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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfYou’re really going for Rodriguez’s retrohappy splatter: Intestines tangle in helicopter rotors, heads pop in spring-loaded decapitations, and there’s even a new fake trailer up top. Little is believable, and that’s exactly as it should be.
- 70Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonKills tops the 2010 original by not giving a mierda about logic or character.
- 64Film.comWilliam GossFilm.comWilliam GossMore focused and less preachy than its exploitation-riffing predecessor, the comparably shoddy Machete Kills nonetheless peters out in the homestretch (and, for some, surely sooner).
- 50Slant MagazineChris CabinSlant MagazineChris CabinThe films that Robert Rodriguez emulates here are known for similar unexpected narrative turns, but the crucial value that he misses is their actual cheapness.
- 40VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireAs violent as its predecessor yet noticeably duller and less outrageous, Machete Kills is dragged to the finish line entirely by its director’s madcap energy and an absurd cast of major stars in strange cameos.
- 40EmpireDan JolinEmpireDan JolinViolent, silly, embarrassing, clumsy, confusing, juvenile, occasionally offensive, occasionally a little bit fun.
- Like a meal made entirely of chillies, Machete Mk II is spicy to start with, then unpleasant, then numbing - before it all starts to repeat.
- 40Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonSadly, much as we want to relish the shameless parade of cartoon violence, while indulging the equally shameless cavalcade of adolescent sexism, the soggy plotting and slack comic timing are downers.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe cinematic axiom of diminishing returns appears to be catching up with Robert Rodriguez’s Machete franchise in only the second installment, as the series’ engagingly lowbrow concept gets overwhelmed by episodic plotting and uninspired, rote performances.
- 20New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe carnage (with its computer-generated splatter) is meant to be campy fun, but it’s so offhand that there’s less suspense than in an Austin Powers movie.