Cartel 2045

The dreary future landscape presented in Cartel 2045 by writer/director Chris Le doesn’t seem that different from our world today with one major exception, fully autonomous attack droids are the hot commodity on the black market. Yes, deadly robo-soldiers are at the center of this Mexican sci-fi military drama featuring a villainous, Danny Trejo, but do these promising parts combine to form a formidable film experience? Let’s rally the troops and find out. When presented with the list of upcoming films available for review from the folks at October Coast there was no way I could pass up a chance to see the unforgettable Danny Trejo on screen again. Trejo’s presence has a way of elevating even mediocre films like the ill-fated Adrien Brody starring Predators from 2010 and even his brief cameo as the kindly hospital attendant in Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake resulted in a kill that brought home how dangerous Michael Myers truly was. Of course Trejo’s headlining role in two Robert Rodriguez directed Machete films (with a