Get the Gringo


Get the Gringo also known as How I Spent My Summer Vacation is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Adrian Grunberg, produced, cowritten by and starring Mel Gibson. The film has received largely positive reviews, gaining an 81 Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Later, the Gringo stops the Kid from an illfated assassination attempt on Javi Daniel Gimnez Cacho, leader of the crime family that runs El Pueblito. After an argument, he learns why the Kid is protected Javi has a failing liver, and the Kid is the only viable match Javi has already killed the Kids father and harvested his liver. The Gringo vows to stop the transplant from happening and to help kill Javi. Meanwhile, the Gringo attracts the attention of an American Embassy employee Peter Gerety, who easily identifies him as a career criminal. Unconcerned, the Gringo and the Kid work towards bringing down Javi, and the Gringo grows closer to the Kids mother. The Gringo ingratiates himself to Javi by saving Javis brother, Caracas Jess Ochoa and revealing the money stolen by Vasquez and Romero. Thugs working for criminal boss Frank Peter Stormare have already located Vasquez and Romero and are torturing them to find the location of an additionalmillion. Javis men kill everyone and take the money, enraging Frank. With the aid of the Embassy guy, Frank sends assassins into El Pueblito to kill Javi and the Gringo.The resulting shootout results in the Mexican authorities planning a raid on the prison. Knowing time is short, Javi hires the Gringo to kill Frank and sets up an immediate transplant operation. In the US, the Gringo lures Frank out of hiding by arranging a meeting between him and shipping magnate Warren Kaufmann Bob Gunton. The Gringo sets up his expartner, who betrayed him, and kills Frank. When the Gringo ambushes the Embassy guy, he learns of the transplant operation and rushes to save the Kid, who has unsuccessfully attempted to stab himself in the liver. Using the Embassy guys credentials, the Gringo infiltrates the raid on the prison and interrupts Javis operation. Threatening to kill Javi, the Gringo forces Caracas to retrieve the kids mother, who Javi has tortured. Caracas returns with two thugs, but the Gringo kills them all. A nurse helps the Gringo

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