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Get the Gringo

- The odds are against him. So is everyone else.

A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

Release Date : 2012-03-15

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Icon Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Cast

Character Name : Driver

Original Name : Mel Gibson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kid

Original Name : Kevin Hernandez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Javi

Original Name : Daniel Giménez Cacho

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank

Original Name : Peter Stormare

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caracas

Original Name : Jesús Ochoa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carnal

Original Name : Roberto Sosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kid's Mother

Original Name : Dolores Heredia

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vasquez

Original Name : Mario Zaragoza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Embassy Guy

Original Name : Peter Gerety

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Kaufmann

Original Name : Bob Gunton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Romero

Original Name : Gerardo Taracena

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Dean Norris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carlos

Original Name : Tenoch Huerta Mejía

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Director

Original Name : Fernando Becerril

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank's Lawyer

Original Name : Scott Cohen

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Hitman 2

Original Name : Zak Knutson

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Hitman 3

Original Name : Tom Schanley

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Hitman 4

Original Name : Jace Jeanes

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Hitman 5

Original Name : Clayton J. Barber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surgeon

Original Name : Patrick Bauchau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas Kauffman's Secretary

Original Name : Denise Gossett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Serrano

Original Name : Regina Orozco

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank's Lawyer's Secretary

Original Name : Stephanie Lemelin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Driver's Wife

Original Name : Suzanne Cryer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reginald T. Barnes

Original Name : J.J. Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Size 11

Original Name : Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lacra 2

Original Name : Manuel Domínguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lacra 3

Original Name : Dagoberto Gama

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lacra 4

Original Name : Guillermo Ríos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lacra 6

Original Name : Iñaki Goci

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wife Renting Tent

Original Name : Paloma Arredondo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Evicted Woman

Original Name : Ángeles Cruz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Mayra Sérbulo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wrestler 1

Original Name : Blue Demon Jr.

Gender : Male

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

I have always liked Mel Gibson and I really do not care how drunk or politically incorrect he might be. I still like to see him in movies and this is a surprisingly good movie. The movie had a proper theatrical premier in most countries except USA where it went straight to VOD which I find a bit surprising. It is a lot better movie than much of the stuff that are shown in theaters. I suspect the politically correct hypocrites had something to do with that. Personally, I found this movie surprisingly good. Mel Gibson fit the role very well and made a quite good performance. The settings with the bizarre prison which looked like a cross between Alcatraz and Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen was quite cool. It was the kind of setting that I would not have been surprised to find in a Tarantino-movie. I also liked the cynical and somewhat ironical voice-over by Gibson. The story was okay. Perhaps not the most believable one but good enough for this kind of action movie. Speaking of action, there were indeed some decent action in the movie but it is not like the movie is overloaded with it. It is nicely spread out and once the action starts it is pretty good. It is also true that some scenes are a wee bit gruesome but I am not sure that I agree with the R-rating. Most of the time that rating felt a bit over the top. Still, I rather have a R-rated movie with cuts than a PG-13 with lots of silly cuts in it. There were some silly bits of course, like how easy Mel could evade the prison and make a “business-trip” to the states when he finally felt like it and the entire business of performing transplantation surgery in a filthy prison. Mel might have found that “put it back” statement funny when he wrote it but it came out rather silly to me. Bottom line is that this was a quite enjoyable movie. A perfect after-work movie when you feel like parking your brain somewhere in the garage with your car and just sit down and watch something requiring a minimum of concentration.