Machete Kills

Trailer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1WwOQowlg


Terrible cliché dialogue, stupid over the top plotlines and cheesey fake looking special effects.  Machete Kills features all of these and is a very enjoyable film because of it. It doesn't take itself seriously and is a film that almost takes the piss out of itself.

Machete Kills is essentially a series of OTT fight scenes split up by corny dialogue and celebrity cameos. There are a load of recognisably faces here, from Danny Trejo from the original, Breaking Bad and...the fajita adverts, to Lady Gaga, Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson -the list goes on. It's funny to see so many well known faces in a film where the production values are so (purposfully) low.

I feel the film is at it's best when it's at it's most ridiculous. The intro scene which I won't spoil is one of the funniest parts of the movie and sets you up for the general tone of the film ahead. I just wished they maybe kept the same level of silliness up as it times the laughs do dry up and the film forgets what it's supposed to be.

There's gore a-plenty, there soley to get a reaction. There's nothing scarring, just a lot of unrealistic blood splatter and organs plopping to the ground. It's not one to watch with Grandma or on date night but as a film to watch in the background with a few friends you could do far worse.

The film is shot in grind house style but it's not shoved in your face as much as you'd think. It's an exploitation film but I feel it could have maybe been a little more shocking or a little more 'bad' to get that status. There are moments of 'this is crazy' but maybe not as much as you'd hope. A few more laughs and few more 'ewws' wouldn't have gone a miss.

Machete Kills is a fun 'popcorn movie' that won't have your sides splitting but will put a smile on your face. Watching it with a few beers in you as a warm up to a night out or something is probably the best way to digest Machete Kills. It's good stupid fun.

7/10