I watched the movie that I got, The Border. Here are screenshots and annotations I made throughout it.
Mexican immigrants in building - church - with lots of candles.
Roof falls in and everyone panics
Camera follows girl with a baby through derelict open space
Next scene is car parking in factory
Jack and man who owns the place walk through factory discussing minimum wage and paying workers
Arrests two illegal workers
Drives home and sees wife
She said she had no time to wash her her, he asks what she has done all day
She shows him duplex she wants, and says her friend has made it available to them
He says he wants to go back into recreation services cause he likes feeding ducks. She says how its a dead end
She thinks it will be better in el pasa
He tells her they never talk about anything, and she says shes always available to talk
Next scene she is asleep and he is sat on sofa
Next scene girl from beginning gets worken up
Girl and boy walk through town
Next scene Jack/Charlie and wife drive through desert
Girl and boy are walking through desert
They sit down and rest
Glammed up woman (wife's friend) shouts they're here!
Charlie and wife pull into drive
The two woman embrace
Wife introduces her friend to Charlie
And then to whole family
Woman asks Charlie to carry her wife into the duplex
They look around the duplex, wife is really enthusiastic but Charlie doesn't say anything
The two women do a little dance and chant together that they used to do
Charlie and other husband get work uniform tailored
Walk down the street and husband tells Charlie how glad he is to have him there
Street is so typically 80s
In car with worker, talks about why they moved there
Workers wife is from Dallas, says theres a good group of boys here
While driving, illegal workers throw stuff at car, they get out and barely try to catch up before giving up
At nighttime they patrol the border, and watch immigrants pass. Workers say they let them pass as it is easier to catch them from otherside
They watch workers catch some immigrants
Charlie and worker get a call out and drive fast
Worker gets out and tells Charlie to stay in car
Gunshot sounds and worker falls to ground
Charlie reports back
Backup comes, and other worker pronounces him dead
Next day workers discuss what happened, and ask Charlie if he saw who did it, but he didn't
Meets the boss
Serviceman funeral
Charlie walks down a bank and sees the girl from the beginning getting water from a dirty river
He says a bit of Spanish, buenas tardes and that she is pretty
Boy steals metal from tyres and Charlie sees him
Tries to catch him but he fails
Girl gets it back and gives it to him
He drives home
Comes in through open door which has tube going to bedroom
He looks in and asks Marcie what it is
Its a water bed.
He asks how much it costs and she ignores him
He asks again she says he doesn't have to worry about paying for it
She flirts with him and they kiss
They start to have sex on the waterbed
He looks up and sees price of $1589
Next scene he is driving with a colleague
They spot immigrants, who try and hide
They find them and start to arrest them
One breaks free and Charlie goes after him
When he brings him back, his colleague slaps him. Charlie tells him to take it easy
But the colleague finds drugs stashed on him
They pile all the immigrants into the cars
He notices the girl from earlier and starts to speak to her but she spits on him and starts to hit him
He puts the druggie immigrant into a cell
Meets a guy
Back in the unit now
His neighbour colleague says he thinks they have the same ideas about what needs to change
Neighbour says he wants to be his friend
He gets home, and wife asks him what he thinks about TV. He says it sucks
She says what does he think about her on TV
He asks, you want to be on TV?
She says its a seed sprouting in her mind
He says he married a fucking banana
He walks backwards and falls into a swimming pool
He asks what the fuck is this Marcie?
She says our new swimming pool!
He goes back to the water that the immigrants go by, and sees a woman. She glares at him
At nighttime he walks through the place all the immigrants stay
Sees a dead immigrant with throat cut
Goes home to find a party
Marcie tells him off for taking ages and dressing like this
He finds his neighbour colleague, and tells him he found the dead guy - its the same guy they arrested last week.
He tells him they have their own way of doing things there
His boss comes over and tells him he doesn't like his men going over there, cause if trouble arises its hard to get them back
Next scene, he and the officers see a train bringing in immigrants and pull them off
One boy stays on, Charlie goes after him and they end up underneath the train
The next day he sees all the immigrants outside in their work - i guess its like a jail
He watches the girl
'Good' mexican guy asks woman to get girls baby
An officer wants to speak to him
He speaks to his boss who congratulates him on the train incident, and talks to him about shooting ducks
Then we see the woman who was talking to the 'good' mexican guy get the baby from the girl and give it to him
She takes it to the 'good' mexican guy
Charlie and officer are in office speaking
The girl panics as she can't find it
Goes to the fence where the boy is staying screaming
He jumps over
Then everyone starts jumping over and there is commotion and the officers try and stop them
Charlie and boss are still in office talking about how there is big money on the table when they go and see the commotion
The officers start gassing the mexicans, and putting their masks on
They put all the immigrants into a car
Congratulate each other at the end
Next scene shows worker confront the 'good' mexican guy about stealing the baby
He has sold him to a family who paid good money, and he will have a good life
Worker tells him off and threatens him if he does it again
They spot another worker and say that is the competition
At home, Charlie is in bed, and Marcie has bought more household goods
He wakes up and goes into the living room
He shouts at her telling her no more, he can't afford it.
She says she's doing this for him, so he can have a dream house
He slaps her
She is upset and says all she does is try and make him happy
He apologises and walks away
Next scene he is playing pool with neighbour colleague
He says he is open to the deal he is working on
Next they drive to the house where he does the deals.
The owner insults Charlie, and he goes to wait outside
Owner then tells neighbour colleague that he is batshit crazy and to keep him on a leash
Owner gives him stash of money
Back at their house they have another party in the garden
Charlie is in charge of BBQ and not doing a great job
Neighbours wife is drunk and starts a food fight with everyone
Marcie tells Charlie to do something, so he pushes the bbq into the swimming pool
Next scene neighbour colleague tips him off about a pickup truck that has 9 or 10 in
Charlie races after it
He catches the immigrants in it, and neighbour colleague takes the driver
He catches the immigrants in it, and neighbour colleague takes the driver
Charlie then hears gunshots from the direction of neighbour colleague and driver.
When he gets back to base, he confronts him asking where the driver is, and that he isn't in this for murder. He says he doesn't care about money but he isn't in it for murder, and he has crossed a line. Neighbour colleague says he pulled a gun out and that he respects his choice.
Next scene Marcie is getting her hair highlighted with Savannah
She expresses her concern that her and Charlie aren't happy and that the other night he asked her what is the point
Savannah tells her not to worry
Charlie is in bar on own and sees another girl. She walks up to him, have small talk
He walks out, sees mexican boy, asks him where he got sneakers and watch
They speak spanish, he gives him money, and then boy takes him to some bars
They go into a strip club, and he talks about the girl and the baby. Charlie asks if the baby is sick, but boy says he got stolen.
He sees girl sat down.
'Good' mexican guy comes over and says Charlie! any drink on the house for you, and he says declines saying he is here to talk to a girl
He says ahh, you want pussy! Pick anyone you like, free of charge.
He says I'll talk to this one
He says Esta, she's only good for one thing, Ill show you some that you will really like
He says no, Im taking this one, and if you try to stop me I will bring this place to the street
He then gets beaten up and thrown out
He walks away
Next scene neighbour colleagues son is horse riding, and good mexican guy tells him Charlie is trouble and needs sorting out, and he says he knows what to do
Next day at work he finds a car, and chases the driver and arrests him.
He doesn't check the back of the van.
At the office, an officer asks him how many people were in the van, and he says none, but the driver said there was two.
Neighbour colleague defends him, Charlie walks out.
Nightime, he goes back to the van to see what is inside it.
He opens it and dead bodies fall out.
He is sick.
Neighbour colleague is behind him
He has to push the van into the water, and neighbour colleague tells him he will cover him but he has to do as he says from now on
Back at home, he looks in despair.
Marcie wakes up, comes up to him and they embrace
Next scene he goes to the mexican boy and asks him to take him to his sister
He does, and he gives her money
She starts to take her clothes off but he says no señora
She thanks him
Next scene in a computer office, people get a call out
Mexicans are crossing water to get over border
Charlie watches them
Him and colleague let some get away across
They start to run here so they can get in the truck
Some don't make it cause they have drugs stashed
Juan makes it away
The guy shoots him
Two more officers see the truck and chase it
Charlie gets back in the car
The chase
The truck crashes
Charlie runs to the scene
Some are dead, some are hurt. The girl has hurt her leg
Charlie brings her home
Marcie wants to see all the commotion
Juan is trying to get away with shot wounds
Marcie is made to take care of her
Charlie goes to the 'good' mexican guy to find out where Juan is
Threatens with a gun
Marcie tries to console the girl
Charlie comes back for the girl
Marcie tries to stop him and asks what his relationship with her is
They find Juan, and he is dead
They have a funeral
The 'good' mexican guy and boss guy find them and try to shoot
Have a shooting match
Charlie finds 'good' mexican guy and makes him take him to the baby
Finds baby
'Good' mexican guy runs away
To telephone box
Charlie takes the baby
Another shooting match. Kills neighbour colleague
Back to water where the immigrants stay
He brings the baby back to the girl
They're both happy
And that's the end.
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