Qui Queg a movie with at least an happy end- but not for everyone, as business as usual is about to continue. or shall i call it the Mexican answer to "baise moi"? First, i rated this more then 5/10 because it is based on true factsthe story of the raped girl is just a small piece in a large universe where everything gravitates around money or, the struggle to survive. So it's easy to predict that the girl's try to escape across the border was in vain, and after the lawsuit against the bus driver, her fate has an open end as well as the one of jennifer lopez who plays the protagonist which takes the place of her predecessor who was killed by some "sicario". yes i have been to Mexico and peru and read this word in the headlines of a local newspaper. the plot is not the same like "monster" which ends with the death of the protagonist or "thelma and louise" but a little like "menace2society" or any movie with an open end where the plot is not fixed on one person. Of course some scenes are not likely to happen in real life because there are vast areas of poor "barrios" or "favelas" where it's not easy to find someone again. But the most important thing is the message that is delivered as the girl saves jennifer lopez's life so they can finish their pursuit of the criminals. the final words that shortly after the lawsuit another girl was killed mean in some way, that the poor people are like the "parias" in India who no one cares about.

museumofdave First of all, the intentions of the filmmakers were seem to be worthwhile and good--to expose the sordid work conditions under which American corporations operate at the Mexican Border and which often spawn the mistreatment of the women workers following a day's or night's work. I suspect that both Jennifer Lopez and Antonio signed onto the project because of the credentials of established Latin filmmaker Gregory Nava, who has a keen eye for capturing the look and feel of a place, in this case, Ciudad Juarez. The problems, however, arise in the mixing of a documentary-style expose with the casting of a glamorous star who, not unlike Joan Crawford in her heyday, looks a little too smart and elegant for her scripted surroundings, local folks unlikely to look upon this icon (which is exactly what she appears to be) as just another local. And about half the way into this detailed examination of a mistreated worker, the film shifts into Hollywood melodrama, some unlikely over-the-top drama. I did not find it dull, but was disappointed it didn't fulfill it's best promise

Raul Faust I'm amused of how good actress Lopez was in this movie. She worked a thousand times better here than in the fresh "The Back-up Plan". Bordertown shows a corrupt systems which protects rich people and doesn't give a da** for poor people. Just like many countries on Earth. I found some plot holes that kind of disappointed me: 1. Why didn't Lauren carry a knife when she got in the bus to catch the driver? You know, just in case 2. Why didn't Lauren call Domingo when she started noticing she was taken to another place? 3. Why did Eva look to the killer in prom in a direction he could see her back? Why didn't she go to somewhere he wouldn't be able to see her and then asked Lauren to picture him clearly? Despite that, the drama was so real and present in my country that I found myself wanting to punch the rapists so bad. The movie showed how some people have a sense of justice and want to help random people as much as they would help their relatives. By the way, I laughed very hard with her angry "You goddamn lousy fu**er" or something like that hahahah.

simona gianotti This is not the kind of movie I usually see, and I must admit that while watching it on TV, I gradually realized that it was not the documentary film I expected. The story is based on a horrifying and tragic reality of raping and killing of women on the Mexican border, of which I did not know anything, as underreported throughout the world. The movie has so the laudable merit of bringing to light and denouncing the terrifying drama of thousands of women being raped and disappeared in those waste lands, working in those appalling "maquilladoras", where even the most basic human rights are completely disregarded, and where deep economic interests prevail over respect for human dignity. However, as the story progressed, I realized it was more an action-thriller than a documentary picture, standing out for gripping though improbable, twists, a tense and quick pace, intertwined with some more relaxed and relaxing moments, which appear as really improbable and above all of bad taste and out of place if we consider the grave topic of the movie. It is as if that worthy aim gives way to more entertaining and market needs. So my doubt was: how can such a highly committed movie be bent to the logic of the box-office? How can you shift your attention from scenes of rape of terrifying violence to the underlining of J. Lo's perfect silhouette? It is evident that the production aimed at attracting audience through an attractive cast and some shrewd devices, such as pacing action, a thriller-plot, sentimental flash-backs, some entertaining music, thus losing its seriousness and credibility. I watched it till the end, because it was gripping and, like all thriller movies, you want to know how it ends up, but I realize this is not the reason why I should have wanted to see it till the end, and in this sense I think it is, in the end, a failed movie.