Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Danny Trejo | ... | Machete | |
Mel Gibson | ... | Voz | |
Demián Bichir | ... | Mendez (as Demian Bichir) | |
Amber Heard | ... | Miss San Antonio | |
Michelle Rodriguez | ... | Luz | |
Sofía Vergara | ... | Desdemona | |
Charlie Sheen | ... | Mr. President (as Carlos Estevez) | |
Lady Gaga | ... | La Camaleón | |
Antonio Banderas | ... | El Camaleón 4 | |
Walton Goggins | ... | El Cameleón 1 (as Walt Goggins) | |
Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | El Camaleón 2 | |
Vanessa Hudgens | ... | Cereza | |
Alexa PenaVega | ... | KillJoy (as Alexa Vega) | |
Marko Zaror | ... | Zaror | |
Tom Savini | ... | Osiris Amanapur |
Patrolling the U.S. border with his gun-toting lover, Sartana, after the massacre in Machete (2010), the stone-faced, former Mexican Federale, Machete, receives a call from the president himself of the United States. Thirsting for retribution, Machete embarks on a deadly mission to bring to Texas the megalomaniac Mexican revolutionary, Marcos, who has a nuclear missile pointing at Washington, D.C. Now, Machete and the undercover agent, Miss San Antonio, have to stop a global war, as the shape-shifting assassin, La Camaleón, is hot on their trail. Can Machete's hungry blades avert the impending Armageddon? Written by Nick Riganas
I wonder what drugs Rodriguez was on when he wrote this movie but he must have been under the influence of something since it is even more weird and insanely violent than his usual concoctions. What is worse it that it really is somewhat incoherent, like ideas for scenes was just strung together with no real concern for the overall picture.
I did like the movie as a two-hour distraction from reality and I had quite a few laughs at the ludicrously violent scenes. Unfortunately some of them made me squirm in my seat because the where not really funny-violent but just silly-violent.
Charlie Sheen as a president was a real really poor choice of actor. Mel Gibson as Voz was better and I have to confess that I do like Michelle Rodriguez. Lady Gaga? Well, "bof" as the French say.
Machete himself, which to me was one of the main reasons for watching the movie, was also a bit of a disappointment. He walked through the movie like he was just bored being on the set. There was never any real spark.
At the end of the movie I have to say that I felt a little disappointed. As I wrote, I did like it but it never reached the levels of enjoyment that I hoped for.