I det lovløse grænseområde mellem USA og Mexico slutter den unge FBI-agent Kate Macer sig til forsvarsministeriets agent Matt Graver for at deltage i kampen mod de mexicanske narkokarteller. Den lille specialgruppe, der også tæller den hemmelighedsfulde Alejandro, begiver sig ud på deres hemmelige opgave. Snart går det op for Kate, at hun må lægge sin gamle opfattelse af lov og ret bag sig, hvis hun vil overleve.
Vi har savnet ham i 20 år, men nu er Rambo endelig tilbage! På grænsen til det borgerkrigshærgede Burma begynder det hidtil blodigste kapitel om frihedskæmperen John Rambo. Et hold nødhjælpsarbejdere er fanget bag fjendens linjer, og kun én mand tør krydse grænsen og kaste sig ud i den ondeste junglekrig. Navnet er Rambo, og metoden er klar: Burn Burma, Burn!
Den mexicanske narko-politimand Mike Vargas er på bryllupsrejse med sin hustru. Idyllen afbrydes dog hurtigt af et bilbombe-mord, som Vargas drages ind i opklaringen af. Det er starten på en omsiggribende kriminalintrige, hvor Vargas pludseligt befinder sig i et minefelt af magtmisbrug, korruption og ondskab.
A.K. Walthers er krigshelt og officer i det amerikanske frømanskorps – The Navy S.E.A.L.S. Hans enhed sendes til det krigshærgede Nigeria for at redde den amerikanske statsborger Dr. Lena Kendricks ud af landet, inden det er for sent.
Men da den hårdhudede Walthers og hans enhed når frem, nægter Hendricks at forlade sin farm, der fungerer som tilflugtsted for krigens ofre. Tværtimod bønfalder hun Walthers at eskortere flygtningene på en farefuld flugt gennem junglen mod Camerouns grænse.
Betjent Ray Owens fik nok af livet som narkostrømer i Los Angeles. Nu hygger han sig som politimester i den fredelige grænseby Summerton Junction. Skæbnen vil, at en eftersøgt narkobaron har kurs mod netop denne flække i sin supertunede Corvette. FBI har sit hyr med at indhente ham, så en meget modvilllig Owens må forsøge at pågribe kartelbossen, inden han slipper over grænsen til Mexico.
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.
Charlie Smith er grænsevagt ved Rio Grande. Han er indblandet i smugling og har overskredet grænsen adskillige gange. Han beslutter sig for at gøre bod og hjælpe en 'illegal' kvinde med at blive genforenet med sit barn. Det giver uforudsete udfordringer, og Charlie rager uklar med både sin korrupte afdeling, sin griske kone og sin skånselsløse nabo.
In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Emilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of different animals seems to be roaming around.
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.
Col. Jack Knowles bliver sat til at bevogte grænsen mellem Tjekkiet og Vesttyskland. På den anden side af grænsen har vi Col. Valachev. Begge er krigsveteraner, begge er blevet gjort mere eller mindre unødvendige af Glasnost og afkølingen af den kolde krig, så da de to støder hovederne sammen eskalerer en lille konflikt hurtigt til noget, der er tættere på en krigstilstand!
David, George, and Greg, best friends since high school, are “The War Boys”. They used to perch on the US-Mexican border, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who were trying to run into the United States. Sometimes, without a thought for the immigrants, the boys chased them across the wasteland and back across the border – just for fun. It was just one of those games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school’s over now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of college and the War Boys have been reunited.
A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.