Get the Gringo [a.k.a. How I Spent My Summer Vacation]
(2011; Adrian Grunberg) is the most Donald Westlake-like film that the late master mystery writer had absolutely nothing to do with.
The film is also an utter blast, one of the tightest
and most fun action movies I’ve seen in a while.
Exciting, sleazy and well-plotted, it’s well worth a
look—
Of course, it will help if you’re open-minded enough
to separate Mel Gibson, the engaging and sardonic action movie star, from Mel
Gibson, the batshit lunatic ubiquitous on the gossip pages.
