El Gringo
2012 Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez
Synopsis
He's not in Acapulco any more.
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
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Sadistic violence presented as a series of rote Leone mannerisms. Some graceful action movements get lost in the middle of to much clutter as if the filmmakers are to desperate to escape their own DTV limbo. This is made watchable thanks to the presence of the always dependable Scott Adkins anchoring the whole mess with more dignity than it probably deserves.
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I've made no secret of the fact that I think Scott Adkins is the best thing to happen to the action genre in years. His skills as a martial artist and stuntman are well-known, but as "Undisputed III" revealed he actually has the potential to be a great character actor. For better or worse, Adkins' rugged good looks mean he gets plugged into a lot of generic action hero roles, the kind that guys like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jeff Speakman made their bread 'n butter in the 80's.
Trouble is, even 'generic action hero' roles are hard to come by circa 2012. Thus we have Adkins headlining what appears to be a painfully low-budget 'South of the Border' genre…
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Adkins is pretty good in the lead, and some of the action looks to be staged well (and is nicely gory) but it is all so over edited it becomes utterly ridiculous (seriously, some of the editing in the action sequences needs to be seen to be believed).
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This vehicle for Scott Adkins allows the man to strut his considerable action hero stuff; playing a mysterious man on the run with a bag full of money in a little town in Mexico. It's a pretty standard action noir scenario and it should be wonderful enough. Unfortunately it isn't.
But it is actually quite enjoyable for about an hour and some change. Even with an excessive use of what I want to call: THE STUPID ROBERT RODRIGUEZ TEX MEX STYLE DONE VERY STUPIDLY and such an abundance of avid farts - especially during key action scenes - as to give just about anyone a massive peyote headache. Also... For an action "comedy" things get pretty weirdly gory and brutal.…
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Although Scott Adkins is one of the best action stars working today, there's not much new going on in El Gringo. It's passable straight to DVD entertainment, don't expect much more.
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Not great. Bad story. Way too many camera and sound effects.
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Cuenta la historia de un agente Federal que sobrevive a un enfrentamiento contra una red de criminales mexicanos en la frontera con Estados Unidos, logrando huir con 2 millones de dólares y llegar a un pueblo fronterizo mexicano, en el cual no es muy bien recibido.
No me pareció mala la película, entretiene, pero no es nada nunca visto, es la típica historia del tipo bien parecido que acaba con los malos, rescata y conquista a la chica candente de turno y se convierte en el héroe del pueblo.
Algo que me pareció un poco molesto fueron los cambios bruscos de algunos planos en los flash backs, cansa en la vista. Creo que el director quiso lograr un efecto de sincronización de los recuerdos del protagonista, incluyendo cierto efecto sonoro de interferencia de imagen muy sutil.
Si te gusta la acción directa y explícita llena de disparos y de artes marciales, es tú película.
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Scott Adkins definitely is the new Jason Statham.
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Sadistic violence presented as a series of rote Leone mannerisms. Some graceful action movements get lost in the middle of to much clutter as if the filmmakers are to desperate to escape their own DTV limbo. This is made watchable thanks to the presence of the always dependable Scott Adkins anchoring the whole mess with more dignity than it probably deserves.
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Strong performances, great, frequent, action set pieces and a sense of humour save this from being just another Desperado clone. Some of the editing in places is annoying as all hell but Adkins is superb and the action, fantastic.
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Not Adkins' best but a capable Action B movie! My full review is below:
http://williamsfilmreview.blogspot.com/2012/12/el-gringo.html
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I've made no secret of the fact that I think Scott Adkins is the best thing to happen to the action genre in years. His skills as a martial artist and stuntman are well-known, but as "Undisputed III" revealed he actually has the potential to be a great character actor. For better or worse, Adkins' rugged good looks mean he gets plugged into a lot of generic action hero roles, the kind that guys like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jeff Speakman made their bread 'n butter in the 80's.
Trouble is, even 'generic action hero' roles are hard to come by circa 2012. Thus we have Adkins headlining what appears to be a painfully low-budget 'South of the Border' genre…