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Get the Gringo
2012
· Movie
· 96 min
C
MEANRANK
67/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2807
- IMDb #2404
- Rotten Tomatoes #2123
- Letterboxd #3514
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2066
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2769
+5 more
- Metacritic Critics #2502
- Criticker #2029
- Kinopoisk #2195
- AlloCiné #3443
- Trakt #2709
Every rating
46–86
out of 100
A career criminal is caught by Mexican authorities after a car chase across the border. He is thrown into a violent and unique prison that operates like a small city. He befriends a young boy and his mother, and uses his wits to survive and navigate the corrupt system, all while plotting an escape and a score.
Details
- Director
- Adrian Grünberg
- Writers
- Adrian Grünberg, Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie
- Studio
- Icon Productions, Redrum
- Released
- 15 March 2012
- Country
- United States, Mexico
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $8.8M
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