Machete

Machete is a 2010 action, exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. This film is an expansion of a fake trailer that was released together with Rodriguez's and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 Grindhouse. Machete continues the B movie and exploitation style of Grindhouse, including some of its footage. Danny Trejo stars in his first lead role as the title character. This was the first fake trailer, or the second trailer for Canada only.

Plot Summary
Machete (Danny Trejo) is a former Mexican Federale who plays by his own rules, and doesn't answer to anybody. In the wake of a harrowing encounter with feared drug lord Torrez (Steven Seagal), Machete finds himself in Texas, where the shadowy Booth (Jeff Fahey) offers him the opportunity to make some quick cash by assassinating the unscrupulous Senator McLaughlin (Robert De Niro). When the job goes awry and Machete realizes he's been set up, he turns to fierce taco queen Luz (Michelle Rodriguez), heavily armed holy man Padre (Cheech Marin), and trigger-happy socialite April (Lindsay Lohan) to show Booth that he just messed with the wrong Mexican. But before they can get to Booth, Machete's gang will have to contend with blade-wielding ICE agent Sartana (Jessica Alba), who never met an adversary she couldn't flay.

Cast

 * Danny Trejo as Machete
 *  Michelle Rodriguez  as Luz
 *  Jessica Alba  as Sartana
 *  Robert De Niro  as Senator McLaughlin
 *  Lindsay Lohan  as April Benz
 *  Cheech Marin  as Padre Benito del Toro
 * Jeff Fahey as Michael Benz
 *  Steven Seagal  as Torrez
 *  Don Johnson  as Lt. Stillman
 *  Cheryl Chin  as Torrez's Henchwoman
 * Electra Avellan as Nurse Mona
 * Elise Avellan as Sexy Nurse #2
 *  Mitchell Lance Adams  as Cop
 *  Alejandro Antonio  as Chief
 *  JenelleRae Cardenas  as Mexican Protester
 *  Ara Celi  as Esmerelda Celi
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Ryan Christiansen  as Bungalow Man
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Jason Douglas  as Cop
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Carlos Gallardo  as Deputy Carlos
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Greg Ingram  as Cristos
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Scott Jefferies  as Django
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Nina Leon  as Machete Wife
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Alicia Rachel Marek  as June
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Chad McMinn  as News Camera Man
 * <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1"> Jay Moses  as I.C.E. Officer

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 * As Robert Rodriguez tells it, after conceiving of the character of Machete and telling Danny Trejo about it, Rodriquez started receiving phone calls at random hours of the day from Danny, trying to convince him to make the film. One day, Robert said to Danny that he was busy and asked why Danny can't just send a text message instead of constantly calling, to which Danny Trejo replied: "Machete don't text." Machete says this exact phrase in the film.

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Goofs

 * In the scene where Jeff Fahey enters the house and starts shooting everyone with a silenced gun, the first man's head gets shot before we hear the sound of a gun.

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Film's Tagline

 * They just fucked with the wrong Mexican!
 * If you're going to hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you better make damn sure the bad guy isn't you!
 * He knows the score. He gets the women. And he kills the bad guys!
 * Yesterday He Was a Decent Man Living a Decent Life. Now He is a Brutal Savage Who Must Slaughter to Stay Alive.
 * A Pissed Off Mexican Out to Settle a Score
 * Lindsay Lohan as The Sister
 * Robert De Niro as The Senator
 * Danny Trejo as Machete
 * Michelle Rodriguez as She
 * Jessica Alba as Sartana
 * Steven Seagal as Torrez

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">See Also
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Robert Rodriguez

<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:white;mso-themecolor:background1">Grindhouse