, there's nothing much to enjoy here.