Gringo

Genetically unlawful, high on violence and constantly at war with reason, this kidnap, betrayal, payback drama comes with its moments which kind of slow down and pick up in a regularity that takes away rather than give to the plot.

Yet there is enough for you to pop in the popcorn while the chase gets hot on the screen with David Oyelowo testing his comic timing as a Mr Goodness middle-management honcho who gets lost in the badlands of Mexico. He’s is humorous, endearing, God fearing and endearing man who is betrayed by everyone he loves – his best friend, his wife and his hard-nosed but whorish colleague played to the hilt by Charlize Theron.

In the middle of this personal battles he is faring with his circumstances, there is a drug lord, there is a snide drug deal between his pharma company and the research facility in Mexico, there is a kidnap drama, there is a bounty seeker and, of course, there is the DEA and the lot who visit the set only at the end.

The film is promising but could have done much more than it does to capture your imagination.