Robert Rodriguez cuts 'illegal' trailer for 'Machete' to protest Arizona immigration law
By Soraya Roberts
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, May 6th 2010, 10:39 AM
Don't mess with Robert Rodriguez.
The Mexican filmmaker recut an illegal trailer for his new Mexploitation flick, "Machete," for Cinco de Mayo - as a message to Arizona.
Rodriguez passed along the re-edited film promo to AintItCoolNews.com to denounce the state's recently passed immigration legislation, which makes it a crime for immigrants not to carry their documents.
“This is Machete, with a special Cinco de Mayo message… to Arizona!” star Danny Trejo says, before unleashing a slew of violent expletive-filled and sexy scenes from the film.
The trailer offers glimpses of Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez - in the trademark eye patch favored by contemporary B-movies - not to mention Robert De Niro and Lindsay Lohan.
Lohan, who reportedly stars as a gun-happy socialite, appears in a nun suit licking a gun. The image recalls the controversial photo, taken by Tyler Shields, that she recently posted on Twitter of her holding a gun to her mouth.
"He knows the score, he gets the women and he kills the bad guys," the voice-over says of the film's protagonist, Machete Cortez.
"Machete" is a full-length version of the fake trailer Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino directed for "Grindhouse" in 2007.
According to an interview with IGN, Rodriguez sees Machete as Mexico's answer to Jean-Claude Van Damme or Charles Bronson. The anti-hero, Mexican labor worker is hired to assassinate a former senator, ends up being double crossed.
The film is set for release on September 3.