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Machete Kills

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2013 film by Robert Rodriguez

Film · TMDB

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

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

IMDb

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Follows
Machete
Screenwriter
Robert Rodriguez
Cast member
Charlie Sheen
Production company
20th Century Studios
Cinematographer
Robert Rodriguez
Narrative location
White House
Duration
107
FilmAffinity ID
623173
Distribution format
video on demand
Official website
www.machetekills.it
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publication date
2013-10-03
title
Machete Kills
distributed by
Netflix
capital cost
20000000
box office
15008161
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
41/100
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Machete Kills” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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