Part prison movie, part crime-centric actioner, part comedy, and part portrait of official corruption in Mexico, it never quite comes together.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 4, 2022

Get The Gringo isn't high art. It is a fun, mean, and often-times hilarious piece of crime cinema. It certainly deserved a theatrical run...

| Mar 31, 2020

El Pueblito is arguably the star of the show, its seedy backstreets and market stalls beautifully constructed and skilfully shot. This might be Grunberg's first job at the helm, but it certainly won't be his last.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2019

All action scenes are conducted quite impressively, with a wild shootout inside the confines of El Pueblito ranking as the absolute standout.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2018

Honestly, this film was a surprise. Not only is it far better than its marketing campaign lets on, but it's genuinely entertaining.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 28, 2017

Those who miss the days of Gibson's hardened movie characters will be in for a treat with Get the Gringo, a genuinely gritty, hard-boiled action-noir tale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2013

Gibson, for all his offscreen controversy, still has his star-quality charisma, and Grunberg is a worthy protege for the Oscar-winning writer/actor/director.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 2, 2012

Get The Gringo is a passable addition to the action genre but it might have been better had the need to keep Gibson's fan base happy not been so pressing.

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Sep 27, 2012

This is a return to form for [Mel Gibson], playing a hard-edged tough-nut with personality. And it's easily his most charismatic role in over a decade.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2012

Things start off a little too cute with that self-aware, annoying post-Pulp Fiction faux-clever tough-guy winking narration, but it kind of straightens up a bit once the story kicks in.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 4, 2012

an entertaining but trashy crime drama

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2012

It could have been too quirky for its own good, [but] as it stands... "Get the Gringo" is surprisingly good, coming out of left field the way it did.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 25, 2012

Get the Gringo is a gritty film with some grizzled punch. Gibson himself gives a strong performance as a hardened criminal that still has some heart.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 30, 2012

Might not be a Lethal Weapon-style comeback for Mel the Action Star, but it works well enough as a double feature with Gibson's underrated Payback.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 19, 2012

Full of violence and blood-spattered gunplay, it's a visually grotty film buoyed mainly by Gibson's never-say-die performance.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2012

Gibson embraces the crazy and turns Get the Gringo into some good ol pulpy fun.

Full Review | Jun 20, 2012

A film that's akin to a Mexican Guy Ritchie flick. The mix of gangsters and gunplay works well and there is a dry sense of humour that runs throughout most of the film's dialogue.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 14, 2012

Gibson dusts off his tough-as-nails, devil-may-care persona

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 6, 2012

Get the Gringo sees the return of bad ass Mel, the macho-macho man, all gravelly voice, misanthropic sadness and two-steps-ahead conman.

| Jun 4, 2012

Gibson's character gives a ten year old kid (who becomes a major character, without ever becoming a brat) a cigarette, and the kid lights it up and smokes it. Try getting MGM, Universal, Paramount or Disney to release that.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 4, 2012