Borderland – After Dark Horror Fest
Manufacturer : Lions Gate
Rating : 4.0
Reviews : 24
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Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 18-MAR-2008
Media Type: DVD
Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 18-MAR-2008
Media Type: DVD
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Three friends (male) who take a reckless trip down to Mexico to celebrate their acceptances into college (and party of course) Collide with a blood thirsty drug cartel that practices ritual sacrifice. I say Reckless because of the fact that when you go south of the border you most definitely have to be aware and have some knowledge of your surroundings. These three amigos individual personalities is what really makes this movie, One naive and clueless, one cocky and arrogant, the other (the lead character) selfless and moral. Expose these personalities to brutal carnage and sit back and watch what they transform into. Borderland is one of the best of the After Dark series but I do not consider it to be Horror, but more of a reality based shocker ( supposedly this movie was inspired by true events). I must warn you though, this movie can be brutal at times, but for the Slasher fan a Sunday afternoon appetizer. I gave Borderland Four stars for it’s shock value, realism, originality and the acting was excellent for a B movie.
For anybody who has never been South of the border I can see how this movie can scare you into not going there, its a movie.
But I will say this, you go into somebody else s backyard, respect it.
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MAN FROM BELOW
“Inspired” by a true story, this gruesome movie tells of 3 American males who decide to go down to a Mexican border town for their version of fun for the usual nonsense most males do when they get to leave their hometown. After one of the group gets kidnapped, they then realize that they’ve unknowingly stumbled upon a Mexican death cult which murders people with impunity. The cops aren’t of any help.
The bad guys look really bad. Good acting there, realistic depiction of some towns and cities in the Third World where the bad guys run the show. 2 of the 3 friends end up getting killed in a horrific manner, and the remaining 1 gets a little justice of his own when he manages to fend off the last pursuing attacks from cult members.
You might like how this movie ends.
Lessons to learn:
- Watch National Geographic’s “Locked up abroad” series before travelling to
developing countries.
- Get the crime statistics of your destination country before you arrive and
prepare for the worst.
- Recon and watch your six at all times.
- Stick together with your travel group and never leave your buddies alone!
- Never get into vehicles with strangers. Didn’t mom teach you that?!
- If possible, learn the national language of the country.
- Make sure you’ve trustworthy local friends on the ground before you enter the
country.
- Hell! Just stay home and watch National Geographic, Discovery Channel and the
Travel Channel – that will save you a lot of trouble, time, money!
Watch:
Bordertown
Death Sentence (Unrated Edition)
This springbreak cautionary tale (based on an actual event), finds three Texas college guys (Brian Presley, Rider Strong, and Jake Muxworthy) on a pleasure-seeking trip to Mexico gone horribly wrong. The trio spend most of their time partying and tracking down hookers. All is well, until Phil (Strong) wanders off and disappears. Ed (Presley) and Henry (Muxworthy), aided by a beautiful barmaid and an ex-cop, attempt to find Phil, only to discover that a sinister, barbarous group of drug-dealers has taken their friend in order to perform a blood-ritual to appease their cultic gods! BORDERLAND is a well-made creeper w/ plenty of odeous bad’uns to hate. Sean Astin (LOTR) plays his psycho-americano Randall role in a subtle, frighteningly calm manner. The rest of the gang reminded me of the colombian killers in SCARFACE. If you enjoyed HOSTEL, FRONTIER(S), or WOLF CREEK, then BORDERLAND should be a gruesome treat…
first of all, this movie is not a scary movie. It is not scary to me. It is more like an adventure/drama movie. It is very well written and directed. The movie starts slow and then it picks up the pace quite well. Don’t let the cover picture fool you. There is nothing supernatural.
The best of all about this DVD is the extra. The two documentaries are very well narrated. One of the documentaries is actually scarier than the movie itself.
Bottom line is that I like this dvd. So, 5 stars it is.