Machete Kills
Open Road Films | Release Date: October 11, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
19
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Dave McGinnOct 10, 2013
It is all so intentionally ridiculous that it gets boring, and you just wait for the next big cornball revelation to momentarily jolt you awake, like Sofia Vergara strapping on her machine-gun bra, or Lady Gaga’s appearance as a hit woman. Machete kills, sure. Unfortunately, he overkills. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 10, 2013
It’s exhausting. It’s also not particularly funny or engaging. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 10, 2013
All too soon, Machete Kills collapses into a deranged, directionless splatter comedy that exhausts its bag of tricks, many of them recycled from this grindhouse auteur’s 2010 spoof. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenOct 10, 2013
Machete Kills winds up a slightly camp, tinny parody of bad action movies, playing out with the same sense of tedium as a genuine bad action movie. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweOct 6, 2013
The cinematic axiom of diminishing returns appears to be catching up with Robert Rodriguez’s Machete franchise in only the second installment, as the series’ engagingly lowbrow concept gets overwhelmed by episodic plotting and uninspired, rote performances. Read full review
25
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsOct 11, 2013
When a celebrity chef like Rodriguez is just going through the motions, we can smell that the grindhouse fad is way past its expiration date. It's time to put a fork in it. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 10, 2013
Machete Kills? “Machete Bores” is more like it.
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 7, 2013
The carnage (with its computer-­generated splatter) is meant to be campy fun, but it’s so offhand that there’s less suspense than in an Austin Powers movie. Read full review
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