Get the Gringo

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

2012 1h 36m EN

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6.6

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80%

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6.9

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★6.6TMDB · 1,870🍅80%Rotten Tomatoes●60Metacritic★6.9IMDB · 115,289

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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.

“The odds are against him. So is everyone else.”

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Cast

Mel Gibson
Driver
Kevin Hernandez
Kid
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Javi
Peter Stormare
Frank
Jesús Ochoa
Caracas
Roberto Sosa
Carnal
Dolores Heredia
Kid's Mother
Mario Zaragoza
Vasquez

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Adrian Grünberg
Writers: Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grünberg
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America, Mexico

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MONEY

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Earned back only 25% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Mexico.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Adrian Grünberg, shot by Benoît Debie. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Antonio Pinto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steven Rosenblum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mel Gibson and Kevin Hernandez and Daniel Giménez Cacho carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Adrian Grünberg directs. Benoît Debie behind the camera. Antonio Pinto scores. Steven Rosenblum cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, Mexico. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Earned back only 25% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Mexico.
5Directed by Adrian Grünberg, shot by Benoît Debie. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Antonio Pinto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Steven Rosenblum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mel Gibson and Kevin Hernandez and Daniel Giménez Cacho carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The odds are against him. So is everyone else.".
10IMDB entry: tt1567609 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 15 themes, including "prison", "mexico", "vacation", "prison escape".

The technical file

Cinematography: Benoît Debie
Original score: Antonio Pinto
Editing: Steven Rosenblum
Production design: Bernardo Trujillo
Costume design: Anna Terrazas
Makeup / hair: Missy Lisenby
Stunt coordinator: Balo Bucio
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $8,826,837
Return: 25% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Get the Gringo (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 60/100
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 115,289 votes
MPAA: R

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Dark Jedi2014-07-09
★ 8/10
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.

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