Fun in Space: Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills Not Only in This World

Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo) shoots his way through Mexico, Texas - and even into outer space.
Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo) shoots his way through Mexico, Texas – and even into outer space.

There were times when Machete was but a bloodthirsty creature from one of the many fake trailers for the Grindhouse double-dip of Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Planet Terror by his old friend Robert Rodriguez. Yet a full-blown effort by fans eventually forced the hands of the two filmmaking buddies, and the character re-emerged as the hero of a trilogy of full-length features much in the same manner as the previous Grindhouse entries. Now the knife-throwing Mexican scarface is back for more with Machete Kills, but will he be deliver?

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