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Danny Trejo has 47 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by From Dusk Till Dawn.
Recurring themes

John Wick
2014
Action · Thriller

The Mechanic
2011
Action · Thriller

Accident Man
2018
Action · Crime

Hard Target 2
2016
Action · Thriller

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013
Action · Crime

Taken 2
2012
Action · Crime

Revenger
2018
Action · Crime

Momentum
2015
Action · Crime

Desperado
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Netflix · Included

Violet & Daisy
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 57%Peacock · Included

Smiley Face
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 69%Prime Video · Included

Animal Factory
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 69%Prime Video · Included

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 73%Hulu · Included

Reindeer Games
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 81%Paramount+ · Included

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
Dir. Robert Rodriguez · With George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.
Dir. Robert Rodriguez · With Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Joaquim de Almeida

Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...
Dir. Doug Sweetland, Nicholas Stoller · With Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
Dir. Kyle Balda · With Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
Dir. Nimród Antal · With Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Dir. Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis · With Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
Dir. Robert Rodriguez · With Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Cheech Marin

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker
Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.
Dir. Don Michael Paul · With Danny Trejo, Zach McGowan, Danny Glover
While vacationing in Mexico, a couple discovers their son's disappearance is tied to a supernatural curse.
Dir. Patricia Harris Seeley · With Autumn Reeser, Antonio Cupo, Danny Trejo
Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny. Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who beat him and steal his bike. However, Lomax is not a man to take an injustice lying down, and soon he begins exacting a violent revenge on the men who stole his motorcycle, with local handyman Jubal Early lending a hand and several area ladies offering aid and comfort.
Dir. John G. Avildsen · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Pat Morita, Danny Trejo

Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
Dir. Geoffrey S. Fletcher · With Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.
Dir. Rob Zombie · With Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Richard Brake
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
Dir. Craig Moss · With Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Andrew Divoff
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega and Bernie Pope, as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez. What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
Dir. Craig Moss · With Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, John Amos

In the South Pacific, in Polynesia, on the island of Makatea, Quinn Harris, a taciturn pilot, leads a quiet life, content to earn a living by transporting goods in his De Havilland Beaver. His life is exactly as he wants it to be—until he meets Robin Monroe, a sophisticated and determined woman, the assistant editor of a New York magazine, on vacation for a week with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An urgent work assignment in Tahiti, the neighboring island, forces Robin to reluctantly hire Quinn to fly her there. But a violent storm forces them to make an emergency landing on a deserted island. This unlikely pair avoids each other at first, until they are forced to team up to escape the island... and evade the pirates who are after them. Danger and temptation are never far away...
Dir. Ivan Reitman · With Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer

Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
Dir. Gregg Araki · With Anna Faris, John Krasinski, Adam Brody

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
Dir. Steve Buscemi · With Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo

Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.
Dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson · With John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, at the same time, Ceaser runs into a marketer who wants to franchise the Death Race program.
Dir. Roel Reiné · With Luke Goss, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Dir. Terry Miles · With Steve Austin, Serinda Swan, Danny Trejo
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Dir. John Stockwell · With Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Luis Guzmán
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.
Dir. Roel Reiné · With Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
Dir. Craig Moss · With Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman
Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy – bubble suit and all – treks cross-country to stop her.
Dir. Blair Hayes · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton

After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
Dir. Laurie Collyer · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Sam Bottoms

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise

Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi, served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman. The sushi girl seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can't help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot.
Dir. Kern Saxton · With Danny Trejo, Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway
A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. He follows Perrin to his flat and although Perrin is not very enthusiastic about so much interest in his person, he lets the shaman spend the night in his flat. After an official meeting on the next day being part of the PR campaign the shaman suffers from a heart attack. Hardly being able to speak and laying in a hospital bed he demands to see Perrin. The latter is not very interested in meeting the shaman again. However it looks like it is to late for animosities as the shaman and Perrin seem to be tied mentally somehow since they've met in the elevator.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Jean Reno, Patrick Bruel, Harrison Lowe

The story of the rise and fall of the first American-born drug lord in Mexico, this tale of power, money, greed and betrayal amongst rival members of the drug cartels finds American gangster Erik Vasquez scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies.
Dir. Raja Collins · With Philippe A. Haddad, Danny Trejo, Cali Morales
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