Rating of
2/4
The Joke Has Already Run Thin
Unknown - wrote on 02/01/14
I felt the first 'Machete' got off track from what it's original 'fake' trailer promised, but I still found things to like about it. The same can be said for this sequel. The only difference here is that the fun is lost through re-tread. The story ditches a couple minor complaints I had with the first and trades them in for more of that purposeful stupidity. I give it a pass for this reason. The whole movie plays like an ultra-violent, but cartoony, bad James Bond type of adventure. Plenty of pleasingly creative deaths and unforeseen cameos (that get spoiled somewhat by the trailer). The joke is wearing thin, like the addition of another short trailer and complete ending set-up for the next sequel now titled: 'Machete Kills Again... In Space'. Yes, space. There's only so far you can get with a purposefully ludicrous property. Especially when your first movie was born out of an 'in joke'.
