Title: Violent movie declares war on Arizona (and Tancredo) for immigration law Source:
NEW YORK POST URL Source:http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainme ... arizona_y5BFDytcO6scpsGQ2PiOWL Published:May 7, 2010 Author:FOXNews.com Post Date:2010-05-07 12:22:54 by hondo68 Ping List:*The Border* Keywords:Reconquistas, hitman, Tancredo, LaRaza Views:359 Comments:16
A violent new film from cult director Robert Rodriguez is declaring war on Arizona with a "special Cinco De Mayo message" in the wake of the state's controversial illegal immigration law, FOXNews.com reported Thursday.
That message is: "They just f---ed with the wrong Mexican."
"Machete," which features a knife-wielding Mexican assassin out for revenge against double-crossing gringos, won't be in theaters until September, but it is already sparking a political melee over Wednesday's stab at the Grand Canyon State.
In the trailer for the film, the title character is hired to assassinate an anti-immigration U.S. senator played by Robert De Niro. Protesters are seen waving nationalist signs as the senator speaks to a charged-up rally: "We are at war," he booms. "Every time an illegal dances across our border, it is an act of aggression against this sovereign state — an overt act of terrorism."
But before the trailer even begins, the battle-scarred title character stares out from the screen as he tells viewers that what's about to unfold — an immigration-laced slasher grindhouse flick — is about the current border battle in Arizona.
The trailer was released Wednesday, just 24 hours after an envelope filled with a still-undetermined white powder was sent to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, temporarily closing the State Capitol in Phoenix. The powder spilled out when a staffer opened it Tuesday morning, sending Hazmat teams scrambling through the governor's offices. No one was sickened, but state police and the FBI are investigating the incident.
It was just the latest development in a debate that is growing more rancorous by the minute.
Some outspoken critics of illegal immigration took umbrage at the movie trailer and its swipe at Arizona, which is the entry point for one-third of all illegal immigrants in the U.S.
In "Machete," the protagonist, played by Danny Trejo, is a former Mexican Federale now looking for work as a day laborer in Texas. He charges $70 a day for yard work, but an oily businessman makes him an offer he can't refuse: $150,000 to take out a senator bent on deporting illegal immigrants.
The film, which is set to be released Sept. 3, is produced by 20th Century Fox, a production company owned by News Corp., which also owns Fox News and NewsCore.
Through a representative, 20th Century Fox said that Rodriguez speaks for himself on political issues. The studio approved the release of the movie trailer on Cinco De Mayo, but it said it has no political stake in the immigration debate.
Representatives for Rodriguez did not return requests for comment. But the head of the production studio handling the international release of the film said "Machete" is a classic grindhouse picture typical of the man who made "Desperado" and "Sin City."
Poster Comment:
The LaRaza hitman Machete, is out to get Tom Tancredo.
Message for LaRaza: You just f---ed with the wrong Gringo!
This was one of the various spoof trailers from the Grindhouse franchise. What bothers me, is that in the original trailer, none of this illegal alien crap was in it. Now, they make the full movie, and it's ALL about illegal aliens being good for America, and how they own this country.
Sorry, but I won't be watching this film, nor will I support such a bunch of shit. Every actor in this flick should be boycotted, PERIOD.
Sorry, but I won't be watching this film, nor will I support such a bunch of shit. Every actor in this flick should be boycotted, PERIOD.
That seems a little harsh especially since the actors fly in, read the script and fly out. They are probabaly several scripts (and years) removed from the politicizing of the movie. I've never read anywhere about Danny Trejo's personal political view so he may be a victim in this as well. Now if he was a rabid Communist like say, Alec Baldwin, then I would say BOYCOTT mother-dick.
I agree with Tommy on this one. I won't spend a dime to promote this bs or help any of the actors even if my buying a ticket to it didn't mean a millionth of a penny to any one of them. I don't care anything about propaganda films that allege that the Mexicans owned most of North America when the truth is the Indians, especially the Apaches, would kill their @$$e$ stone cold graveyard dead when they caught them trespassing. Atzlan is a myth and it is about time they quit propagandizing their young people and telling them lies about a past that never was.
Some info found on the net:
Mexicans are not U.S. Native Americans. In fact, they never got along and they speak different languages.
The Southwest's Apache warrior Chief Geronimo was proud to have killed so many Mexicans after they brutally killed his wife, his children, and his mother.
Also, The Southwest's Apache language is not Mexican(Aztec). The Apache language is part of the Athabaskan (Na-Dene) Language Family which is spoken from California to Alaska. ( Not Mexico )
The Southwest was actually Spanish terroritory. People from Europe created and named the first cities in California"
I agree with your feeling on this particular movie, I will never see it, but to blackball an artist for forever based on political dynamics that they have no control over seems a bit misguided. If Danny Trejo plays a doctor that finds a cure for cancer in a movie funded by the Cancer Society with all proceeds going to cure cancer, would you boycott that as well? My point is, follow the money. For a boycott to be effective you need to hit the bank rollers square in the nuts. You should boycott any movie put out by Twentieth Century Fox, Hyde Park Entertainment, Overnight Proutions, Wintergreen Films, Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. They are the ones around long after the actors are gone.
The Southwest's Apache warrior Chief Geronimo was proud to have killed so many Mexicans after they brutally killed his wife, his children, and his mother.
He got some of those short greasy bastards didn't he. Good for him.