*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Phase 4 Films.
Director: Sasha Krane.
Writer: Gordon Greene.
Cast: Monique Barajas, Chris Blasman and Malika Blessing.
Machete Joe is only the second horror film that this reviewer has seen with a primarily African American cast. Inheritance is the other and like this second film a Caucasian character dies first. This is a reverse of the usual black man dying early trope. However, Machete Joe does not offer any of the unique struggles inherent in African American cultural. Instead, this is a routine serial killer thriller with a spoof of filmmaking the only interesting element.
Two producers have gathered a cast of actors to an isolated ranch to film "Machete Man." There is trouble on the set as only thirty pages of the script have been written. The other sixty pages have to be improvised. But that is not...
Director: Sasha Krane.
Writer: Gordon Greene.
Cast: Monique Barajas, Chris Blasman and Malika Blessing.
Machete Joe is only the second horror film that this reviewer has seen with a primarily African American cast. Inheritance is the other and like this second film a Caucasian character dies first. This is a reverse of the usual black man dying early trope. However, Machete Joe does not offer any of the unique struggles inherent in African American cultural. Instead, this is a routine serial killer thriller with a spoof of filmmaking the only interesting element.
Two producers have gathered a cast of actors to an isolated ranch to film "Machete Man." There is trouble on the set as only thirty pages of the script have been written. The other sixty pages have to be improvised. But that is not...
- 2/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The upcoming horror film Machete Joe just got an R rating from the MPAA earlier this week. The film is about a group of out-of-work actors who decide to take their careers into their own hands by shooting a low-budget horror film, about an urban myth. With only 15 days to shoot their unfinished script, at a remote castle in the desert, getting through the first night becomes a nightmare. As their egos begin to surface so do the dead bodies.
The crew of Machete Joe includes:
Sasha Krane - Director, Gordon Greene - Writer (writer) / Producer, Howard Green - Producer, Christopher Walling - Cinematographer, Vincent Gillioz - Composer, Lisa Yuan - Production Designer, Stephen Goetsch - Editor, Manny Marquez - Editor
The cast includes:
Monique Barajas, Chris Blasman, Malika Blessing, Jason Bonduris and Paul Campbell as Machete Joe
Machete Joe was Rated R For bloody violence including rape, and some language.
The crew of Machete Joe includes:
Sasha Krane - Director, Gordon Greene - Writer (writer) / Producer, Howard Green - Producer, Christopher Walling - Cinematographer, Vincent Gillioz - Composer, Lisa Yuan - Production Designer, Stephen Goetsch - Editor, Manny Marquez - Editor
The cast includes:
Monique Barajas, Chris Blasman, Malika Blessing, Jason Bonduris and Paul Campbell as Machete Joe
Machete Joe was Rated R For bloody violence including rape, and some language.
- 11/14/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
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