New 'Machete' Trailer: Cinco De Mayo Message For Arizona

image via aintitcool.com

By Erika Ramirez

“We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us,” Jessica Alba declares in Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming film, "Machete." On Cinco De Mayo, and in the midst of SB 1070 protests, a new trailer for "Machete" was released — throwing a clear shot at Arizona.

(The trailer was pulled from YouTube, but you can still watch it at aintitcool.com!)

Perfect timing, don't you think? According to Harry Knowles of aintitcool.com, who premiered the hot clip, Rodriguez is calling this his "illegal" trailer. Knowles explained how the re-edited version of the director’s original featured in "Grindhouse" (2007) came to be:

“Robert talked Fox into letting him [Rodriguez] put together a Cinco de Mayo message for Arizona.”

In the film, Danny Trejo stars as Machete, a Mexican ex-federal who hunts corrupted politicians who have betrayed him. Two weeks ago, Trejo sat down with IGN movies to speak about the film:

"It is going to be awesome. We duplicate scenes from the trailer in the movie. What that movie has is the three B's, what I like to call the three B's. And what that is babes, bullets and blood. And then it's got machetes, too. The film takes off from the trailer and then it just gets so over the top. I think the movie really lives up to the trailer. I'm really, really proud of it."

Written and co-directed by Rodriguez, "Machete" features Latino favorites such as Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin and other Hollywood stars such as Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal and Lindsay Lohan.

"Machete" is scheduled to open on Labor Day weekend. We can't wait!

Tr3s Comunidad, what do you think about the "Machete" trailer? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3!

Tags Cinco de Mayo, Danny Trejo, Immigration, Jessica Alba, protest, Robert Rodriguez, SB 1070, trailer