Machete

7.1
191 Votes
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After witnessing his wife decapitated by a powerful and sadistic drug dealer, a former Mexican federale who's good with a machete (which is where he gets his nickname, *Machete*) reluctantly accepts a contract to hit a reactionary Texas senator whose main aim is to stop illegal immigration and deport those without legal papers. But as he's about to pull the trigger, Machete realizes he's been set up by the senator, the drug dealer and the extreme right, who hope to win the senator the sympathy vote. To reestablish some sense of justice, *Machete* recruits the help of a former killer turned priest (who records his flock's confessions on CD!) and two sexy & determined Latinas...