El Gringo (2012)

A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

Director:

Eduardo Rodriguez

Writer:

Jonathan W. Stokes (screenplay)

Stars:

Scott Adkins, Petar Bachvarov, Zahary Baharov

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Adkins	...	The Man
Petar Bachvarov	...	Tortuga
Zahary Baharov	...	Officer Bell
Mimoza Bazova	...	Female Bus Station Attendant
Michail Elenov	...	Pablo (as Mihail Elenov)
Valentin Ganev	...	Deputy Chief Logan
Erando González	...	Chief Espinoza (as Erando Gonzalez)
Israel Islas	...	Culebra
George Karlukovski	...	El Jefe (as Georgi Karlukovski)
Vlado Mihailov	...	Chilango (as Vlado Mihaylov)
Velislav Pavlov	...	Officer Dunn
Bashar Rahal	...	Officer Sullivan
Krasimir Rankov	...	Restaurante Owner
Marii Rosen	...	Naco
Edward Joe Scargill	...	Officer Conner

Storyline

A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

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Plot Keywords:

cowboy hat | sex scene | shootout | street shootout | machine gun | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, language and some sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

11 May 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bad Yankee

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

After Dark Films, Autonomous Films, Signature Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the car chase, "The man" all of a sudden in one scene changes gear in his Mercedes with his left hand, despite driving a left hand drive car (which has gearstick for right hand).

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Connections

Referenced in Movie Friends: Prashant Prabhakar (2013)

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Soundtracks

"El Gringo"
Written by Joey DeMaio
Performed by Manowar
Courtesy of Magic Circle Music

User Reviews

Another "rip-off" movie that is actually not that bad at all. Mel Gibson's was better but this is worth seeing. I say B.

"One man can't make a difference, trust me." After a man (Adkins) grabs a bag full of 2 million dollars and runs to Mexico he thinks he is safe. He stops in the town of El Fronteras where he plans to hide out until he can safely return. After word of his bag gets around he must now do all he can to survive. You may be wondering why this sounds familiar. It's because a movie called "Get The Gringo" is the same thing. I have always wondered why two movies about the same thing usually come out at the same time. At least movies like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" or "Mirror Mirror" and "Snow White and the Huntsman" tried to have different titles. This one is almost the same title even. This had more of a feel of early good Robert Rodriguez movies like "Desperado" in the beginning and slowly started to turn into a bad Rodriguez movie like "Once Upon A Time In Mexico". There really is nothing else to say other then this is a decent movie that I enjoyed, but I liked it better when it was called "Get The Gringo". Overall, not bad but too soon for a remake. I give it a B.