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Nice And Splattery MACHETE KILLS Promo Art!!
Merrick here...
ComingSoon has this promotional art for MACHETE KILLS - seems the material has been circulating around the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
This is the Danny Trejo-starring sequel to 2010's Robert Rodriguez / Ethan Maniquis directed MACHETE, which itself originated as a trailer included in GRINDHOUSE.
The new films is said to find Machete in Mexico, battling his way towards a bat-shit-crazy arms dealer who is gonna spoil the world with war, and has a some sort of space weapon to back up his ambitions. This reference to a space weapon is interesting, as Rodriguez has previously indicated that a potential third MACHETE film would send the character into space. Is MACHETE KILLS a set-up for this gag?
Here's the artwork - CLICK IT for an EMBIGGENABLE version.
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I think its time for him to remove his tongue from his cheek and make a serious film...I love genre fims as much as anyone but i think RR has the talent to move beyond that...not forever but every great filmaker has there masterpiece and im waiting for him to get serious and make it already
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Feb 09, 2012 11:12:59 AM CST
HOUSE OF THE DEAD OVERKILL EXTENDED DOES A WAY BETTER JOB FOR THIS GENRE
by killik
THAT QT'S AND RR'S GRINDHOUSE AND MACHETE GARBAGE.AND IT IS ONLY A VIDEOGAME.FACT.
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...is still laughing at the joke this long after making the fake trailer.
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Feb 09, 2012 11:26:44 AM CST
We could all be watching a Sin City 2 trailer right now...
by anarchyworldsend
It's his career, but seriously... Spy Kids shit and Machete movies??? This after we got a spectacular as Mickey Rourke as Marv along with all the other perfect casting and performances of Sin City??? Please tell me he's just stacking paper so he can personally finance the next Sin City, PLEASE tell me that!
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Sin City didn't make any money, and one of its actors is dead. That, and it's a lot more complicated to film/produce than Machete is.
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DISHING UP THE PAIN THIS SUMMER, IN MILD, MEDIUM OR EXTRA SPICY!
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Nevermind. I guess it did make money.
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I always understood that the film was not that expensive to shoot and was done pretty quickly...the only one who died was brittney murphy i think and if they do a dame to kill for she could be replaced and noone would really notice
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Feb 09, 2012 11:46:11 AM CST
First movie played it safe - hated it/pass on sequel
by matthewschlotman
Rodriguez had gotten way too comfortable
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It was entertainingly cheesy. I don't know if the fun factor of the first can translate to a second film, but I'd check it out, especially if RR can get another cast of crazy supporting actors.
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Feb 09, 2012 11:47:40 AM CST
Danny Trejo has the most awesome Indian-ass face of all time
by topaz4206
That's all.
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it would have been cool to shot it much more graffic(like the books) and release a unrated or nc-17 "directors cut" on dvd...maybe with the next one...
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That's an awesome pic!
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He should be the guy who takes his shirt off and shows off his woman tat, not the leading actor in a series of movies starring the likes of Robert DeNiro!
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Will we get to see Lindsay Lohan more nakeder this time?
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There is just something about the vast majority of Robert Rodriguez' movies that are.. for lack of a better word... boring. Production values are decent and I REALLY respect his 10-minute film shops (and what he does in a frikkin garage!), but the pacing is always sluggish and the actors/actresses give stilted, wooden or just plain slow performances.
I like Danny Trejo and loved what he did in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (I'm a Mexi-CAN), but Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ was he a plank of wood in MACHETE.
And let's not get started on the whole "We didn't cross the border! The border crossed US!" Yeah... because it's an honorable thing to do to ditch your country to exploit the social services of another one (or beat up the natives on Cinco de Mayo for wearing the flag of the country you're currently living in. Anyone remember the Irish beating up other Americans for wearing/displaying the American flag during St. Paddy's Day? Me neither). Remember how patriotic OUTIM was? If only Mexicans really felt that way (sigh).
Ah well... I'm just wondering how Robert is going to shoe-horn in a white villain this time. -
We dont need to be Shoehorned in....we are plentifull in numbers and in villain-ness(word?) we fit nicely into anyroll (VILLIAN OR HERO).. now dwarf villians would need to be shoehorned in after about the 3rd attempt
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I'd like to see her more nunnier, too. Is there a way we can have both in this crazy, fucked up world that we live in?
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I love Machete as much as the next hombre, but enough is enough!
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It's about time someone actually discusses the bloody drug war in film (i.e. from 2008-Present), and I wouldn't hold my breath on anyone else doing it, and the Mexican media is too afraid to bring it up much more than "50 people killed in [Insert City], no arrests were made".
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thank you for that!
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Lindsey become the more i wanna bang her...i got a thing for trashy chicks
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Feb 09, 2012 12:45:11 PM CST
Space weapon? Is Rodriguez embracing his inner Broccoli?
by openthepodbaydoorshal
This is a great sounding plot device....if this was 1978.....
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When the drug wars spill onto american soil, i know some has already, but not i a big way, Then the media wont be able to get enough of it. Its a sad truth but the media thinks that as long as its mexicans killing mexicans then americans dont really care. which to be fair is probably true...i read an article that said juarez is the murder capital of the world but that el paso( i think el paso) just across the border was one of the safest cities in the country. Apparently the cartels dont want the violence spilling over because of the extra attention and there inability to control the american media the way they do the mexicans
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Feb 09, 2012 12:52:36 PM CST
Lindsay Lohan Naked: That was a body double in Machete
by baronvonpenguin
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Don't get it at all.
Mickey Rourke/Marv portion was quite entertaining.
2nd and 3rd parts cured my insomnia. -
...R.Rod and Miller were talking about how they adored Brittany Murphy and how central Shelly would be in the sequel.
The next day, word came of her death.
Too weird.
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Feb 09, 2012 1:01:02 PM CST
Still think Sin City is the best comic book movie ever
by domi'sinnerchild
Probably kills my cred, but I honestly liked it better than Dark Knight, Iron Man, Spidey 2, Superman 2, Watchmen, etc. Holds up better too.
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No problem! It's a great pic. Can't wait until they are on the screen together!
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Feb 09, 2012 1:13:46 PM CST
I would put sin city just behind TDK..but yea i too think its one of the best ever
by ungodlymanner
But i think Batman Returns is the third best, so what do i know...i gotta burton and Pfieffer obsession
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That was a good point. It was nice to see like when Raimi did A Simple Plan and The Gift and then go back to trying to make popcorn movies. RR, we get it. You are an expert at slapstick cartoon movies for grownups and kids. Sin City showed he can get good performances out his actors. It would be interesting to see him expand on that and make a movie without any explosions as a crutch.
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Feb 09, 2012 1:29:52 PM CST
Lohan being named was best part of movie, and it was a double!? Argh
by matthewschlotman
Thats just wrong, but hey, body double was fantastic looking.
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That's why I've accepted the fact that Tarantino will never make another pseudo-serious film like Jackie Brown.
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When is her inevitable lesbian sex tape going to be shot and 'accidently' released? I'd pay to see that!
On more serious note, RR needs to stop making these movies and get going on the more serious flicks such as Sin City 2 or maybe a follow-up to the Predators movie. -
His unwatchable even for kids movies like Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
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it was best at translating a comic book or excuse me, graphic novel (don't want to offend anyone) onto the big screen. Better for example than literally painting comic book panels and dialog bubbles on the screen like Ang Lee's fucking hulk movie. Whether it was a better film than The Dark Knight, which technically was based on a comic book but was more of a Michael Mann crime drama, is academic.
I never thought the fake trailers in Grindhouse needed to literally be made into actual films. We got the joke. Actually making full length features out of them was very redundant.
What's my point? Make the Sin City sequel and get Carla Gugino naked again. -
just her parts
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...I'll pass.
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He was priceless.
Why can't we see Trejo in a serious role?
I mean, someone take a chance on him in Shakespeare or something?
I'd love to see if the guy can really, really act.
Perhaps Woody Allen or Kaufman could find a role for him?
Now, we're not talking about a Kindergarten Cop effort, I mean a serious role...
I'd buy that for a dollar!!! -
Feb 09, 2012 2:04:53 PM CST
mugato, making movies out of the Grindhouse trailers was akin to
by darth_meh
making movies out of Saturday Night Live skits.
Machete is the The Lady's Man of the Grindhouse world.
Hobo with a Shotgun is the It's Pat. -
I liked Sin City as much as anyone, but it had the books as storyboards. I suppose I like From Dusk Till Dawn. But beyond that what has he done that's worth talking about? His Desperado films were somewhat fun but got dumber and dumber with each one. Spy Kids, Shark Boy & the whole kids movie phase has been awful, and he's still trying to push them on us. I just don't get it (And yes, I've seen all his films)
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it wasn't a big part and it wasn't Shakespeare but he played a straight role and had a scene where he asked DeNiro to kill him because his girl was killed and he was forced to rat out the crew. So there was some gravitas to that role.
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Dusk till Dawn was excellent. El Mariachi and especially Desperado were great. I didn't give Once Upon a Time in Mexico a fair chance because I was pissed they killed Salma. I enjoyed the hell out of Planet Terror. I'm not part of the Spy Kids demo but someone must have liked them. So he has a pretty decent track record, IMO.
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Feb 09, 2012 2:46:15 PM CST
Trejo, in that poster, kind of looks like the African tribal doll that comes to life in Trilogy of Terror
by darth_meh
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2458817024/tt0073820
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If there was ever an argument against a word for word adaptation this is it. It's completely lifeless. And the green screens. Jesus Christ why would there need to be green screens used for seemingly everything in a story set in our everyday world. The excuse was that it was stylized like the book but it really wasn't, for the most part it was simple B&W. I had already disliked RR but he really blew it with Sin City. That's not even getting into the awful acting and prosthetics.
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Feb 09, 2012 3:37:25 PM CST
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bourne-legacy-trailer-jeremy-renner-matt-damon-288122
by professor_bedlam
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I thought it was pitch perfect...the background instantly put me in sin city..it was a cool experiance...thought he could of let loose the reigns a little on the sex and violence (at least for a special edition) the only actori didnt care for was michael madson...i love him in other movies but his attempt at a classic film noir speach pattern was way off...
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Feb 09, 2012 3:51:42 PM CST
Danny Trejo looks like a half-human/half-Predator in that poster
by lv_426
and yeah, Robert Rodriguez has jumped the shark... er... in this case, jumped up in the air on a motorcycle with a handle bar mounted minigun and blown his reputation to bits with his lame forumula of Grindhouse-Kid's Flick-Grindhouse-Kid's Flick, etc...
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Feb 09, 2012 3:54:58 PM CST
Didn't Machete kill a bunch of people in the first film, titled merely Machete?
by lv_426
Shouldn't the sequel be something like Machete Kills Again, or Machete Strikes Again maybe?
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The character deserves a long and rich history. Sure, the movies are silly and maybe even kind of terrible but that's part of the point. Richard Bronson had a storied career and most of his movies are ridiculous.
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I'm actually scratching my head at this sequel. Well, the first one was probably pretty profitable. I thought he was doing Sin City 2?
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Feb 09, 2012 5:42:44 PM CST
The naming is because he's friends with Tarantino
by winona_ryders_pussy_juice
maybe the Kill Bill chick will make a cameo, that would be fucking sweet.
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Talk to me winona. Stop being bitch.
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I WOULD PAY TO WATCH THAT.
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Feb 09, 2012 6:27:12 PM CST
battling his way towards a bat-shit-crazy arms dealer...
by immortal_fish
Eric 'The Ball' Holder...?
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Great Movie but that guy has been on "I dont give a Fudge mode" since Res. Dogs.
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Nope. And shut the fuck up with that zombie shit. It's more than played out thanks to stupid fuckers like you.
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Madsen is a close second though.
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You can't put "Kill" in a movie title!
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Feb 09, 2012 8:13:02 PM CST
Why are you bitches so upset about movies being PG-13 and not R?
by zarles
Do you WANT your moms to have to go with you?
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Says who? Righteous Kill, A View To A Kill, A Time To Kill, Kill Bill..."Kill" gets used all the time in movie titles.
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Feb 09, 2012 11:47:10 PM CST
I liked Machete, but the ending of the movie was a clusterfuck…..
by maxcherry
and there was no need to keep Lindsey Lohan's character in the movie after Machete fucks her and her mom. Oh and it also should have had a lesbian love scene between Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba.
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Feb 10, 2012 5:14:15 AM CST
fuck that poster he should use this guy to do his work!
by tattooedjackass
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-godB7gvRG-k/TwXN1bbBvoI/AAAAAAAAAbE/_nvP-uQrAWc/s1600/BestMoviePosters2011.jpg
Tom Hodge did the art work for Hobo with a Shotgun and The Innkeepers and i think his art would be amazing for this movie poster!! -
To be fair, he probably was going to make Sin City 2 until Tarantino persuaded him to make another Machete film. Much like when he persuaded Eli Roth that Hostel 2 was somehow a necessity. Nowadays, Quentin wants everyone to make 'grindhouse' (cough) projects...
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Once Upon A Time in Mexico should've been an epic movie. The big finale of the Mariachi. Instead, you listen to the commentary and RR talks about how he had a month free and decided to make the movie. It seems like he rather make a movie cheap and fast then take the time to really make a good movie. Yes, Sin City was good. But other than that, his last however man movies have been less than they should've been. He'll do the same with machete. Instead of going for a cool, bigger budget movie, he'll do it cheap and sloppy and say that it's the style of Machete.
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Feb 10, 2012 8:26:49 AM CST
The problem with RR is he's a talentless hack that couldn't make a decent film if his life depended on it.
by mentaldominance
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Feb 10, 2012 8:48:34 AM CST
So Machete is a zombie in this movie?? What? THAT's how Danny Trejo NORMALLY looks???
by dogmatic
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How did anyone get that idea? Because Bruce Willis was in it?
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