Satire may be the weapon of preference in the end. This is after the often faltering political rhetoric doesn’t function. When that satire is sharp, even hot-button topics like immigrating can’t come out uncut. If current “Machete” film reviews are any indication, the Robert Rodriguez “Mexploitation” gore fest might not be the sharpest tool within the satire shed, but it hacks away at immigrating with lustful glee. Political ideas are shot through the movie “Machete” from beginning to end of the film.
”Machete” reviews say the film is close to falling off a cliff
The line Rodriguez walks with “Machete” has anything to do with the film’s use of satire. Intended to be a send-up of 1970s midnight movie genres in much the exact same way the Quentin Tarantino-Robert Rodriguez co-production “Grindhouse” did in 2007, “Machete” tells the story of a Mexican federale (Danny Trejo) in search of revenge. Agents of drug lord Torrez kill Machete’s family. Torrez is played by Steven Seagal as a form of parody to be himself. Machete kills many included authorities, politicians including Robert De Niro and even a drug mile network that is exactly like the ones made in U.S. Mexico today. There also are Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson and Jessica Alba there too. ”Machete” isn’t always on a thin line when it comes to satire, says the Denver Post. The jokes are interesting. Some are “too cool for school” more than anything else. The prepared se! quels may need a little bit more from Rodriguez though.
Screenrant has own opinions on immigration satire
Screenrant thinks that the scene in “Machete” with an illegal border crossing is too much. A pregnant woman with her husband try to cross. This is when Don Johnson and Robert De Niro determine it’s time to stop them as uniformed vigilantes. De Niro plays a cruel United States Senator. He actually shoots the pregnant woman before saying the man, “Welcome to The United States,” and then shoots before shooting him. Rodriguez was just having some fun with the clear satire, although some weren’t so excited.
Bloody fun involved
The storyline and acting in “Machete” do not really matter. It was really all there to give some blood. Screenrant explains that connecting segments of the story will really just leave you bored. Entertainment Weekly says the video works the majority of the time, but when it slips on the blood and entrails, it slides into mere schlock.
Denver Post
denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_15966734
Entertainment Weekly
ew.com/ew/article/,,20417721,00.html
Screenrant
screenrant.com/machete-movie-reviews-vic-76754/
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