“An enthusiastic and affectionate exploitation flick.” In some ways, Machete is what The Expendables would have been if The Expendables had been written and directed by someone with a sense of humor, i.e., not Sylvester Stallone. Both films are self-conscious throwbacks to bygone genres; part of the problem with Stallone’s movie is that it wasn’t self-conscious enough . I loved what Anthony Lane said about it in The New Yorker: “You might expect, given the title, a few shafts of… Read the original post: Review: Machete Plays to its Strengths
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Review: Machete Plays to its Strengths