El Gringo

El Gringo

He's Not in Acapulco Any More

Directed by Eduardo Rodríguez

Produced by Silver Pictures, After Dark Films

201299 min6.3 / 10

A neo-western thriller about a fugitive with blood on his hands and money in his satchel, hunted in a small Mexican border town.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is El Gringo scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is El Gringo one of a kind? No. Less singular than 93% of films.

  • Is El Gringo violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is El Gringo easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does El Gringo end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is El Gringo sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

30/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity11

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise49

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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