Vergara, whom most viewers are accustomed to seeing as the loveable, hot matriarch in “Modern Family,” steals the movie as the homicidal, man-hating, rage-filled whorehouse madam. She feels like the most authentic, Rodriguez character in the film

| Jun 12, 2024

The director’s cinematic in-joke has run its course and has now entered overkill mode.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 22, 2022

Even in its bloated state, it's still an entertaining grindhouse flick.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 17, 2021

Trejo oozes grindhouse cool, but the movie itself commits an exploitation film sin - it's dull.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 1, 2021

The dialogue fluctuates between self-reflective hilarity and just plain cringe-worthy.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 3, 2020

A sequel to a film that was based upon a trailer.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

"Machete Kills" takes on the madman taking over the world sub genre favored by middle-era James Bond films, mixes that with an excess of "Star Wars" jokes, and concocts a bland caricature.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 8, 2020

I "get" grind-schlock. This isn't that, this is someone doing a bad impression of that.

| Original Score: D | Aug 27, 2019

The appeal of Rodriguez's '70s grindhouse influenced films like Machete Kills is bound to wear thin one day, but not today.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 11, 2019

A completely absurd tongue-in-cheek action film that evenly distributes the laughs and the body count

| Original Score: B | Apr 9, 2019

The cameos are distracting, the plot loses its rhythm before disintegrating completely and the seemingly endless decapitations and brutal deaths will lead even the most hardened of action fans to seek religion after the credits roll.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 5, 2019

Takes the seedy locales of a Mexploitation movie ... and creates an atmospheric beauty, establishing a neon serenity as a prelude to roadside carnage.

| Aug 30, 2018

Bigger, more ambitious, and more raucous, Machete Kills stands as a film that proves more can, sometimes, be less.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 23, 2016

Maybe... 'neo-grindhouse' has become a 'genre' because Tarantino's Midas touch turned grindhouse into ... art? Grindhouse sort of sounds like 'art house.' On the other hand-nah.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 7, 2016

The stunt casting is so poorly realized that actors pop in and out of the film at random, the story apparently stitched together according to actors' schedules.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 15, 2016

"Machete will return in: Machete Kills!" boomed the gritty voiceover dude at the end of Robert Rodriguez's 2010 Mexploitation parody. Three years later, we're reminded that it was a threat, not a promise.

| Oct 27, 2015

Everything looks artificial and achieved in post-production. Every shortcut is met to save money on budget and time.

| Original Score: F | Sep 3, 2015

Danny Trejo is as far from stale whitebread as you can get. He's the real deal.

| Original Score: B | Jul 15, 2015

An absolutely absurd action extravaganza. It's doubly crazy, chaotic and all kinds of ridiculous fun.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 27, 2014

The meta parody of Machete Kills is a self-congratulating exercise in overkill. Its onslaught of gags try so hard to be outrageous they become banal. It looks like it was way more fun to make than to watch.

| Feb 12, 2014