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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 10-12-2013, 05:01 PM:

CINEMA: 13th Avenue Warren, Wichita, KS
AUDITORIUM: 16
PRESENTATION: Dolby Digital Cinema DLP/THX
PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None [Cool]

RATING: Two and one half stars (out of four)

THE PLOT: Machete kills. Wackiness ensues.

We start with a trailer for Machete Kills Again...IN SPACE. We know enough by who shows up in the trailer to know who will still be standing at the end of this one, which is a cliffhanger for Machete Kills Again...IN SPACE.

Yeah...that wasn't all that well thought out.

Like the first one, there's a lot of fun absurd killing (my favorite being Machete attaching himself to a rotating helicopter blade with a grappling hook and slicing off heads as he spins around), but also like the first one, Machete Kills overstays its welcome.

These things need to be 90 minutes or (way) less to really work.

Also, there's far fewer boobs.

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 10-12-2013, 05:25 PM:

If I remember correctly...there weren't any boobs.

Pity.

AJG

Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 10-14-2013, 05:39 PM:

Who would've thought that some "fake trailer" segment would inspire not just one but two full-blown B-double-plus movies?

I totally agree with Sam though, 90 minutes is more than sufficient. All in all it's mildly funny, but it get's old rather quick. Maybe they should leave "Machete Kills Again... In Space" for what it is right now: A trailer.

P.S.: Anybody else noticed the Elon Musk cameo on the end?

Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 10-19-2013, 08:26 PM:

for all the splatter and the exploitation theme - the lack of boobs is pretty blatant...

given the dismal BO performance the next Machete Kills movie ain't happening - which is too bad since the ending was really really lame.

and I thought 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' was bad, this was worse.