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Bordertown

  • 2007
  • 12
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
11K
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Jennifer Lopez in Bordertown (2007)
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CrimeMysteryThriller

A journalist investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez and El Paso.A journalist investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez and El Paso.A journalist investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez and El Paso.

  • Director
    • Gregory Nava
  • Writer
    • Gregory Nava
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Antonio Banderas
    • Maya Zapata
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gregory Nava
    • Writer
      • Gregory Nava
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Lopez
      • Antonio Banderas
      • Maya Zapata
    • 55User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    • Lauren Adrian
    Antonio Banderas
    Antonio Banderas
    • Alfonso Diaz
    Maya Zapata
    Maya Zapata
    • Eva Jimenez
    Irineo Alvarez
    • Domingo Esparza
    Rene Raymond Rivera
    Rene Raymond Rivera
    • Aris Rodriguez
    • (as a different name)
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • George Morgan
    Karolinah Villarreal
    Karolinah Villarreal
    • Young Lauren
    Debrianna Mansini
    Debrianna Mansini
    • Flight Attendant
    Randall Batinkoff
    Randall Batinkoff
    • Frank Kozerski
    Gonzalo Mauro Montiel Aguirre
    • Curandero
    • (as Gonzalo Mauro Montiel)
    Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
    Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
    • Lourdes Jimenez
    • (as Zaide Sylvia Gutierrez)
    Amelia Zapata
    • Lourdes's Friend
    Julio Cesar Cedillo
    Julio Cesar Cedillo
    • Julio
    Jorge Urzua
    • Eduardo Lopes
    Ruben G. Rojas
    • Eduardo's Man
    • (as Ruben Rojas)
    Irene Estrada
    • Teresa's Maid
    Sonia Braga
    Sonia Braga
    • Teresa Casillas
    J.D. Garfield
    J.D. Garfield
    • Doctor Herrera
    • (as JD Garfield)
    • Director
      • Gregory Nava
    • Writer
      • Gregory Nava
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    • Trivia
      Loosely based on a series of unsolved murders in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, an industrial border town near El Paso, Texas. Although estimates conflict, innumerable young women have been kidnapped, tortured and murdered since 1993.
    • Quotes

      Lauren Adrian: It isn't free trade! It's slave trade! It's a goddamn scam, and everybody is making too much money to give a shit about these women!

    • Crazy credits
      Before end credits: "Dedicated to the missing and the murdered women of Juárez."
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Jumper/Step Up 2 the Streets/The Spiderwick Chronicles/Definitely, Maybe/Bordertown/I Could Never Be Your Woman (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Porque La Vida Es Asi
      Written by Marc Anthony and Víctor Manuelle

      Performed by Jennifer Lopez

      Courtesy of Sony Music/ATV and KIYAVI Music Corp./Peer LTD

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    5/10
    compelling premise reduced to B-thriller
    Lauren Adrian (Jennifer Lopez) is a reporter for the Chicago Sentinel. She is forced by her boss (Martin Sheen) to go to Juarez to do a story about a series of mysterious murders of young factory women who are attracted to the new jobs at the maquiladoras. She doesn't speak much Spanish and reconnects with independent reporter Alfonso Diaz (Antonio Banderas). The police is corrupt and trying to cover up the murders. Eva Jimenez (Maya Zapata) is a young woman who was taken by a bus driver to the dump where him and another man raped her and left her for dead. The only person she trust is Diaz. She goes to his newspaper but the police is close behind. Diaz is taken in by the police leaving Eva and Lauren alone together.

    Writer/director Gregory Nava got a couple of A-list stars to do small roles in this but it's Lopez that's asked to carry this thing on her shoulders. She needs help as an actress to keep this movie moving. Banderas is good but he's not in this enough. The movie keeps separating them which is a mistake in my opinion. The story is ripped from the headlines with some action added in. Nava isn't good at the action scenes. This is generally a weak construction. There isn't much of a mystery since everything is laid out right in front of us. It struggles to be a thriller or a mystery. Nava doesn't have the skills and the tension is very low. Then Lopez goes undercover and all the logic goes out the window. I don't know why she has to work in the factory since they know it's the bus driver. Also I don't know why she doesn't have somebody follow the bus. It's a bus and isn't that hard to follow. But the movie isn't done and it keeps going down the rabbit hole.
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    • Release date
      • February 22, 2007 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Mexico
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • movie website
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • Central American Indian languages
    • Also known as
      • Bordertown - Mord ohne Anklage
    • Filming locations
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Möbius Entertainment
      • El Norte Productions
      • Nuyorican Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $21,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,332,427
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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