Open Road has set a Sept. 13 theatrical release date for Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, the unexpected sequel to his 2010 grindhouse-actioner Machete, which flopped at the box office despite being muy awesome-ito.

Machete Kills finds Machete (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to bring down a Mexican cartel leader and a billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson) plotting global warfare with a high-tech space weapon. Returning players include  Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez and twins Elise and Electra Avellan.

Providing the new blood are Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”), Amber Heard (Drive Angry), Zoe Saldana,(Avatar), Vanessa Hudgens (Sucker Punch), Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) Lady Ga-Ga, Demian Bechir (“Weeds”), Edward James Olmos (American Me) and Charlie Sheen, (“Anger Management” ) as the U.S. president.