Rating: 8 out of 10, this is a total guilty pleasure movie as Robert Rodriguez once again delves into his passion for the 1970's B-movie, tapping his Grindhouse muse. I couldn't decide if this was an honest satire or just a guy with enough money and clout to make whatever kind of movie he wants to. All that being said, this was a hell of a lot of fun to watch exactly because of its absurdity. If you are a "serious" movie goer, don't go anywhere near this - it was made to poke fun at you. Rodriguez has his normal stable of actors and a truly impressive group of supporting actors - Robert Deniro as a Texas good ole boy! Talk about reaching, but this is what this movie does. Even with overacting being the name of the game Alba looks totally lost, she just flat can not act. I've always liked Trejo as a character actor but he was a little (lot) too old for this part. I think he must have compromising pictures of Rodriguez or something. Whenever they show him outside of closeups its obvious he is a senior citizen and not the guy capable of everything he does - still he's Machete. There are just so many interesting characters, Lindsay Lohan as a bimbo (no stretch there), Cheech as a homicidal priest, Seagall as a really fat drug lord, Don Johnson "introduced" in the credits, and Fahey as a truly evil villain. There is no reason to like this movie except that it is so much fun to watch and let the absolute insanity wash over you. This is a movie for that dying breed of drive in movie goers, complete with the scratchy print. This was made simply to entertain, no message, just have fun. This is a movie that dares you to hate it - I couldn't.
MVP: Trejo as Machete, so bad he's good and appealing to us AARP guys, I mean he gets to ride off with Alba on his chopper!
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