| Beyond Borders | | Cast : | Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Noah Emmerich | | Director : | Martin Campbell | | Studio : | Paramount | | Format : | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Released Date : | October 24, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | March 23, 2004 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | September 25, 2007 | | Summary | TRASH & GARBAGE!!!!!!! | Content
 | Too much cursing, profanity, adultery, and fornication! Need I say more... Angelina Jolie is a married woman who goes off to another country and has a secret love affair while her husband and child think she's off on some humanitarian trip. I hesitated when I saw her on the cover because she tends to flaunt her adulterous and bi-sexaul behavior. I got it because I like Clive Owen and I like movies filmed in Africa. It's not a family movie because they swear and curse a lot and has too much killing. I think it would have turned out better without the bad language and without the adultery and fornication. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2007 | | Summary | Please enter a title for your review | Content
| A story that has particular relevence to real people in the real world makes it's leading man such a fake action hero and expects his attitude to not detract from the realism of the situations and even expects you to like him. Whatever romance is supposed to be seen in the mutual martyrdom of the couple is hard to find given the two do not appear to have made each other happy even for a second of the film's duration and even when the dude makes his declaration of love speech he expresses no warmth. It also seems like the kind of movie that's gone through so many rewrites and re-edits than even the people working on it have no idea what it's supposed to be anymore. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 01, 2007 | | Summary | OPEN YOUR EYES...... | Content
| I saw the trailer for this in the cinema but 'Beyond Borders' surprisingly went straight to DVD in the UK - I would have gone to see it just because Angelina Jolie was in it and the story seemed interesting and intelligent. But star power didn't get the movie released in cinemas here. So I rented it, liked it and bought it from Amazon.
The point of the film is to make us think about what's happening outside our comfortable world (as represented by Angelina's character). This compelling film takes us to some conflict torn dangerous countries and shows us a little of the nightmare world of refugees as well some of the dangerous work of international organisations such as the United Nations and the International Red Cross - not seen very often. There's a romantic sub-plot and enough action to limit the risk of information fatigue. Although the movie is a little too long, I was very impressed and moved. I've grown used to Bob Geldof's abusive rants (the Clive Owen character is a ranter too) but the star power of Angelina and Clive - I wouldn't have watched it otherwise - has made me see things in a different way. It opened my eyes. For that I give it 5 stars. The thoughtful DVD extras are good too.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 08, 2007 | | Summary | WOW DANG ONE OF THE BEST TV DVD-MOVE FOR SHORE EVER DONE | Content
| NOW I COULD EASYLY SAY THIS WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GRATEST MOVE EVER MADE IN THE WORLD THAT IS SO FOR SHORE & THAT IS PUTTING IT LIGHTLY |
| Rating | | | Date | January 21, 2007 | | Summary | A Tale In Two Minds | Content
| The border in this film which is beyond belief is that of credibilty. The drama's tone is disturbingly melodramatic with the Relief Doctor's appearance at a high society fund-raising ball in London. We can accept this though, given the painful urgency of his message. But when Jolie quits her poor husband to Ethiopia in pursuit of responding to well-intended empathy for the war and famine stricken camps, the balance of the film gets crazily out of whack, and never recovers. It's not to say that romantic love has no place in such dire life circumstances. More, the film makes this point above the far more expressive needs of the people who the aid workers are there to service. Quite addled really, and undrermining all other high-minded and serious utterances made by the lead actors. In Ethiopa, in particular, this seemed in errant taste. The conceptual work is at the root of this. |
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