10 Most Underrated Movies Of The 2010s
10. Machete
Sure it's trash, but it's knowingly fun trash.
What started out as a faux-trailer made to accompany Rodrguez and Tarantino's Grindhouse garnered tons of love from fans. A few years later, the film became a reality with Rodriguez returning to write and direct a feature-length version. The result was a ridiculously over-the-top action film that paid homage to the exploitation films of the seventies, following the nonsensical adventures of Machete Cortez.
Featuring gonzo action sequences and such great one-liners as 'Machete don't text', the film earned its spot among the top of the garbage heap. The cast was filled out with odd-ball commodities like Lindsay Lohan, Robert De Niro, and Steven Segal, who all seem to be taking the film deadly serious and making the entire thing even more ludicrous.
Of course, the star of the entire thing truly is Trejo. Regularly regulated to playing side roles or cameos, the film gives him a platform to not just play a lead role, but one of the most bad*ss characters in recent cinematic history.