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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIn the end, Machete may not be all that original, but it is fresh – fresh as a steel blade to the gut.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA gory, pulpy wink of an action thriller, was spun out of a parody trailer Rodriguez directed for the '70s-trash homage "Grindhouse" (2007). The trailer was sublime. As a feature, Machete is more fun than it isn't, but its deadpan mockery of exploitation clichés often slips a bit too close to being the real, schlocky thing.
- 75MovielineMovielineForget modulation, nuance or storytelling, this is a movie that hits hard from first to last, no questions asked or logic followed.
- 70Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyHow often can you see Cheech Marin nailed to a cross or Lindsay Lohan in a threesome with Trejo and the actress playing her mother?
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMachete is insanely violent, insanely over-the-top. It's pretty much flat-out insane.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe ensemble cast -- ranging from an Oscar winner (De Niro) and faded action star (Seagal) to a B-movie vet (Fahey) and tabloid fodder (Lindsay Lohan, not exactly playing against type as a drugged-out, hell-raising sexpot) -- pretty much offers something for everybody.
- 63Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreLike those '70s movies it borrows from, there's a blast of tongue-in-cheek politics built around a "They messed with the WRONG Mexican" message. No, this may not go over in Arizona.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThis is the kind of movie in which it's considered the zenith of meta-wit to have a slumming Robert De Niro (as Machete's racist politico nemesis) drive a taxi.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBecause there's no real character drama or consistent critique grounding the spoof, when Machete isn't laugh-out-loud funny, it's deadly boring.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsIt's outlandishly gory and bluntly political, the latter being more interesting than the former. It wears out its welcome, though, long before la revolucion and sequels are promised.