Border Run

{{Infobox film

| name = Border Run

| image = Border Run.jpg

| caption = Original movie poster

| director = Gabriela Tagliavini

| producer = Lucas Jarach

| writer = Don Fiebiger and Amy Kolquist

| starring = Sharon Stone
Billy Zane
Miguel Rodarte
Olga Segura
Rosemberg Salgado

| music = Emilio Kauderer
Sebastián Kauderer
Marco Werba
Ana Bárbara

| cinematography = Andrew Strahorn

| editing = James Coblentz

| studio = Voltage Pictures

| distributor = Kalinos Filmcilik
Polarstar Films
SND Groupe M6
Scanbox Entertainment
Square One Entertainment
Ster-Kinekor Distribution
Tanweer Films.

| released = {{Film date|2012|10|12}}

| runtime =

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Border Run (earlier title The Mule) is a 2012 American mystery thriller film produced by Lucas Jarach and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini. The film is based on true events and was released on DVD in February 2013.{{Cite web |last=Orange |first=B. Alan |date=2013-02-23 |title=Sharon Stone Goes Searching for Billy Zane in Border Run Clips |url=https://movieweb.com/sharon-stone-goes-searching-for-billy-zane-in-border-run-clips/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}} Sharon Stone stars as an American reporter who searches for her missing brother. The film depicts human smuggling across the United States/Mexican border. The story is based on actual events.{{Cite web |title=Border Run |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/border-run/review/2030358442/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-08-14 |title=Sharon Stone s'offre un retour au premier plan |url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/sharon-stone-s-offre-un-retour-au-premier-plan_cb2cec20-bd16-11e9-b8c8-1b7e774d56a4 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=TV Magazine |language=fr}}

Plot

Sofie Talbert is a hard-hitting journalist against illegal immigration to the United States. Learning that her brother in Mexico has gone missing, she goes to find him and uncovers the brutal reality of the desperate people who risk their lives to cross into the States.

Cast

Actor	Role
class="wikitable sortable"
Sharon Stone	Sofie Talbert
Billy Zane	Aaron Talbert
Miguel Rodarte	Javier
Manolo Cardona	Roberto
Olga Segura	Maria
Giovanna Zacarías	Juanita
Rosemberg Salgado	Rafael

Recognition

Border Run earned a nomination for Best Feature Film at the 2013 Imagen Foundation Awards.{{Cite web |last=Entertainment |title=Imagen Foundation Awards – Nominees Announced {{!}} Hispanic Lifestyle |url=https://www.hispaniclifestyle.com/lifestyle/entertainment/imagen-foundation-awards-nominees-announced/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |language=en-US}}

Reception

The film has been described as "Stone's Taken".{{Cite web |last=Hervaud |first=Alexandre |date=2013-02-28 |title=Trailer est-il? Border Run, le Taken de Sharon Stone |url=https://www.slate.fr/culture/68737/trailer-est-il-sharon-stone-border-run-taken |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Slate.fr |language=fr-FR}} A mixed review in PEP found the film "lacking heart"{{Cite web |title=MOVIE REVIEW: Sharon Stone enters the cruel world of illegal immigrants via Border Run |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/12462/movie-review-sharon-stone-enters-the-cruel-world-of-illegal-immigrants-via-border-run |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=PEP.ph |language=en}} while The Japan Times stated that it was "raught with old-school spy aesthetics."{{Cite web |last=Shoji |first=Kaori |date=2013-04-26 |title='The Mule (Border Run)' |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/26/films/the-mule-border-run/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}

Themes

The film points out that some illegals are twice-removed from their country of origin, having crossed from Central America into Mexico and then the United States, which increases the hazards they face.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}