Machete Kills

Name: Machete Kills
Released: 2013-10-11
Cast: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Demian Bichir, Amber Heard, Michelle Rodriguez

Machete Kills

R
1h 47m
2013

29%

age 18+

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Danny Trejo returns as legendary ex-Federale Machete Cortez in this action-packed thrill ride from innovative director Robert Rodriguez. In his latest mission, Machete is recruited by the U.S. President (Carlos Estevez) to stop a crazed global terrorist (Mel Gibson) from starting a nuclear war. With a bounty on his head, Machete breaks all the rules as he faces death at every turn from a star-studded cast of deadly assassins. Featuring Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Demian Bichir, Machete Kills is “Absurdly entertaining. Defies expectations!” (Harry Knowles, Ain’t It Cool News). It’s one of the wildest save-the-world adventures ever captured on film!

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

29%

Critics Consensus: While possessed with the same schlocky lunacy as its far superior predecessor, Machete Kills loses the first installment's spark in a less deftly assembled sequel.

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

The dialogue fluctuates between self-reflective hilarity and just plain cringe-worthy.

December 3, 2020

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

A sequel to a film that was based upon a trailer.

"Machete Kills" takes on the madman taking over the world sub genre favored by middle-era James Bond films, mixes that with an excess of "Star Wars" jokes, and concocts a bland caricature.

July 8, 2020

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The Reader (Omaha, NE)

Ryan Syrek

I "get" grind-schlock. This isn't that, this is someone doing a bad impression of that.

The appeal of Rodriguez's '70s grindhouse influenced films like Machete Kills is bound to wear thin one day, but not today.

April 11, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 18+

Common Sense Says

Over-the-top grindhouse sequel is full of bloody violence.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that, like Machete, Machete Kills attempts to re-create an intense, over-the-top "grindhouse" movie experience with gleefully excessive violence, sexuality, and language (though the energy seems to have flagged somewhat this time around). Violence includes tons of blood and gore, including a microwaved plasma bag that explodes and sprays all over a hospital room, plus multiple beheadings, slicings, guttings, and shootings, as well as fighting. Language is also very strong, with many uses of "f--k," "s--t," and "p---y." There's very little nudity, but viewers do see one sex scene and a woman wearing bottomless chaps, and there's some sexual innuendo. Plus, all the women in the movie are viewed as objects, dressed in sexy, revealing clothing (one even has a machine gun bra).