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Robert Rodriguez's Latin Shaft Gets a Red Band Trailer (NSFW)

07.31.10 @ 1:06PM Tags : machete, robertrodriguez, trailer

Watching the latest trailer for DIY-to-Hollywood filmmaker Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, I felt like I was watching a Latino adaptation of the ’70s blaxploitation classic Shaft — albeit an extra bloody one. However, once I put “Robert Rodriguez’s Latin Shaft” into the title of the post, I realized that “Red Band” trailer could take on an entirely different meaning. I’m sticking with the title despite — or because of — this unintentional euphemism, but you can feel secure that the nudity in this NSFW trailer is not supplied by Rodriguez’s Latin Shaft (or for that matter, his Machete).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liEmaDwNV18

For all the blood, guts, nudity, and CGI blood in the red band trailer (the CGI blood gets a separate mention because it looks nothing like “real” fake blood), I’ve gotta say the special Arizona immigration law version of the trailer makes the movie seem like a lot more fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPjhd7Bmcc

What do you think? Is this going to be “better” Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Desperado, Sin City) or “lackluster” Rodriguez (Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Faculty, Planet Terror)?

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