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Get the Gringo

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Get the Gringo

R

2012

1h 36m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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A youngster helps an American career criminal (Mel Gibson) learn to survive behind the walls of a brutal Mexican prison.

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Energetic and hard-hitting, Get the Gringo plays squarely to its lead actor's strengths as a skilled portrayer of men put through physical and emotional hell.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

[Gibson] and the boy make the kind of cross-generational double act that deservedly went out of fashion with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, although it's superficially toughened up with bad language and cigarettes.

Rated: 2/5

May 11, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

[A] lively, non-PC caper-thriller, with touches of Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino...

Rated: 3/5

May 10, 2012

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The plot thickens to the density of Semtex, then explodes.

Rated: 4/5

May 10, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Part prison movie, part crime-centric actioner, part comedy, and part portrait of official corruption in Mexico, it never quite comes together.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 4, 2022

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

Get The Gringo isn't high art. It is a fun, mean, and often-times hilarious piece of crime cinema. It certainly deserved a theatrical run...

Mar 31, 2020

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Lee Cassanell

CineVue

El Pueblito is arguably the star of the show, its seedy backstreets and market stalls beautifully constructed and skilfully shot. This might be Grunberg's first job at the helm, but it certainly won't be his last.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 8, 2019

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Stacey L

This movie almost seems like a love letter to Robert Rodrigo or Quenton Tarintino, and it's very well done. The story is a unique take on the prison movie, with insperation loosly coming from real life. The characterizations and performances of even the supporting cast was amazing. It's a fun ride worth taking.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Pongo K

Not very sophisticated, but it is ok. Watch it without expecting too much. Enjoy!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Audience Member

This almost feels like a paperback crime story. Short and sweet with just the right dose of violence and drama. Nothing complicated and no unexpected twists. Just a fun little entertaining movie with an unfiltered look at the corrupt Mexican prison system that might remind you of the Turkish prison in Midnight Express but with lots of guns and bullets.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Kandy A

Original and engaging story line, great cast, well directed. A great action/drama film. I really liked it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Gabby

Very entertaining and insite.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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mark g

If Sam Peckinpah was alive today, wait, what am i saying, Sam must be alive, who else could have made this. This film is raw and one adrenaline trip. Mel is right at home in this role, a role I don't think he would have took if he wasn't canceled. Gritty, mean, ambitious!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Synopsis

A youngster helps an American career criminal (Mel Gibson) learn to survive behind the walls of a brutal Mexican prison.

Director: Adrian Grunberg
Producer: Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Stacy Perskie
Screenwriter: Adrian Grunberg, Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie
Production Co: Icon Productions
Rating: R (Sexual Material|Pervasive Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Runtime: 1h 36m

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