Get The Gringo Page #3

Synopsis: Heading toward the Mexican border, a getaway driver disguised as a clown and his wounded accomplice try to escape the American Police with a loot of over $2 million hidden in the trunk of the car. In a desperate attempt to break through the thick border fence, the driver crashes the car, the accomplice dies and he inevitably gets apprehended by Mexican Police officers Romero and Vasquez who want the money just for themselves. As the only American inmate in the infamous "El Pueblito" Mexican prison, which resembles more of a small village of convicts rather than a usual prison, the driver quickly gets the nickname "The Gringo" and finds out first hand how rough it is to be a stranger in the perilous world of Javi, the ruthless crime lord who runs the prison. Sooner or later, the Gringo will form an alliance with a 10-year-old kid whose peculiar immunity in this mad place will efficiently keep him alive, only to realise that in this pit, everyone knows about the $2 million. In the end, w
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Adrian Grunberg
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2012
96 min
£493,573
1,153 Views


It's harder than it looks, Handsome...

breaking out.

I don't know, it looks pretty easy to me.

You can buy anything in El Pueblito...

except your way out.

- Even Javi has to come back when he goes out.

- Who's Javi?

He runs the Joint. He lives up there,

where the rich people live.

Ah, the guy with the cheesy

bathrobe and the cell phone.

- Yeah! Cigarette?

- No! What do ya mean when he goes out?

Check this out...dinner,

soccer matches, whatever.

But even HE has to come back.

Wow! He's really got a good

thing going for him in here.

Oh, yeah!

He's gonna die, the worthless a**hole!

- Hum?

- I'm gonna kill him.

- Okay! Why? What did he ever do to you?

- It's personal.

- Oh, remind me to never rub YOU the wrong way.

- Cigarette?

- No, Kid, your mother has a vicious right!

- She asleep!

- She worked late last night.

- Yeah, I know. What does she do?

She works for Javi.

Last night was Casino Night.

- Hey! Who are those two guys?

- Ren and Stimpy?

The big guy, Caracas,

- that's Javi's brother.

- What about the little real estate cat?

Carnal? He's a cousin. He's a

useless prick. Even they hate him.

- Cigarette?

- No.

When I came in here they took blood from me,

I'm figuring it's not a health thing.

No sh*t!

Can I have a cigarette, for f***'s sake?

You know, the other day,

you told me you were special.

- How are you special? How are you special?

- F*** you!

You're so special, get your own f***in' cigarettes.

Quit moochin' off me,

I've got a 40 year habit, get lost!

Ah! Sunday. Visiting Day at El Pueblito.

Bring the whole family

to crapiest place on earth.

Enjoy out ever popular,

world famous, cavity search.

At twenty bucks a pop,

they were makin' a killing.

Hey, Kid, that's more than

a toothpick you got there?

- What's your plan?

- Stab him in the heart.

Oh! It's the aorta, the human cava. Those are pretty

deep blood vessels, chances are you'd miss.

- How about the stomach?

- Real Grab-Bag, full of guts: liver, spleen.

A quick treatment'd probably save his life.

- The neck?

- Yeah, good thinkin', the carotid.

Naw, too high for you, Kid, you'd need a ladder.

Typically, if you want to kill someone instantaneously

you go for the central nervous system or the brain.

Lights out.

Can I have a smoke?

I really need one.

No.

Not until you tell me

why you're so special around here.

- F***, you can't touch me!

- Why? If I do this, these guys are gonna kill me?

- You're holding out on me, Kid, spit it out!

- F*** you, you f***!

Just knock it off! Is that guy Javi is

your father? Is that's why they protect her, huh?

You're a mosquito! Sit the f*** down!

A man who won't level with you,

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Mel Gibson

Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his action hero roles, namely his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films in the Mad Max post-apocalyptic action series, and as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon buddy cop film series. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York. He moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old, and studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the critically acclaimed World War I drama Gallipoli (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute, as well as a reputation as a serious, versatile actor. Gibson produced, directed, and starred in the epic historical drama film Braveheart (1995), for which he won the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Director, along with the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later directed and produced the financially successful, and controversial, biblical drama film The Passion of the Christ (2004). He received further critical notice for his directorial work of the action-adventure film Apocalypto (2006), which is set in Mesoamerica during the early 16th century. After several legal issues and controversial statements leaked to the public, Gibson held a 10-year hiatus from directing, before returning with the critically acclaimed Hacksaw Ridge (2016), which won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another four, including Best Picture and Best Director for Gibson, his second nomination in the category. more…

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