Bordertown (2007)

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

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.

• Released: 2007-02-22
• Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 52m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 372 votes

Directed by Gregory Nava.

Top cast

• Jennifer Lopez as Lauren Adrian
• Martin Sheen as George Morgan
• Antonio Banderas as Alfonso Diaz
• Maya Zapata as Eva Jimenez
• Sonia Braga as Teresa Casillas
• Kate del Castillo as Elena Diaz
• Randall Batinkoff as Frank Kozerski
• Juan Diego Botto as Marco Antonio Salamanca
• Irineo Alvarez as Domingo Esparza
• Julio Cesar Cedillo as Julio

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Where to watch Bordertown

• United States: stream on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, YouTube TV, TCM, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Rakuten TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• Australia: watch free on SBS On Demand; rent on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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