Review of Get the Gringo (2012) by Kevin R — 16 Jun 2014

Enjoy our world famous cavity search.

An American career criminal steals two million dollars from an unknown source in the United States and gets busted just across the Mexican border. He is arrested by Mexican police and thrown into jail. He tries to find a way to survive and work his way up the prison food chain. He finds an unexpected ally, a young boy. The young boy teaches him the ropes inside the jail; but nothing in life is free, and eventually, he'll have to pay the boy back...

"There's nothing worse than a sad clown.".

Adrian Grunberg delivers Get the Gringo in his directorial debut. The storyline was action packed and contained brilliant characters. The settings were perfect and unique and the plot actually reminded me of a cross between Payback and Man on Fire. The acting was also pretty solid and the cast includes Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez, Dolores Heredia, Roberto Sosa, Peter Stormare, and Dean Norris.

"You got to love murderers that recycle.".

My cousin told me that I should see this so we grabbed it off Netflix. I can say this was definitely better than I anticipated and was depicted in a unique setting (a prison like you've never seen before) and contained many entertaining scenes and dialogue. I adored the characters and how they were delivered and found this way better than I anticipated. This is definitely a worthwhile picture and a must see for action film junkies.

"Like my mom always said, fuck-off loser.".

Grade: B.