Virag's Movie Reviews: Machete (2010)

Machete was a ton of fun and was way better than either of the Grindhouse flicks AND was about a billion times better and smarter than Django Unchained.  Jeff Fahey was awesome in this movie, easily deserving of whatever awards somebody else won that year; I have no use for Jessica Alba, and while the car her character drove was fucking hilarious, the shoes really ruined the effect.  Michelle Rodriguez was great, and Danny Trejo showed that he is a commanding action star.  Steven Segal seemed to understand how to have some fun, and for once DeNiro did not completely phone it in.  Alicia Marek.  Don Johnson in Machete and in Django: great America actor or mentally defective dirtball?  Whatevs.  This thing was a bunch of fun and about the only legitimate entertainment with which Robert Rodriguez has been associated since From Dusk Till Dawn.