{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{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<br>Billy Zane<br>Miguel Rodarte<br>Olga Segura<br>Rosemberg Salgado | music = Emilio Kauderer<br>Sebastián Kauderer<br>Marco Werba<br>Ana Bárbara | cinematography = Andrew Strahorn | editing = James Coblentz | studio = Voltage Pictures | distributor = Kalinos Filmcilik<br>Polarstar Films<br>SND Groupe M6<br>Scanbox Entertainment<br>Square One Entertainment<br>Ster-Kinekor Distribution<br>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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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 == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Actor !! Role |- | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Reception == The film has been described as "Stone's ''Taken''".<ref>{{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}}</ref> A mixed review in PEP found the film "lacking heart"<ref>{{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}}</ref> while ''The Japan Times'' stated that it was "raught with old-school spy aesthetics."<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== 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}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|2069955|Border Run}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|border_run}}
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