History Film / Machete

* {{Foil}}: Despite Machete is [[AntiHero an honorable but sadistic hero]] who uphold justice above all else, as a result many people are willing to join in fighting alongside with him and defend him, despite he shows no interest in making friends or allies. On the contrary, Machete's enemies start [[NoHonorAmongThieves turning on each other]] once their supporters are [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer useful]].

* Foil: Despite Machete is [[AntiHero an honorable but sadistic hero]] who uphold justice above all else, as a result many people are willing to join in fighting alongside with him and defend him, despite he shows no interest in making friends or allies. On the contrary, Machete's enemies start [[NoHonorAmongThieves turning on each other]] once their supporters are [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer useful]].

* WhyWontYouDie: What Booth says to Machete (after being shot by [[=McLaughlin=]) and pissed off seeing the latter survives all of his (ordered) attempted murders.

* WakeUpFighting: After Machete and Sartana successfully decode Booth's password of his videos containing proofs of [[spoiler:his link to [=McLaughlin=] and Torrez in a major drug trafficking deal]], she accidentally gets herself drunk with a lot of tequila that she falls into Machete's arms. The next morning, as Machete wakes up, he quickly senses Booth's henchmen's arrival, thus he grabs a gun and shoots them in time.

* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: When Machete almost kills Booth in the limo after the latter is shot by [=McLaughlin=], Booth taunts Machete, but Machete ignores him. Not long after, Booth begs Machete to tell his family's whereabouts. Machete stoically answers that they're with God, which Booth interprets as if they're dead (when it actually means they're in the church, safe) that he found no more reason to live, thus he accepts his incoming death.

* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: When Machete almost kills Booth in the limo after the latter is shot by [=McLaughlin=], Booth taunts Machete, but Machete ignores him. Not long after, Booth begs Machete to tell his family's whereabouts. Machete stoically answers that they're with God while leaving him, which Booth interprets as if they're dead, when it actually means they're in the church, safe.

* RefuseToHelpTheDisliked: When Machete almost kills Booth in the limo after the latter is shot by [=McLaughlin=], Booth taunts Machete, but Machete ignores him. Not long after, Booth begs Machete to tell his family's whereabouts. Machete stoically answers that they're with God while leaving him, which Booth interprets as if they're dead, when it actually means they're in the church, safe.

* WakeUpFighting: After Machete and Sartana successfully decode Booth's password of his videos containing proofs of [[spoiler:his link to [=McLaughlin=] and Torrez in a major drug trafficking deal]], she accidentally gets herself drunk with a lot of tequila, Machete comforts her. The next morning, as Machete wakes up and is quickly senses Booth's henchmen's arrival, he grabs a gun and shoots them in time.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Billy immediately throws up upon witnessing Von Jackson [[EyeScream shooting Luz in the eye]].

* WakeUpFighting: After Machete and Sartana successfully decode Booth's password of his videos containing proofs of [[spoiler:his link to [=McLaughlin=] and Torrez in a major drug trafficking deal]], she accidentally gets herself drunk with a lot of tequila, Machete comforts her. The next morning, Booth's henchmen attempt to ambush both of them. As Machete wakes up, he is quickly aware that he's being cornered by the thugs outside, thus he carefully grabs a gun and shoots them in time, cue the shootout.

* WakeUpFight: After Machete and Sartana successfully decode Booth's password of his videos containing proofs of [[spoiler:his link to [=McLaughlin=] and Torrez in a major drug trafficking deal]], she accidentally gets herself drunk with a lot of tequila, Machete comforts her. The next morning, Booth's henchmen attempt to ambush both of them. As Machete wakes up, he is quickly aware that he's being cornered by the thugs outside, thus he carefully grabs a gun and shoots them in time, cue the shootout.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [=McLaughlin=] is a far right-wing politician out of Texas, [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush who isn't even from Texas originally]].]] There are a few nods to Ron Paul's alleged white supremacist ties, as well. This is a case of AcceptableTargets, as [=McLaughlin's=] platform bears little resemblance to even the most exaggerated caricature of Bush's actual immigration policies.

* BareYourMidriff: Luz forgoes wearing combat armor in the final battle, instead wearing a black bikini top [[spoiler:and an eyepatch]].

* IgnoreTheFanservice: After rescuing a
young naked woman from an attack, the young woman is eager to reward Machete for his acts of chivalry. Machete would rather just rescue her and pays no attention to her nakedness or her seduction. This backfires on him as the woman stabs him and it all turned out to be a trap to get him.

** A naked girl at the beginning of the film removes a cell phone from her vagina and make a call on it. Afterwards, she gets a bullet put in her head.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: After rescuing a young naked woman from an attack, the young woman is eager to reward Machete for his acts of chivalry. Machete would rather just rescue her and pays no attention to her nakedness or her seduction. This backfires on him as the woman stabs him and it all turned out to be a trap to get him.

* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe: the mooks guarding Booth's mansion complain about people stereotyping all Mexicans as day laborers, and muse that any Mexican could just walk in unhindered if they said they were a day laborer. Unfortunately for them, they just let Machete in, who was pretending to be a gardener. [[OhCrap Cue them staring at each other in realization while Machete gets out the weed whacker...]]

* InvincibleHero: Machete due to outclassing everyone else in sheer badassitude, which even gets invoked at the end. [[spoiler:Torrez has defeated Machete in a knife duel and is about to kill him, which Luz notes will happen if they don't interfere. Sartara counters her by noting that Machete simply ''can't'' lose purely because he's Machete, and Luz says she's got a point. Then Machete suddenly gets up and impales Torrez.]]

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Steven Seagal as Torrez, who has zero accent, despite being a Mexican native who curses in Mexican. It's intentional of bad foreign villains of ''[=Grindhouse=]'' films, where foreign people... weren't.

* RescueSex: Subverted in the opening scene. Machete rescues a female kidnap victim who turns out to be jaw-droppingly attractive, totally naked, and eager to reward her rescuer, while Machete is only interested in saving her. [[spoiler:For his trouble she stabs him with his own machete, as it's all a trap by the BigBad.]]

** [[spoiler:Luz]] in an eyepatch and stepping out of an ambulance covered in leather could homages Elle Driver and/or Snake Plissken. She even says "What eye?" in the same tone of voice Snake would.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Such as lowriders smashing people or strangling people with someone elses' guts.

* PlayingGertrude: Alicia Rachel Marek plays June, mother of Creator/LindsayLohan's character April. The two are a decade apart in age.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Machete is not actually his [[TheyCallHimSword nickname]], it's his ''birth name''. Doubles as a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Name to Run Away from Really Fast]]. His ''full'' name is Machete Cortez. The original spelling of the surname (Cortés) means "[[NonIndicativeName Polite]]", while the one used in the movie could be translated as "Son of the Cut".

* NationalStereotypes: Plays with the Mexican stereotypes. The Mooks all seem to be Irish-American or Italian-American. Oh, and one [[TokenMinority Black]] [[BlackDudeDiesFirst guy]], whose death isn't shown.

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%% * KavorkaMan: Though not exactly a physically attractive man, the ladies ''love'' Machete. Considering the trailer insists "Machete gets the women," this [[YouCantFightFate was unavoidable]].

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Booth's guards go through this when Machete infiltrates their boss's mansion by posing as a menial gardener. They let him through without any real check, then question why weren't more thorough because he could be anybody, then realize their stupidity.