Bordertown

Tagline : Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence.

Runtime : 112 mins

Genre : Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Vote Rating : 6.3/10

Budget : 21 million $ USD

Revenue : 8.3 million $ USD

Release Date : 22 February 2007

Plot : 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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Cast Members

Lauren Adrian
played by
Jennifer Lopez

George Morgan
played by
Martin Sheen

Alfonso Diaz
played by
Antonio Banderas

Eva Jimenez
played by
Maya Zapata

Teresa Casillas
played by
Sônia Braga

Elena Diaz
played by
Kate del Castillo

Frank Kozerski
played by
Randall Batinkoff

Marco Antonio Salamanca
played by
Juan Diego Botto

Domingo Esparza
played by
Irineo Alvarez

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