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Pouring gasoline on the fire?
The trailer for a new movie called Machete from cult director Robert Rodriguez has caused a buzz among a certain crowd. This violent new film is declaring war on Arizona with a "special Cinco De Mayo message" in the wake of the state's controversial illegal immigration law.

That message is: "They just f---ed with the wrong Mexican."

Quote:"Machete," which features a knife-wielding Mexican assassin out for revenge against double-crossing gringos, won't be in theaters until September, but it is already sparking a political melee over Wednesday's stab at the Grand Canyon State.

In the trailer for the film, the title character is hired to assassinate an anti-immigration U.S. senator played by Robert De Niro. Protesters are seen waving nationalist signs as the senator speaks to a charged-up rally: "We are at war," he booms. "Every time an illegal dances across our border, it is an act of aggression against this sovereign state — an overt act of terrorism."

But before the trailer even begins, the battle-scarred title character stares out from the screen as he tells viewers that what's about to unfold — an immigration-laced slasher grindhouse flick — is about the current border battle in Arizona.

While I have seen some of his "grindhouse" films late at night, I've never been a fan of this genre of horror/slasher films or however you would classify them. I certainly have never paid to see one. So my "boycott" of this would have no effect.

This will most likely appeal to those who already side against Arizona's new immigration law. But it seems that those on the left who love to typify law abiding citizens as "racist" or prone to violence will see no problem with Hollywood (and specifically 20th Century Fox - owned by News Corp, Fox News parent company) trying to make a buck off of overheated emotions surrounding the issue of illegal immigration. Nor will they have a problem with the possibility that it may incite some to violence and criminal acts - the very reason AZ created the law.

The trailer was up on YouTube but was pulled down due to copyright issues. You can see it here.

Quote:In "Machete," the protagonist, played by Danny Trejo, is a former Mexican Federale now looking for work as a day laborer in Texas. He charges $70 a day for yard work, but an oily businessman makes him an offer he can't refuse: $150,000 to take out a senator bent on deporting illegal immigrants.

"As you know, illegal Americans are being forced out of our country at an alarming rate," says the contractor. "For the good of both our people, the senator must die."
Quote:20th Century Fox said that Rodriguez speaks for himself on political issues. The studio was comfortable with the release of the movie trailer on Cinco De Mayo, but says it has no political stake in the immigration debate.

Representatives for Rodriguez did not return requests for comment. But the head of the production studio handling the international release of the film said "Machete" is a classic grindhouse picture typical of the man who made "Desperado" and "Sin City."

"'Machete' is a Robert Rodriguez movie through and through, wild and wonderful, exactly the kind of exciting and irreverent genre movie that his fans dream about," Ashok Amritraj, CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment, said in an interview with Variety Magazine.

B.S. - it is a blatantly political movie dressed up as a typical Rodriguez flick. Typical PC nonsense.

Violent Movie Declares War on Arizona for Immigration Law

To me, this is just another reflection of where Hollywood and its' movers and shakers are politically. I really hope it bombs.

Robert should love it - no thinking required, lots of stereotyping of gringos, the bad racist white guy as the antagonist and the oppressed illegals as the good guys.
05-06-2010 03:06 PM
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