Gringo

Scott Adkins makes it fun
Scott Adkins single handedly makes this movie watchable, not that it's a bad movie. His fans look forward to a lot of action, and a little more would have helped "El Gringo." But as it stands, this is a fun fish-out-of-water movie about a cop stuck in a small drug cartel town where no amount of American money can get him a glass of water.
The highlight of the film is a gun fight (about an hour into the movie) where Adkins shows his athletic skills by shooting from every possible angle while jumping, rolling, spinning and falling. I swear, it must last 5 minutes and was pretty darn cool.

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...

DUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!!!
Im a big Scott Adkins fan and Christian Slater fan..........and although they are great actors and I feel they can do no wrong, I was leary of purchasing this movie outright since I know I wont watch it a ton. Wish I could have rented it, but I am glad I bought it, but should have bought the actual disc.........although Amazon's cloud will last forever and ever right??? At least through my lifetime hopefully......

Bottom Line......spend the money, outstanding movie, great action, great story, great locations, I'll probably watch it when I get home just because it is THAT GOOD!

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