Capone says a well-chosen cast helps MACHETE KILLS rise abvoe its silly plot
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Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Robert Rodriguez is the franchise king. His EL MARIACHI films kicked off a DIY career that has inspired young filmmakers looking to make action films on the cheap; FROM DUSK TILL DAWN sparked sequels that Rodriguez executive produced and now a TV series that he is overseeing; his most successful series, SPY KIDS, has seen four films and made whole lot of kids want to be adventurers; I'll even toss in the SIN CITY movies, since a new one is on the way for next summer. But the MACHETE movies (two, plus a trailer for a third teased in both films) seem to have captured something with audiences and Rodriguez. It's easy to get caught up in the childlike enthusiasm for action, but the films are also ridiculously violent and overtly sexual. The MACHETE movies are Rodriguez throwing everything he has learned over the past 20 years, tossing it into a blender, and setting it to liquify. And he's built up enough of a reputation as a director to get an array of actors to line up for a chance to throw caution to the wind and act crazy. It's no surprise seeing people like Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Antonio Banderas, SPY KIDS star Alexa Vega, and of course Danny Trejo in MACHETE KILLS, but then you get folks like Walt Goggins, Sofia Vergara, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Hudgens, William Sadler, Amber Heard and even Lady Gaga in her first film role.
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