Here are five words I never expected to see together: Socially-conscious Robert Rodriguez movie: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943
AICN has what looks like the new “official” trailer for RR’s “Grindhouse“-spinoff, “Machete.” It’s a mix of what looks like the original footage from the ‘fake’ trailer, new stuff featuring the expanded cast (Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal and ROBERT DENIRO, among others) …and an opening intro from star Danny Trejo that Machete has a “special message… for ARIZONA!”
For those who’ve forgotten: The plot here involves an illegal-immigrant Mexican migrant worker who get’s hired as an assassin, double-crossed as part of a conspiracy involving an anti-immigration senator, and goes on a revenge spree backed by what looks like an army of armed immigrant-activists. HOLY. SHIT.
What’s kind of amazing about this is that Rodriguez has already been shooting this for awhile now (if you want to count Grindhouse, it’s probably the longest development time for ANY Rodriguez movie since… Desperado, at least?) so the immigration plot was already in there; but now thanks to Arizona’s “papers, please” law it looks more like a “hot-topic-exploitation-picture” than ever.
I hope this goes viral. I want to see the shitstorm this causes.
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MOVIEBOB CENTRAL 
This. Want. This.
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I'd watch this movie.
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This looks like fifty kinds of awesome.
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Now I want a Werewolf Women of the S.S. movie to come out. Oh well, Guess I'll have to settle for Hobo with a Shotgun.
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BADASS BADASS BADASS
Johnson, Lohan, Segal
They absolutely nailed this one.
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This is the best goddamn thing I have ever seen. Holy shit.
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This is most second most anticipated movie of the year. Most anticipated is obviously http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkAx6pBT2Ok&feature=related
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Sometimes I think Rodriguez is mentally “unhinged” when he makes movies. But merely calling him that is a GROSS understatement. He is bat-shit loco insane, and I love it when a director can take this sheer madness and convert it to a crazy-ass looking film. This was mostly gonna pass the year as an over-the-top action flick, but God has sent Rodriguez this Arizona debacle to turn a mockery of B-level action movies to a socially conscious action flick. Two words: HOLY SHIT
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“They messed with the WRONG. MEXICAN.”
I was howling with laughter. This is going to be fantastic.
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Just. Just.
GODDAMMIT, WANT.
This is exactly what I wanna see a grindhouse movie look like.
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That looks like something I want to watch! This will probably make up for me not watching the double feature Grindhouse in theaters.
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“We didn't cross the boarder the boarder cross us!” AAAAHHH WTF is is that. That line doesn't make ANY sense and it's delivered really pourly. Just UGH. That was really bad. But the rest looks ok.
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