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Machete
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Machete is a 2010 American action and thriller film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. The screenplay was written by Rodriguez, who also served as film editor. The cast includes Danny Trejo, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jeff Fahey. Production was handled by Double R Productions, 20th Century Studios, Overnight Films, and Troublemaker Studios, with Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellán Ochoa, and Robert Rodriguez listed as producers. The film’s original languages are Spanish, English, and Hungarian.
The narrative takes place in Mexico and Texas, focusing on the subject of revenge. Filming occurred in Mexico. The movie has a runtime of 105 minutes and was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix. It was followed by Machete Kills.
Financially, the film had a budget of 10,500,000 and generated box office revenue of 44,093,316. It received an R rating. Audience scores include a 6.6 IMDb rating based on 209,712 votes, a 6.342 TMDb average, and a 70% Rotten Tomatoes score. The film has won two awards and received six nominations.
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6.3After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Cast
- Danny Trejo as Machete
- Michelle Rodriguez as Luz
- Jessica Alba as Sartana Rivera
- Robert De Niro as Senator John McLaughlin
- Steven Seagal as Rogelio Torrez
- Cheech Marin as Padre Cortez
Themes
- loss of loved one
- illegal immigration
- border patrol
- immigration law
- machete
- politician
- patrol
- sniper rifle
- hard to kill
- brutal death
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
208,928 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Rodriguez Ethan Maniquis
- Written by
- Robert Rodriguez Álvaro Rodriguez
- Produced by
- Robert Rodriguez Elizabeth Avellán Rick Schwartz
- Starring
- Danny Trejo Steven Seagal Michelle Rodriguez Jeff Fahey Cheech Marin Lindsay Lohan Don Johnson Jessica Alba Robert De Niro
- Cinematography
- Jimmy Lindsey
- Edited by
- Robert Rodriguez Rebecca Rodriguez
- Music by
- Chingon
- Production companies
- Overnight Films Troublemaker Studios
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- September 1, 2010 ( 2010-09-01 ) (Venice Film Festival) September 3, 2010 ( 2010-09-03 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Budget
- $10.5 million
- Box office
- $45.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Machete (also known as Robert Rodriguez's Machete) is a 2010 American exploitation action film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. The film is an expansion of a fake trailer published as a part of the promotion of Rodriguez's and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 Grindhouse double-feature. Machete continues the B movie and exploitation style of Grindhouse.
The film stars Danny Trejo as the title character, reprising the role from the fake trailer. Trejo also previously portrayed an alternate version of the character in the Spy Kids films. The film additionally co-stars Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson and Robert De Niro.
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