feature: Machete (2010)

Shockingly, I haven’t seen Grindhouse. Shocking because it seems like exactly the sort of film I would see. Unfortunately they decided to release Grindhouse in two seperate films, neither of which stayed around in the cinemas here very long so I missed them… I really should rent them some time.

Anyway, in case you didn’t know, the reason I mention Grindhouse is because that’s where our friend Machete, legendary and deadly ex-Federale entered the public consciousness. Sandwiched there between Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof was a fake trailer for Machete. I may not have seen Grindhouse but I saw that trailer!

As it turns out, while it was a fake trailer, it was actually a film that Rodrigeuz had been itching to make for years. As Rodrigeuz explained “When I watched John Woo’s movies, they made me want to be Asian. Woo and Chow Yun-Fat’s Hard Boiled and The Killer really inspired me to make films that would create that feeling in the Latin arena.” And who better to play that Latin hard-man action hero than Danny Trejo

I like Robert Rodrigeuz. Hmm… or more accurately, I like the idea of Robert Rodrigeuz. I’ve only actually seen two of his films – Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn in case you were wondering – but he always seemed pretty cool. I particularly like the fact that, even though he makes these kind of exceptionally violent films, he still sees fit to make the likes of Shorts and Spy Kids… Hey why not?

I should mention as well, if you’re on Facebook there’s a great competition on the Machete UK & Ireland Facebook page to win a Playstation 3. All you have to do is… show us your machete tricks! Ah no, that’s not actually what you have to do, have a look over at the page to see. Competition is open till 26th November 2010 at 5pm and is open to the UK and ROI. Undoubtedly, terms and conditions apply.

Anyway, have a look at a couple of trailers of Machete and see what you think. I know I’ll be going along for sure.