How I Spent my Summer Vacation

Review and Trailer Comments

• StephenB

  Yeah but is he racist in it?!

  Posted 16:18 | Tue 8th May 2012

• FilmBuff76

  How I Spent My Summer Vacation sees Mel Gibson back onscreen doing what he does best - playing tough, wired and off-kilter. He plays Driver, a thief who gets caught right on the US-Mexican border. The getaway money is re-appropriated by two corrupt Mexican cops, who then throw Driver in a grubby, open-plan Mexican prison where he has to learn how to adapt in order to survive. When his boss comes looking for the missing money, a whole series of events kick in culminating in some well-staged and often humourous set-pieces. Given his recent headline-making offscreen behaviour, it's easy to forget what a good actor Gibson is and it wouldn't be amiss for audiences to cut him some slack. He's very good here in a sweaty, gritty cross-border action film that takes some strange turns here and there. It's an odd film at times and the plot seems somewhat unlikely. Gibson even does a not-very-convincing impression of Clint Eastwood in one scene. Maybe he should have got a lesson or two from Kurt Russell. Worth a look.

  Posted 22:59 | Fri 11th May 2012

• Ian

  Yes it is worth a look but that's about it as by the time you wake up tomorrow you will have forgotten it. Mel is the usual tough guy but for an American stuck in a Mexican prison he doesn't seem to get to much of a hard time from the locals. If you want a good story this isn't it and to be honest it ain't that good in the action stakes either but it'll pass an hour and a half for you. Better to wait for it on DVD rentel.

  Posted 11:50 | Tue 15th May 2012

• ted29

  Very much worth a look. Suspend your disbelief here and there and enjoy the romp. Gibson is great and i for one am glad he is back on form.

  Posted 16:17 | Thu 17th May 2012

• chell

  The prison ?? wouldn't mind being stuck in there :P, the film was good.. worth the watch!!

  Posted 15:55 | Sat 9th Jun 2012

• mikecoughlan

  I enjoyed it . There is a lot going on, and it is happening at a fast pace . Very good really

  Posted 17:46 | Mon 11th Jun 2012

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