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MONEY
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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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El Gringo
"He's Not in Acapulco Any More"
2012 1h 39m EN
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6.3
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★6.3TMDB · 229
AdventureDramaActionThriller
Synopsis
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A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
“He's Not in Acapulco Any More”
Cast
Scott Adkins
The Man
Yvette Yates Redick
Anna
Christian Slater
Lieutenant West
Israel Islas
Culebra
Erando González
Chief Espinoza
Sofía Sisniega
Flaca
Valentin Ganev
Deputy Chief Logan
Bashar Rahal
Sullivan
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Eduardo Rodríguez
- Writers
- Jonathan W. Stokes
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 14 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Eduardo Rodríguez, shot by Yaron Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Luis Ascanio. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Don Adams shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Scott Adkins and Yvette Yates Redick and Christian Slater carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "He's Not in Acapulco Any More".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Eduardo Rodríguez directs. Yaron Levy behind the camera. Luis Ascanio scores. Don Adams cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 14 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
- 4Directed by Eduardo Rodríguez, shot by Yaron Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Luis Ascanio. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Don Adams shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Scott Adkins and Yvette Yates Redick and Christian Slater carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "He's Not in Acapulco Any More".
- 9IMDB entry: tt1990216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Yaron Levy
- Original score
- Luis Ascanio
- Editing
- Don Adams
- Production design
- Nate Jones
- Costume design
- Irina Kotcheva
- Makeup / hair
- Maria Stankovich
- VFX supervisor
- D.J. Shea
- Sound
- Jon Vogl
- Stunt coordinator
- Borislav Iliev
- Runtime
- 99 min · 1h 39m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- El Gringo (2012)
Also by
Eduardo Rodríguez
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Silver Pictures
US
- AF
After Dark Films
US
- AU
Autonomous Films
- BO
Bomar OOD
- SI
Signature Pictures
US
Key crew
- ProducerCourtney Solomon
- ProducerKaterina Slantcheva
- ProducerRobert Jones
- ProducerJames Portolese
- EditorDon Adams
- ProducerWayne Marc Godfrey
- ProducerLucy Mukerjee-Brown
- Executive ProducerScott Adkins
- Executive ProducerIsaac Florentine
- Executive ProducerJoel Silver
- Executive ProducerBobby Ranghelov
- Production DesignNate Jones
- Executive ProducerStephanie Caleb
- ProducerArnaud Lannic
- Executive ProducerSteven A. Frankel
- Executive ProducerChristopher Milburn
- ProducerAmit R. Gicelter
- Executive ProducerGregory M. Walker
- EditorHarold Parker
- Line ProducerDeidre LaCasse
- EditorEduardo Rodríguez
- ADR & DubbingAlan Billingsley
- Makeup ArtistMaria Stankovich
- Set Decoration BuyerDeanna Simmons
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- small town
- outlaw
- gunfight
- cowboy
- neo-western
- neo-noir
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2012-05-10R
Also known as
International titles
- Bad YankeeFR
