We’re in week two of our month-long reassessment of the life and career of Mel Gibson, ‘The Resurrection of Mel Gibson,’ which brings us to the second big action movie he starred in post drunken, antisemitic tirade, GET THE GRINGO (2012). Seeing as this is Gibson, and we’re dealing with a movie set in Mexico, you might think that there’s going to be some racial landmines we have to try to avoid while talking about this one, but it turns out he was still on his best behavior here. He even pairs up with a fast-talking little kid to try and convince you that he’s not a monster. Are we buying it? You’ll have to listen to find out!
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