Sicario (2015)

Sicario is a thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve, from Quebec. It stars Emily Blunt as FBI agent Kate Macer. It is partly set in Juarez, Mexico, in the state of Chihuahua adjacent to New Mexico and Texas in the United States. It also stars Benicio del Toro, a Puerto Rican star who plays the mysterious Alejandro. It also stars Josh Brolin who played Beck Weathers in Everest. Gross takings were $80m versus a budget of $30m.

One of the places featured in the movie is the Bridge of the Americas, a group of bridges connecting Juarez and El Paso, crossing the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo del Norte in Spanish, Bravo meaning, among other things, furious or agitated), which forms part of the Mexico-US border.

False Trail (2011)

False Trail is a Swedish film set in Norrland, the northernmost province of Sweden.

Gobi Desert

The Gobi is Asia's largest desert. It is notable in the history of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history. Many fossils have been found in the Gobi desert.