Get the Gringo ( How I spent my summer vacation)

Hey everyone!

Ok so over the weekend I watched a film that to put is simply really shocked me. The reason is the lead is Mel Gibson! Yes the man that brought us rubbish films like What women want and The singing detective ( sorry if you like these films it is my personal opinion) But this Year he is back and in my opinion better than ever, this film is funny, action packed and has epic one liners, and believe it or not was written by the one and only Mel Gibson as well.

For those of you the haven't seen the trailers, or indeed watched the film yet as it is currently still been shown in some cinemas around the UK. This is the basic plot to the story, a career criminal (Mel Gibson) has just finished a job that has landed him with a lot of money. But he gets caught by Mexican police and sent to the roughest most tough prison in the state. Where he decides to try and get his money back while looking out for a 9 year old boy and his mother ( yes there is a 9 year old in prison it does get explained why) . This is a rated 15 due to strong violence, some drug use and the occasional sexual content. The film is still yet to be released in Italy 1st June, Portugal 7th, Denmark 14th, Argentina, Singapore and Hungary on the 21st June, Netherlands 12th July, Finland 20th and Norway 3rd August. So keep an eye out guys it is coming to screens near you very soon.

Ok so there are lots of different titles for this film, obviously because they are been released in some many different countries but for some reason they have a USA title and a UK one. Which I don't really get why seen as the USA name is more intriguing ( Get the Gringo), I mean How I spent my summer vacation just sounds like another Hangover movie or a ROM-COM which this film isn't either. The British title makes it sound boring and doesn't really make you want to see the film unless you see the movie poster which has Mel Gibson stood in front of a prison with a hand gun. Which kind of shows that the film isn't going to be a ROM-COM.  They should have stuck with the USA title for both countries in my opinion but that was up to them.

All in all this film is fast paced, funny ,written very well. Has good characters not so much character development but it is still interesting and a really good watch. I recommend this film to people that like pay-back type movies and enjoy a lot of gun fighting and a good car chase.