Get the Gringo
2012 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 6.6 · 70% critics
A career criminal is caught by Mexican authorities and thrown into a brutal prison. To stay alive, he relies on his streetwise skills and forms an unlikely bond with a young boy who helps him navigate life behind bars.
Also known as How I Spent My Summer Vacation
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-03-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (1,802 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty, high-energy prison thriller with dark humor and survival tactics; Not for you if you dislike heavy violence or need a perfectly believable plot, and you may prefer training-ground grit of Training Day or grittier suspense like Deep Cover instead.
Pros: fast-paced prison energy; Mel Gibson performance; dark humor action | Cons: some unbelievable moments; uneven supporting characters; unclear structure at times
Themes
- prison
- mexico
- vacation
- prison escape
- corrupt system
- mexican cartel
- escape plan
- trust issues
- prison hierarchy
- lawless society
- american criminal
- cartel influence
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Mel Gibson
as Driver
Kevin Hernandez
as Kid
Daniel Giménez Cacho
as Javi
Peter Stormare
as Frank
Jesús Ochoa
as Caracas
Roberto Sosa
as Carnal
Dolores Heredia
as Kid's Mother
Mario Zaragoza
as Vasquez
Peter Gerety
as Embassy Guy
Bob Gunton
as Mr. Kaufmann
Directed by Adrian Grünberg