GRINGO (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

David Oyelowo (A United Kingdom), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road), Joel Edgerton (The Gift), Amanda Seyfried (The Last Word), Thandie Newton (Crash), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Paris Jackson (film debut), Yul Vazquez (Last Flag Flying), Michael Angarano (The Stanford Prison Experiment), Alan Ruck (Cheaper By The Dozen), Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank), Kenneth Choi (The Wolf of Wall Street), Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station), Diego Cataño (The Zone), Hector Kotsifakis (Buen Día, Ramón), Bashir Salahuddin (Snatched)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Nash Edgerton (The Square), director, producer; Anthony Tambakis (Warrior), writer, producer; Matthew Stone (Intolerable Cruelty), writer; A.J. Dix (The Butterfly Effect), Beth Kono (Sleepwalking), Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde) and Rebecca Yeldham (The Kite Runner), producers; Christophe Beck (The Hangover), composer; Eduard Grau (Suffragette), cinematographer; Luke Doolan (The Gift), David Rennie (22 Jump Street) and Tatiana S. Riegel (I, Tonya), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Mild-mannered businessman Harold Soyinka (Oyelowo) is sent by his cutthroat bosses Richard (Edgerton) and Elaine (Theron) to Mexico where he finds himself caught in between their shady dealings, a number of angered drug lords, and a morally conflicted black-ops mercenary (Copley). Desperate to survive, Harold carefully treads the line between being a law-abiding citizen and a wanted criminal…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Nash Edgerton – brother of Joel, who co-stars in the movie – presents this dark comedy that features David Oyelowo in a rare comedic lead performance.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH MARCH 2018

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