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words "adapted from real events" for aspiring young women have absolute power for a film that mainly tells about human nature, politics, crime, and the dark side of society. Because of the guarantee of "real events", the story has a certain degree of seriousness. The audience will turn their perspective to focus on the real event itself. To a large extent, they will not care too much about whether the story itself is reasonable or not. It is true that the audience is the audience. It's easier to be moved, and it's easier to reflect on the theme of the film. Therefore, "adapted from real events" adds more humanity to "Border Town". Even if the film itself is clichéd in the story and characterization, the direct reveal of the real events in the film can still attract the audience. Recognition and respect.
The filming of this film originated from a series of unsolved murders in Ciudad Juarez, an industrial city on the Mexican border, which is close to the westernmost city of El Paso in Texas. Since 1993, it is conservatively estimated that 50 to 70 young women have been kidnapped, tortured or murdered in the city. On the basis of this real event, the screenwriters fabricated the story between a female reporter of the Chicago Sun, played by Jennifer Lopez, and a Mexican girl who had escaped from the dead. A woman and a girl helped each other. The relationship of mutual hope tells a story about how women's power is seen as dung in Mexico.
The most shocking part of this story still comes from the film’s adaptation of real events. If it weren’t for these words, the film would not have shocking power. It’s hard to imagine Mexico, the closest city to the United States, in this film. The description of is a hell on earth, especially for girls from poor families. They do not get the most basic living guarantee. They work in factories for at least 12 hours a day. The saddest thing is that their safety is seriously threatened. . Can you imagine that the BUS that takes them home every day does not take them home but takes them to hell? What is even more incredible is that the Mexican government turned a blind eye to the increasingly crazy cases of rape and murder of women, and even took The practice of burying facts.
This film uses Laura, a resolute female reporter as the main line, to gradually expose the truth to the world. Although in the end two murderers in the story died and the other was arrested, the rape and murder have not stopped. This is not the case. A promising ending, but one that can be thought-provoking. Laura and people with conscience continue to risk their lives to maintain the most basic female rights of those girls. No matter how clichéd the film is in the construction of the characters from the narrative perspective, I just want to say that this is not a boring story based on promoting the spirit of American defenders. Every viewer and every commenter will The film should be viewed with respect.
Although the film is still a typical Hollywood movie model, a vigorous female journalist, a career-oriented woman, and a victim jointly tell about the salvation of human nature, against the background of political darkness, through layers of obstacles, risking their lives to uncover the facts. Truth is such a routine, there are too many Hollywood movies of this kind. The display of humanitarianism and the help to disadvantaged groups have always been the subject matter that Americans are best at. The main theme has always been to promote the spirit of American defenders. The Rwanda Hotel is the most typical representative. At the beginning, there was such a suspicion in the film, but as the film progresses slowly, as the audience further enters Laura’s inner world, what the audience will see is that Laura no longer represents mainstream American society. She represents only herself and a group of people who have the same conscience as her. This film reminds me of "The Immortal Gardener". The same people who have been betrayed by their own country, and those who have lost their friends and lovers, are still making unremitting efforts to expose more social darkness, but this film The performance of human nature is still not as heavy and full of power as "The Immortal Gardener".
The female reporter Laura played by Jennifer Lopez is the main line of the film. From this main line, there is a secondary line, which is the memory of her childhood life. Laura was originally a Mexican, but was adopted by an American couple only because of the death of her parents. She grew up in the United States and received a good education. Fate is to dote on Laura, otherwise she may be one of the many working girls in the factory now, just like those girls, going home every night is life-threatening. The processing of this secondary line, on the one hand, enriched Laura's image. She is definitely not just a pure American female journalist. On the other hand, it also gave Laura a strong reason for her subsequent transformation. Laura first went to Mexico to investigate and report the case, just to get a chance for job transfer. She tried to forget the miserable childhood experience and came to a strange country completely as an American. So in the beginning, Laura was nothing more than an American female reporter who got clues at all costs in order to get exclusive reports, until she slowly contacted the victimized girl, until the childhood memories began to slowly return to Laura’s heart. The trauma was revealed again, and she gradually began to transform from this, helping the girl with private interests. Finally, when the truth came closer, American society betrayed Laura.
Since the establishment of "Free Trade in the North American Market", the U.S. government has become the chief culprit in Mexico’s rape and murder of women. In order to obtain cheap labor and to occupy the North American market at low prices, the U.S. government and the company groups behind it have never I care about whether the Mexican girls who work for them get basic security, so in order to continue to expand the market, in order to get more money benefits, the newspaper will never publish Laura's report. At this point in the film, we have seen Laura's complete outbreak. At the same time, her childhood life has given her a real conscience. Laura took over the newspaper of her dead friend and resolutely stood at the forefront of the investigation of rape and murder. Fight with the local police station of the Mexican government and the U.S. government to the end. Because Laura is a woman, her image and actions in this film will receive more attention and respect.
Jennifer Lopez has always played the role of Cinderella in a light comedy film. This new transformation and challenge has allowed the audience to see a brand new Jennifer. It should be said that the image of Laura has completely overthrown Jennifer who is only suitable for the role of vase. The comment reminds me of the early Jennifer, the Jennifer who played the legendary Latino singer Hector Laver in "Singer". The same passion and wanton and the same performance that reached the heart of the audience also brought new ideas to the audience. Surprise.
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