Bordertown vs Mystic River
Mystic River has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.3/10 for Bordertown). Bordertown is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 18m. Mystic River is the older of the two (2003 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bordertown
Mystic River| Bordertown | Mystic River | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2003 |
| 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 | Clint Eastwood |
| Main cast | Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sônia Braga, Kate del Castillo, Julio Cesar Cedillo | Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Chapman, Tim Robbins, Laura Linney |
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…
Mystic River
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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