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Bordertown

Name: Bordertown
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Martin Sheen, Antonio Banderas, Maya Zapata, Sônia Braga

Taste attributes: crimedramamysterythrillerjournalisticfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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"Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence."

Boxlist takeA dark, weighty crime thriller: layered and emotional. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 240 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

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.

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