Robert Rodriguez issues special trailer for ‘Machete’ with message on new Arizona law

By AP
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Early ‘Machete’ trailer has message for Arizona

LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is no fan of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, and he cut a special trailer of his new action film to make the point.

Fox won’t release “Machete” until September, but Rodriguez posted a trailer online Wednesday introduced by star Danny Trejo, who says the clip has “a special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona.”

The two-minute trailer touches on themes of illegal immigration and shows Trejo being tricked by a shady senator, then seeking revenge on the lawmaker. The clip shows Trejo wielding knives and costars Robert DeNiro, Cheech Marin and Lindsay Lohan brandishing high-powered weapons.

Fox spokesman Chris Petrikin says the clip is not a theatrical trailer, but something Rodriguez put together for movie fan site Aintitcool.com to commemorate Cinco de Mayo.

On the Net:

— www.aintitcool.com/node/44943

Discussion

Benito
May 6, 2010: 9:59 pm

I hope that every American, regardless of where he lives, will stop and examine his conscience about this and other related incidents. This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. All of us ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated, but this is not the case.

I know the proponents of this law say that the majority approves of this law, but the majority is not always right. Would women or non-whites have the vote if we listen to the majority of the day, would the non-whites have equal rights (and equal access to churches, restaurants, hotels, retail stores, schools, colleges and yes water fountains) if we listen to the majority of the day? We all know the answer, a resounding, NO!

Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics and do what is right, not what is just popular with the majority. Some men comprehend discrimination by never have experiencing it in their lives, but the majority will only understand after it happens to them.

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