Vorlage:Infobox film Get the Gringo (also known as How I Spent My Summer Vacation)^[1] is a 2012 American film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Adrian Grunberg.

The Gringo (Mel Gibson) is convicted and sent to a Mexican prison for stealing money from a crime boss. As he learns his way through the town-like prison, he meets a 10 year old boy who is special because he has a rare blood type and a Mexican crime boss in the same prison needs his liver. It is up to the titular gringo to save the boy's life and break out of prison.

• Mel Gibson as Driver
• Kevin Hernandez as Kid
• Daniel Giménez Cacho as Javi
• Dolores Heredia as Kid's Mom
• Peter Stormare as Frank
• Dean Norris as Bill
• Bob Gunton as Mr. Kaufmann
• Peter Gerety as Embassy Guy
• Scott Cohen as Frank's lawyer
• Aaron Cohen as Hitman
• Patrick Bauchau as Surgeon
• Stephanie Lemelin as Frank's lawyer's secretary
• Denise Gossett as Mr. Kauffman's secretary
• Tom Schanley as Gregor
• Tenoch Huerta as Carlos
• Roberto Sosa as Carnal
• Jesús Ochoa as Caracas, Javi's brother

The script was written by Mel Gibson.^[2] The film is directed by Adrian Grunberg,^[3] who worked as a first assistant director with Gibson on Apocalypto. The film was produced by Gibson, Bruce Davey and Stacy Perskie.^[4] Executive Producers included Mark Gooder, Vicki Christianson, Ann Ruark, Len Blavatnik.^[5] Filming began in March 2010 in San Diego, Brownsville, Texas, and Veracruz, Mexico.^[6] Most of the filming took place at the Ignacio Allende Prison.^[7] Benoît Debie was the cinematographer on the film.^[8]

The film's theatrical release began in Israel in March of 2012 before reaching 22 other countries over the next six months^[1][9] In the UK, the film was released under its original title of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." As of the July, the film had taken in $4.5 million at the box office.^[10] The film's US premiere coincided with a ten-city, same-day tour with Mel Gibson appearing at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema with co-star Kevin Hernandez and director Adrian Grunberg on April 18, 2012.^[11] The other nine cities screened the film and received a satellite feed of the Q&A. The film did not have a regular US theatrical release instead appearing on video on demand (VOD). At the event, Gibson said of the VOD release, "We're just in a different era. Many people just like to see things in their homes....I think it's the future." ^[12] The film was first publicly-released exclusively through video-on-demand services in the United States.^{[13][5][14][15]} In Icon’s deal with Fox, Get the Gringo did have an exclusive preview window on DirecTV May 1st before it was released on other VOD services a month later. Its release date on Blu-ray Disc was set as July 17, 2012 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the US.^[16]

Get the Gringo has received largely positive reviews, gaining an 80% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Urban Cinefile said, "Mel Gibson is back doing what he knows, playing a flawed character with redeeming qualities who is also a resourceful tough guy."^[17]

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen Runtime.
2. ↑ Details on How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Mel Gibson’s Other New Film | /Film. Slashfilm.com, 15. Dezember 2009, abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2011. 
3. ↑ How I Spent My Summer Vacation. screendaily.com, 13. April 2012, abgerufen am 16. April 2012. 
4. ↑ Mel Gibson Set to Star In 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation'. FirstShowing.net, 15. Dezember 2009, abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2011. 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Get the Gringo: Film Review. Hollywoodreporter.com, abgerufen am 23. April 2012.  Fehler beim Aufruf der Vorlage:Cite web: Der Parameter Datum hat ungültigen Wert.
6. ↑ Mel Gibson Takes A Summer Vacation. Screen Rant, abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2011. 
7. ↑ Icon Goes All In For Mel Gibson's How I Spent My Summer Vacation. CinemaBlend.com, 15. Februar 2010, abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2011. 
8. ↑ Elizabeth Day: Mel Gibson: saint and sinner | Film | The Observer. The Guardian, 5. Juni 2012, abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2011. 
9. ↑ How I Spent My Summer Vacation (2012) – Release dates. IMDb.com, abgerufen am 3. Mai 2012. 
10. ↑ Get the Gringo. Box Office Mojo. See http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=LB&id=_fGETTHEGRINGO01
11. ↑ Villalpando, Nicole. Newsmakers: Entertainment (column). Austin American-Statesman, 18 April 2012, p. D-02.
12. ↑ Horn, John. Mel Gibson's 'Get the Gringo' has a one-night theatrical run. Los Angeles Times, 19 April 2012. See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/mel-gibson-get-the-gringo.html
13. ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen mel.
14. ↑ Get The Gringo Trailer Online. URL ungültig empireonline.com, 31. Januar 2012, abgerufen am 3. Mai 2012. Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Cite web): "1; 2"
15. ↑ GET THE GRINGO Starring Mel Gibson to Be Released Straight to Video-On-Demand. Collider.com, 31. Januar 2012, abgerufen am 3. Mai 2012. 
16. ↑ Get the Gringo. In: Blu-ray.com. Abgerufen im 1. Januar 1 
17. ↑ Get the Gringo. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Abgerufen im 1. Januar 1