Get the Gringo (
2012) | IMDb:
6.9
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Kevin Hernandez
,
Daniel Giménez Cacho
,
Peter Stormare
,
Jesús Ochoa
,
Roberto Sosa
Apocalypto (
2006) | IMDb:
7.8
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Starring:
Rudy Youngblood
,
Raoul Max Trujillo
,
Gerardo Taracena
,
Iazua Larios
,
Antonio Monroy
,
María Isabel Díaz Lago
Man on Fire (
2004) | IMDb:
7.7
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Dakota Fanning
,
Christopher Walken
,
Radha Mitchell
,
Marc Anthony
,
Giancarlo Giannini
The Mexican (
2001) | IMDb:
6.1
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Starring:
Brad Pitt
,
Julia Roberts
,
James Gandolfini
,
J.K. Simmons
,
David Krumholtz
,
Bob Balaban