Posted on 05/06/2010 9:38:16 AM PDT by jessduntno
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.
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.
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Tancredo, who argued that the film should not be distributed at all, said he wasn't worried the movie would incite any violence, but that its political message was clear.
"I think it is a true reflection of exactly who these people are and what they think about America," he said.
So they’ve decided to go for hearts and minds....
“They just f-—ed with the wrong Mexican.”
Sounds like Joe Biden and Rahm helped with the dialogue...it’s not racist, though, because it is directed at YOU!
“So they’ve decided to go for hearts and minds....”
The problem they will have with that is, they are such small targets...
Tancredo’s an idiot: if the movie is a reflection of truth, why would he think it shouldn’t be distributed at all?
Maybe a movie about the Gadsen Purchase is needed?
Not that I'm offended personally by the term "gringo", but imagine if the story had been about an American assassin seeking vengeance against a couple of double-crossing Latinos. Would stereotype slang (relatively mild though it is) still be acceptable for the writer to use?
I'm just sayin', y'know?
Interesting that the American-born Rodriguez regards himself as a Mexican.
Actually, I think this is a good thing.
There’s nothing like an over the top, offensive, anti-American movie like this to galvanize ordinary Americans and open their eyes as to just how serious the situation is.
So, bring it on, Rodriguez. Bring it on.
I can’t believe all the hyperbole over this law. It may have made a statement of anguish from Arizona, but it isn’t going to accomplish a thing. Perhaps it might get the Fed.s to do something more (Not anytime soon), but if you look into the bill it isn’t going to accomplish anything more than maintain the status quo. What needs to be done is continue working on a border fence like the one in Yuma all along the AZ, NM and TX Border.
It’s got Danny Trejo hacking people up with a machete, I don’t think anybody is going to be paying attention to silly stuff like dialog.
Sound like this is just a fake preview that was part of the movie “grindhouse,” with some enhancements for Arizona.
It will be sad to see De Niro destroy his career. I realy like the guy.
This movie has its roots long before the Arizona law passed. Machete was written by Rodriguez in the early 90s, and a fake trailer for it was part of the intermission in the 2007 double feature Grindhouse. Rodriguez had said that he wanted to develop it into a feature film at some point.
It is possible that the timing is purely coincidental (at least I hope).
Still... don’t see Clinton or Obama goons talking about this in their “we don’t want to see people get violent or this debate turn violent” in their spiels.
You know... sometimes people get comfortable in the environment they are surrounded by and forget there is a world outside that little bubble they live in. While this jerk is surrounded by maybe a 70% latino population in Arizona, parts of Texas, New Mexico and parts of California, he seems to not really realize that it is not the same demographic outside his bubble.
Moral of the story is; Don’t piss off a whole bunch of Arizona law supporting gringos. Most of us hunt for our food and are not the weenies you come across in the news media. That is NOT the kind of gringo we are in ‘fly over’ country. Got it?
Oh yeah, and Jessica Alba does not claim her latino heritage. Is this set in stone or a joke about her starring in this movie?
What immigration law?
They passed a law to stop illegal aliens. It has nothing to do with immigration.
This is great, a Movie that shows an Illegal Alien Committing horrible act of violence against Americans. Is this movie supposed to help or hurt the cause of the protesters who are against the new law in Arizona?
You really don't seem to have a single clue about how you and other citizens will be demonized by this movie. And it should interest you to know, that there are come very violent people just under the surface of the illegal immigration movement.
One can only guess if this movie will cause them to execute some of our public figures in a flawed effort to show power.
And calling Tancredo an idiot, does nothing but align you with these people. They call him an idiot too. Of course that's when they're not calling him worse things.
This movie is going to be an incitement to violence. That is NOT protected under the first amendment.
The movie has been made, she is in it...ck vids above.
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