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

When Flaca steals the satchel containing the $2 million and is chased by The Man, she runs as if the bag is virtually empty. In fact, $2 million in 100s (at 497 US bills to the pound) weighs over 40 pounds, and the heavy satchel (about 1/3 of her estimated weight) would have slowed her down considerably. The weight of the bag would also have likely drawn the interest of the thugs who throw it at him (again, as if it weighs about 5 pounds).

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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

Worst film ever.

Giving this film even a 1 makes me shudder. I have never seen such bad acting, heard such cheesy lines, looked at so many ugly people, sweaty boobs, or stupid townspeople on film. And that's just the OK folks. Even the dog was a loser. I want my thinking cap back, I lost it somewhere in this terrible mess of a movie. If there is a bath to be had in town, it's somewhere over the horizon that no one attempts to locate. And who wants to take a bath next to animal bones anyway. Wait, those ugly, dirty, sweaty boobs people, and their loser dog just might.Nasty, grimy, horrible, just awful, and those are the good points of this film.