Claim: Machete appears in four American films.
Evidence: 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.
Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written , produced , and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
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.