Look out Arizona: Machete has your awful anti-immigration law in his gunsights.
The first “illegal” trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete” has been unveiled on Cinco De Mayo and, as promised, shows the no-holds-barred, old-school-Rodriguez Mexploitation pic we were all expecting.
The film follows the exploits of Machete Cortez (reprised by Danny Trejo) who finds himself double-crossed and left for dead. He must then band with a gang of misfits including his Federale-turned-priest brother (Cheech Martin), a socialite with a taste for guns (Lindsay Lohan) and a saucy taco slinger (Michelle Rodriguez) to fight back against the businessman who betrayed him (Jeff Fahey) and the corrupt senator behind new Anti-Immigration laws (Robert De Niro).
All the big names are featured in the trailer including De Niro and Lohan in their respective roles as well as Jessica Alba, playing twins on both sides of the battle (one an immigration enforcement agent, the other a renegade fighter), Steven Seagel who plays a drug lord and former “Miami Vice” star Don Johnson as a law enforcement superior.
The spot is a load of fun; even De Niro looks like he’s having a blast chewing the scenery. And Alba yelling “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us!” is nothing short of genius.
Rodriguez has also found time between his busy post-production schedules for this and “Predators” to shoot a music video for pop-rock artist Bob Schneider. Featuring Rodriguez’ “Shorts” star Kat Dennings, the video is more or less a love letter to his native Austin set to Schenider’s “40 Days (Like Romeo And Juliet),” the first single off his latest effort, Lovely Creatures.
“Machete,” meanwhile, will hit theaters on September 3rd.