Danny Trejo: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

1. Trejo - Heat

Danny Trejo Heat Keeping up the propensity for strange names, Trejo plays a bank robber by the name of Trejo, because while Michael Mann might have a great eye for shoot-out sequences, he's apparently all sorts of terrible when it comes to names. In the film, Trejo (the actor) is the getaway driver for Robert De Niro's antagonist McCauley. Anyway, strangely literal name aside, Trejo utterly convinces as a career criminal, maybe on account of his past as y'know, an actual criminal. He's menacing enough to fit the bill, and looks in no way out of place among such exalted company as De Niro, Al Pacino and (to a lesser extent) Val Kilmer. Hell, he's even given a pivotal role in proceedings, and he sells the hell out of it. I'm talking about when he reveals to De Niro's McCauley that Waingro is the guy who's dropped him in it. He then requests his leader shoot him straight afterward, creating a memorable scene that belongs up there with the ever-expanding reel of times the Mexican-American actor has bitten the dust. It's a good role, and Danny holds it up well.
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