Rodriguez’s delightful denouement reclaims various Mexican stereotypes and combines them with recognizable humble professions for immigrants into a triumphant call to arms and a catharsis of violence against the people who hate them.

| Jun 12, 2024

It’s as a slipshod as any [Robert] Rodriguez film, directed with more energy and momentum than care or clarity, just like a real exploitation film shot on the run.

| Sep 8, 2023

There’re plenty of splattery stabbings, decapitations, explosions, and eye-poppings to keep the audience entertained... Yet it becomes repetitious and drags.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 9, 2023

Rodriguez retreats into gruesome violence and flaccid comedy, grasping feebly for topical relevance...

| Aug 10, 2022

The true hero is the editor. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 18, 2022

Although refreshingly blunt, you're just left wishing that Machete had been a bit sharper.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 5, 2021

Despite the occasional funny moment, this grindhouse spin-off is a genuine grind to sit through.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 9, 2020

There's still plenty of fun to be had with the hilarity-infused bloodshed, but the quality seems to be steadily replaced by quantity.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 30, 2020

An almost Troma-like devotion to B-movie exploitation mixed in with genuine action.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

Starts out at a dead run and doesn't bother to slow down. There is a lot of story for a movie that never goes more than a few minutes between moments of absurd and brutal violence.

| Original Score: B | Jul 14, 2020

Machete, the man, the myth, the movie. Balls out, no holds barred, kick ass fun.

| Nov 15, 2019

Machete feels alive on screen, made me laugh, made me cringe during some of its goriest moments and presented another side to an issue that the right has been politicizing unanswered for far too long.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 28, 2019

It's hugely enjoyable, of course, and confidently treads the line between arch and kitsch.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 23, 2019

The strength of "Machete" is the deep supporting cast, which brings lots of humor and fun to the project.

| Original Score: B- | May 9, 2019

An enjoyable film, but whereas the original trailer was faithfully recreated, the array of stars (and most far from 'B-movie') detracts from the overall experience of a successful evocation of an exploitation film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 6, 2018

Everyone breaks rules in Rodriguez' universe, but his extreme film makes a point about the breakdown of law -- and the moral, ecclesial, and civil consequences on society. The Wild West is back, and what are you going to do about it?

| Jun 29, 2017

Rodriguez and Maniquis seem to think that trashy aesthetics and a couple of meta-jokes render them brilliantly astute and self-aware film-makers, but remain oblivious to the fact that labelling something an homage doesn't necessarily make it any good.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 11, 2016

Though it starts off well, Machete becomes boring and slow towards the end as Trejo's shtick starts to feel a bit stale. Still, you'll definitely find some entertainment here.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 9, 2013

First and foremost, this is a badass action film, with not only ever-badass Trejo doing ever-badass things, but everyone in the cast gets their badass moment.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 13, 2013

Machete is the coolest revenge-driven, gore-splattered, star-studded Mexploitation flick ever!

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 15, 2013