Film Preview: Machete Kills (2013)

Poster

Additional posters can be found below.

Trailer Link

Release Date:

October 11, 2013

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.”

Poster: C+ / B (8) / B- / B

Review: If you’re already a fan, this should be a rallying cry for your box office dollars. Everyone else will probably grimace and move on.

The eight character posters aren’t particularly inventive, but are creative enough to be distinctive and collectible. Why Sofia Vergara has two, I don’t know. As to the remaining two posters, both use the same motif as the character designs, but the first one only has a small cast in the design and looks much like romcom generic designs whereas the second poster is more in line with the cheesy period style of the previous eight.

Trailer: B / B

Review: A return of the popular, if poor box office performer Machete should prove pleasing to existing fans. This trailer highlights everything that made the character and original film modestly popular, but it likely won’t find its feet at the theaters as this trailer doesn’t broaden its audience.

If you’re already into this sort of thing, you should have no qualms about getting excited over this second trailer. If you are not; however, it’s got enough tantalizing elements to give you pause about whether to see it or not, which may be just what the makers need in order to get butts in the seats.