The feature length adaptation of the Robert Rodriguez directed ‘Machete’ opens in April.

Folks have been anticipating the flick, which stars Danny Trejo, since the trailer first featured at the opening of 2007’s ‘Grindhouse.’ Immediately, talk of the full movie version started circulating. But ‘Machete’ has actually been in the works since the 1990s, according to Trejo.

In it, Trejo plays a Mexican Federale who is hired to assassinate a senator but later realizes he has been set up and, after barely surviving a sniper’s bullet, sets out for revenge.

Trejo told IGN, “Robert had been training me for Machete since we did Desperado.

“Everybody thinks that Machete came out of a trailer, but it didn’t…It is a culmination of Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico…There’s even a little bit of From Dusk Till Dawn in there. I think it’s gonna be one of his best. And I’m not just saying that ’cause I’m the lead; it’s just a great movie. I think everybody’s gonna walk away from that movie with some opinion. It’s a battle for our border, you know? People are really serious about what’s going on with the border, and it shows the negative side of both sides. Not just, you know, we want everybody to cross, or we don’t want anybody to cross. It shows the negative side of both sides. Everybody’s gonna be p*ssed off!”

‘Machete’ also features performances by Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan and Michelle Rodriguez.

And the first ‘Machete’ will not be the last, if all goes well. Trejo told IGN, “We want Machete, Machete Kills, and Machete Kills Again. That’s mine and Robert’s standards, you know? Every time I text him, he’ll text me back, ‘Machete 2, coming up!’”

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