They Call Him Machete
From The Quentin Tarantino Archives
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- Machete is one of the fake Grind House Trailers.
- Writer/Director: Robert Rodriguez
- Genre: Mexploitation-Action
Cast/Characters
Actor | Role |
---|---|
Danny Trejo | Machete |
Jeff Fahey | The Well-Dressed Man |
Cheech Marin | Father Benicio Del Toro |
Alicia Rachel Marek | Daughter |
Description
- The "Mexican Charles Bronson" Danny Trejo (Desperado, Heat) plays the hard edged title character. Cameos by Cheech Marin as a priest who wields a shotgun and Jeff Fahey (J.T. in Planet Terror) who plays a businessman who hires Machete to do a job, only to double cross him. Machete gets it on with his wife AND daughter in return as part of his payback!! Its a cool trailer with some great one-liners!
Trivia
- Robert Rodriguez has confirmed that he will do a Machete movie that goes Direct-to-DVD.