Directed by:
Martin CampbellScreenplay:
Caspian Tredwell-OwenCinematography:
Phil MéheuxComposer:
James HornerCast:
Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Linus Roache, Teri Polo, Noah Emmerich, Yorick van Wageningen, Kate Trotter, Jonathan Higgins, Elizabeth Whitmere (more)Plots(1)
BEYOND BORDERS follows the problematic blossoming romance between busy American socialite Sarah Jordan (Jolie), and rogue doctor Nick Callahan (Owen). The two initially meet in 1984 at a charity event in London. Sarah is still flushed with excitement from her recent marriage, but is nevertheless enchanted by Nick's impassioned speech on behalf of starving children in Ethiopia. Sarah decides to help the cause in Africa, meeting Nick there and sparking a romantic connection which is cut short because of family and work commitments. Four years later, Sarah finds herself alone after a torrid divorce. Her work for the United Nations now consumes her thoughts, and when the chance to travel to war-torn Cambodia--and reunite with Nick--arises, it proves too good to turn down. The two immediately hit it off, but Nick's commitment to his work once again causes them to separate. Five more years pass, and when Sarah receives a call that Nick has been captured and made a prisoner of war in Chechnya, she realizes she has one more chance to rescue her man, and to rekindle the passion. (official distributor synopsis)
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Beyond Borders is a solidly filmed drama that can be faulted for only one thing, but it’s an important thing – the lack of chemistry between the central pair of actors. However, the fim’s story is too powerful and the various global locations are two nicely filmed for the film to be anything less than above average, and viewers will not regret spending two hours with it. I’m putting it in the same basket as Hackford’s thriller Proof of Life and I will remember it for its ending and the scary digital black boy, which must have taken a bigger bite out of the budget than Clive Owen’s fee.
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Beyond Borders is a serious film full of clichés, though formally it is very fine. And the fact that it is thematically urgent with a lot of controversial African sequences doesn't make it a quality affair.
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