Machete Kills

2013 film by Robert Rodriguez

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5.6

Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

Released: 2013-09-12108 minDir: Robert RodriguezAction, Crime, ThrillerBudget: $20.0MBox office: $17.5MPart of: Machete Collection

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Cast

Danny Trejo as Machete
Mel Gibson as Voz
Demián Bichir as Mendez
Amber Heard as Miss San Antonio
Michelle Rodriguez as Luz
Sofía Vergara as Desdemona

Themes

mexico
the white house
nuclear missile
machete
space
aftercreditsstinger

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Ratings

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5.6/10

85,644 votes

Year: 2013
Runtime: 107 min
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

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Key facts

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Screenplay by: Kyle Ward
Story by: Robert Rodriguez Marcel Rodriguez
Produced by: Robert Rodriguez Rick Schwartz Sergei Bespalov Alexander Rodnyansky Aaron Kaufman Iliana Nikolic
Starring: Danny Trejo Michelle Rodriguez Sofía Vergara Amber Heard Carlos Estévez Antonio Banderas Cuba Gooding Jr. Walton Goggins William Sadler Demián Bichir Mel Gibson
Cinematography: Robert Rodriguez
Edited by: Robert Rodriguez Rebecca Rodriguez
Music by: Carl Thiel Robert Rodriguez
Production companies: AR Films Demarest Films Quick Draw Productions Aldamisa Entertainment Overnight Productions 1821 Pictures
Distributed by: Open Road Films
Release dates: September 19, 2013 ( 2013-09-19 ) ( Austin Fantastic Fest ) October 11, 2013 ( 2013-10-11 ) (United States)
Running time: 108 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: English Spanish
Budget: $20 million
Box office: $17.5 million

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Encyclopedic overview

Machete Kills (also known as Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills) is a 2013 American action exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, with a screenplay by Kyle Ward, from a story by Robert and Marcel Rodriguez. Starring Danny Trejo, who returns in his role as the eponymous character, it is a sequel to Machete (2010), and is the third film based on a fake trailer in Grindhouse (2007). Michelle Rodriguez, Tom Savini, Electra and Elise Avellan, Felix Sabates, and Jessica Alba reprise their roles from the first film, and are joined by series newcomers Sofía Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen (credited by his birth name of "Carlos Estévez"), Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr., Walt Goggins, William Sadler, Demián Bichir and Mel Gibson. The film follows the titular ex-federal (Trejo) as he is recruited by the U.S. President (Sheen) to stop an arms dealer (Gibson) and a revolutionary (Bichir).

Machete Kills was released in the United States by Open Road Films on October 11, 2013.

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