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Machete
After 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.
2010 · Directed by Robert Rodriguez · 105 min · Action · Comedy · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
They just messed with the wrong Mexican.
Plot
In Mexico, Machete Cortez, a Mexican Federal and his younger partner are on a mission to rescue a kidnapped girl. During the operation, his partner is killed, the kidnapped girl stabs him in the leg before she is killed, and Machete is betrayed by his corrupt Chief to the powerful drug lord and former Federal, Rogelio Torrez, who kills the girl, brings in Machete's wife to kill her in front of him, and implies that he will kill Machete's daughter before leaving him for dead.
Three years later, a down-and-out Machete roams Texas, scraping by on yard work. Michael Booth, a local businessman and spin doctor, explains to Machete that corrupt Texas State Senator John McLaughlin is deporting hundreds of illegal immigrants, which would reduce the number of laborers. To stop this, Booth offers Machete $150,000 to kill McLaughlin. Machete accepts the murder contract after Booth threatens to kill him if he does not.
Machete trains a rifle on McLaughlin from a rooftop during a rally, but before he fires, he sees one of Booth's henchmen aiming at him. The henchman shoots Machete in the shoulder, and shoots McLaughlin in the leg. It is revealed that Booth orchestrated the attempted assassination as part of a false flag operation to gain public support for McLaughlin's secure border campaign. By setting up Machete as the gunman, the conspirators appear that an outlaw Mexican immigrant has tried to assassinate the senator, who is known for his tough stance on illegal immigration.
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Crew
- Written by: Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez
- Cinematography: Jimmy Lindsey
- Edited by: Rebecca Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez
- Music: Chingon
- Production design: Christopher Stull
- Produced by: Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Rick Schwartz
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
- Lindsay Lohan as April Booth
- Electra Avellan as Nurse Mona
- Elise Avellan as Nurse Lisa
- Tom Savini as Osiris Amanpour
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Overnight Films, Troublemaker Studios
- Budget: $10,500,000
- Box office: $45,491,656
- 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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