Beasts Clawing at Straws vs Bordertown
Beasts Clawing at Straws has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.3/10 for Bordertown). Beasts Clawing at Straws is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 1h 52m. Bordertown is the older of the two (2007 against 2020). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Bordertown| Beasts Clawing at Straws | Bordertown | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | United States of America |
| Director | Kim Yong-hoon | Gregory Nava |
| Main cast | Bae Sung-woo, Youn Yuh-jung, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Jun-han, Park Ji-hwan | Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sônia Braga, Kate del Castillo, Julio Cesar Cedillo |
Synopsis
Beasts Clawing at Straws
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Bordertown
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…
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