Bordertown
Seen it?2007 | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.3 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Touch of Evil or The Parallax View, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 52 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesBelow par
6.3 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$8 million worldwide on a $21 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 37K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gregory Nava
- Jennifer LopezLauren Adrian
- Martin SheenGeorge Morgan
- Antonio BanderasAlfonso Diaz
- Maya ZapataEva Jimenez
- Sonia BragaTeresa Casillas
- Kate del CastilloElena Diaz
- Randall BatinkoffFrank Kozerski
- Juan Diego BottoMarco Antonio Salamanca
- Irineo AlvarezDomingo Esparza
- Julio Cesar CedilloJulio