Bordertown vs Breakdown
Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.3/10 for Bordertown). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 52m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bordertown
Breakdown| Bordertown | Breakdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Gregory Nava | Jonathan Mostow |
| Main cast | Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sônia Braga, Kate del Castillo, Julio Cesar Cedillo | Kurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. Gainey |
Synopsis
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…
Breakdown
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff…
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