Immigration reform — Hollywood style
I kid you not. Here's a trailer (with a special message for Arizona) for a new movie by Robert Rodriguez. The description of the movie is as follows ... but if you've never seen a Robert Rodriguez movie you kinda have to see the trailer to believe it. (Warning, it's graphic.)
"The film focuses on Machete (Trejo), a renegade former "Mexican Federale". After a shakedown with a druglord (Seagal), Machete roams the towns and streets of Texas looking to do yard work in exchange for money. Michael Benz (Fahey), a local businessman and spin doctor, explains to Machete that McLaughlin (De Niro), a corrupt senator, is sending hundreds of illegal immigrants out of the country. In order to stop this, Benz offers Machete $150,000 to kill McLaughlin. Machete accepts the murder contract. As Machete attempts to assassinate McLaughlin during a rally, he is double-crossed and one of Benz's henchmen shoots him. It is revealed that Benz orchestrated the entire attempted assassination as part of a false flag operation to gain public support for McLaughlin's harsh anti-immigration laws. By setting up Machete as the patsy, the conspirators make it appear that an outlaw illegal Mexican immigrant has tried to assassinate the senator."
Got all that? Whew!
Somehow, I don't think this movie will facilitate sane dialogue on this issue.
