Gringo

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Gringo

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2018,

1h 50m,

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Mystery & Thriller

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Mild-mannered U.S. businessman Harold Soyinka finds himself at the mercy of backstabbing colleagues, local drug lords and a black ops mercenary after traveling to Mexico. Crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal, Harold fights to survive an increasingly dangerous situation that raises the question -- is he out of his depth or two steps ahead?

Critics Consensus

Gringo rounds up a bafflingly overqualified cast for a misfire of a comedy that's fatally undermined by its messy plot, poorly conceived characters, and obvious debts to better films.

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Jun 5, 2018

2/5

Despite corralling Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Thandie Newton and David Oyelowo into its incredible cast, Gringo is, at best, an inept attempt at a dark comedy.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 1, 2018

2/5

Life may be full of coincidences, but screenplays cannot be.

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

May 18, 2018

A movie created by someone who has ever actually been to Mexico and thought to pay attention to more than kidnapping scares and cartel nightmares.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Mar 14, 2022

2/4

Double-crosses and twists saturate the material, leaving Gringo with a modest degree of unpredictability that keeps the viewer guessing, albeit with few moments of levity or any genuine investment in the characters.

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

Aug 24, 2021

B-

Deeply cynical, hugely problematic and often very funny.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Mar 4, 2021

2.5/5

Feels old fashioned, like it has been sitting around on a shelf somewhere, hidden from view since the 1990s.

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Harry R

Mar 30, 2019

This movie's nature seemed to have flew over the majority of the audiences head, and not appreciate the value of this movie. It simply had charisma and fast paced shift of events which it seems it was confused with chaos and urged scenes. But no, the movie had amazing scenes and great a acting with very impressively developed characters in a short time. And due to the fact that it had so many it was like a chaotic free for all fight for the life. But the plot was rock solid despite what others say, if you pay attention to the detail, it's all there. The action scenes where really lacking a lot sadly and the ones that where in the movie where kept pretty much simple and too realistic for this kind of a movie. But that drama, the unforeseen entertaining twists and the hilarious similes where amazingly fitting and it also created immersion. Apparently this was also hard to appreciate for the general viewers. Also the message of the movie is super solid and very well delivered not just at the ending but through out the movie, and at the same time realistic and reflecting our real life problems. (Learn to appreciate) Overall this was a charismatic movie with fresh style, and great acting that deserves all the respect for creating something fresh in this genre. It's deserving of a very good movie tag. And sadly super under rated!!! (This is me not being subjective and claiming that this movie deserves better)

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Hagrid P

Feb 5, 2019

Not the most original movie ever made but overall it was fun and enjoyable.

Dec 30, 2018

Had some rather funny moments. would recommend it.

Hagrid W

Dec 22, 2018

What a heroic piece of crap. The plot ambles, the characters are 1-dimensional, and the redeeming factors are...entirely absent. If you're looking for an action movie you'll be disappointed and if you're looking for a laugh you'll be incredibly disappointed. Save yourself the time and scroll past this one on your Netflix app.

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Abraham R

Dec 18, 2018

Decent movie. Good story pace

Abraham G

Dec 15, 2018

A pleasant surprise--wonderfully entertaining.

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Nash Edgerton

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David Oyelowo

Harold Soyinka

Charlize Theron

Elaine Markinson

Joel Edgerton

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Synopsis

Mild-mannered U.S. businessman Harold Soyinka finds himself at the mercy of backstabbing colleagues, local drug lords and a black ops mercenary after traveling to Mexico. Crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal, Harold fights to survive an increasingly dangerous situation that raises the question -- is he out of his depth or two steps ahead?

Director: Nash Edgerton
Producer: Rebecca Yeldham, Nash Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Beth Kono, A.J. Dix, Anthony Tambakis
Screenwriter: Anthony Tambakis, Matthew Stone
Distributor: Amazon Studios, STX Films
Production Co: Denver and Delilah Productions, Blue-Tongue Films, Amazon Studios
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 9, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.9M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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