Borderline

Borderline

Somewhere along a thousand miles of barbed wire border, the American dream has become a nightmare.

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Release Date

12/19/1980

Runtime

104 mins

Overview

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,800,000

Revenue

$2,300,000

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A gritty crime thriller about a border patrol officer pursuing his partner's killer through the murky world of smuggling and human trafficking. It's a lean, purposeful revenge story set against the hard realities of the U.S., Mexico border.

Mood

TenseAngryDefiant

Themes

RevengeJusticeCorruptionSurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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