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Gringo (2018)

★ 5.9 · 794 ratings on TMDB

An American corporation, the Mexican cartel, chances are this won't end well.

Gringo poster★ 5.9

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.

DirectorNash Edgerton
CastAmanda Seyfried, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Harry Treadaway, Joel Edgerton, Melonie Díaz
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime
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Gringo keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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