Machete appears in four American films.
Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written , produced , and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino . Isador Cortez , also known as Machete , is a fictional character in the four Spy Kids films , the Grindhouse fake trailer , and the Machete and Machete Kills films . Machete is a 2010 American action film written , produced , and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis . Machete Kills is a 2013 American action-comedy film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez . The Spy Kids series consists of four American/Mexican spy adventure comedy films in franchise comedy series produced by Troublemaker Studios and Dimension Films written and directed by Robert Rodriguez . The rest of their family are also spies as well , including their estranged uncle Machete and maternal grandparents .