'Michete Kills' is the sequel to the 2010 film 'Machete', and middle chapter of a likely never to be completed 'Michete' trilogy. Danny Trejo is again Michete, a Mexican avenger whose girlfriend from the first movie Jessica Alba is killed in the film's opening minutes. He is there after recruted by a U.S. President played by Charlie Sheen to take down a crazed Mexican revolutionary played by Damian Bichir, his point of contact is played by Amber Heard.
The film contains much over the top violence and much beautiful women. Michelle Rodriquez and Tom Savinei return from the first movie, Sofia Vargas and Alexa PenaVega join the large cast; which contains many recognizable names often in small cameo style roles, such as Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Walter Goggins, Vanesa Hudgens, and even Elon Musk appearing as himself.
Mel Gibson plays what is essentially a Bond villian, with plans to flee to space and start a nuclear war. In fact there is something very Bond like about this entire enterprise, from babes to baddies and even Q branch style weapons, like a lazer that turns people inside out. It's all overplayed of course and put through a grindhouse style filter. I found it all a little blah, though this may have been a slight improvement on the original film. **
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