Bordertown vs L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.3/10 for Bordertown). Bordertown is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 18m. L.A. Confidential is the older of the two (1997 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bordertown
L.A. Confidential| Bordertown | L.A. Confidential | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Gregory Nava | Curtis Hanson |
| Main cast | Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sônia Braga, Kate del Castillo, Julio Cesar Cedillo | Ron Rifkin, Guy Pearce, Simon Baker, Danny DeVito, Russell Crowe |
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…
L.A. Confidential
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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