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Gringo

Gringo

Comedy · Action · Crime · 2018

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.

Movie details

Gringo

“An American corporation, the Mexican cartel, chances are this won't end well.”

2018 Comedy · Action · Crime 1h 51m

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5.9 / 10

Community rating

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nash Edgerton

Written by

Matthew Stone · Anthony Tambakis

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Harold Soyinka

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Richard Rusk

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

Elaine Markinson

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried

Sunny

Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley

Mitch Rusk

Harry Treadaway

Harry Treadaway

Miles

Yul Vazquez

Yul Vazquez

Angel Valverde

Court is in session

Put Gringo on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.