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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

There are killings, but everything is well cleaned: some blood, but not too much. Fat old men moving like ninjas. Security optional, enough to push the plot, not enough to make the wholes too big. Overall the movie fails to make any bothering statements. The bad guys are bad. The good guys are good. The ones in between are in between. Is it about immigration? About racism? Who knows. It's about making another movie to show Hollywood you are still alive and working. Dull. Boring.

Following his success with the double-feature 'Grindhouse' with collaboration with his longtime friend Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez makes a fabulous return to the action genre with this Grindhouse-style actioner. Packing abundance of graphic, over-the-top violence and gore, and retro-style cinematography; this action piece pays homages to classic B-movies from the 70s and 80s but with a more polished execution than what we experienced in 'Planet Terror', the zombie horror half of Grindhouse. Taking the lead is charismatic action star Danny Trejo as the titular character Machete who is back again at taking on the bad guys, following his previous appearance in the fake trailer in Planet Terror, along with his more prolific appearance as the uncle of the lead characters in the more kid-friendly 'Spy Kids' franchise. This film follows the title character as masterfully skilled federal who is disgracefully betrayed by Michael Booth (played by Jeff Fahey), the man who hired him to assassinate Texas Senator John McLaughlin (played by Robert De Niro) who plans on ridding the state of Mexicans from crossing the border. Following his attempt on the assassination, Machete is gunned down by a sniper who happens to be an accomplice Booth and his boss Torrez (played by Steven Seagal). With the assistance of his Catholic brother Padre (played by Cheech Marin) and sexy immigration officer Sartana (played by Jessica Alba), Machete sets out for revenge.With Danny Trejo in the lead role and Robert Rodriguez in the director's chair, there is only so much you can expect from this off-the-walls action flick. In that case, those who go in awaiting sense of realism and grit are probably going to be disappointed as Robert Rodriguez embraces an over-the-top approach reminiscent to old exploitation movies from 70s and 80s. This means exaggerated violence and Tarantino-style blood splatter, one scene in particular involves Machete tearing out a man's intestines and using theme to swing through a window. But in the midst of the carnage however, is a surprisingly clever political undertone which deals illegal immigration of Mexican natives through the U.S/Mexico border and Robert De Niro as the racist Senator trying to eliminate the so-called dilemma, citing Mexicans as terrorists and drug lords. This is where Michelle Rodriguez, playing a taco stand operator, comes in place as her character runs a network smuggling Mexicans through the border. While the political themes fit suitably for the plot, the way in which they are executed doesn't always work. But that's not the real deal here. The performances by the cast aren't too bad, nothing too great either. Danny Trejo in particular shines fresh as the action hero here, especially during the action sequences; Steven Seagal on the other hand is just your average one-dimensional villain with nothing really interesting in the character department. Robert De Niro, for the highly acclaimed actor he is, isn't given anything much interesting to work with here aside from the anti-Mexican politician he portrays. In the end, there is still plenty of fun and excitement to endure, mostly notably in the action scenes including the climax at the end which prove that though Robert Rodriguez may not have the best taste in writing, he allows viewers to experience tension with over exaggerated action set pieces. Even better, he also makes fair use of the vintage-style cinematography rather than executing it in a way that distracts viewers from the atmosphere like what we experienced in Planet Terror.Machete is a stylish action thriller that is startlingly entertaining and charismatic, despite the over-the-top nature it pervades. Of course, the anti-Mexican themes and absurd amount of graphic violence do happen to stray this film from making it a solid choice of everyone, action fans or not. In the end, Robert Rodriguez puts this action piece to good use in the midst of it's notable flaws.

I mean if you want to see a movie that makes a white Senator who wants to keep illegals outs of America (which is not a bad thing) out to be a killer and racist scumbag then you will like this movie. It has horrible acting and a pathetic script to go along with an overall completely butt backwards reality on a real major problem in America. Just another low end political agenda push for someone who wants free things, doesn't speak English and doesn't pay taxes but wants citizenship. Danny Trejo is a classic bad actor in cheesy movies. I'm not against him in certain movies like Halloween he did a good job. But as for Jessica Alba she is worse than ever. She just still can't act at all. De Niro is the only credible actor in the whole movie and of course is depicted as the scumbag inwhich he plays the role well. I just can't believe that people would actually claim this to be a good movie. And to give an excuse saying its this way because of the genre does not make crap not crap. Final verdict $1 Walmart movie

Spun off from a fake trailer in Grindhouse. Danny Trejo is Machete, a former law enforcement agent but now an illegal immigrant and a vagrant in Texas some years after a drug lord Torrez (Steven Seagal) killed his family.A businessman named Booth (Jeff Fahey) offers Machete a large sum of money to assassinate staunch Anti Immigration Senator John McLaughlin (Robert De Niro) but its all a set up.Don Johnson is a corrupt racist cop who kills illegal immigrants and Jessica Alba plays an Immigration agent who helps out Machete.Robert Rodriguez has made a glossy B movie satire with a few star names, some political digs on immigration issues and hypocritical anti migration politicians and police.Its still down and dirty like its fake trailer. Machete is lethal with the blade, there are some over the top gruesome and funny scenes and he even finds time to be a ladies man.An enjoyable if silly film, some of the actors like Johnson, Fahey and De Niro are having a hoot playing despicable villains. Steven Seagal is out of his element among such company as the main bad guy. He is just too fat and out of shape.