Brokedown Palace

1999

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

30
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 31% · 36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 24813 24.8K

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Plot summary

Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

Director

Jonathan Kaplan Photo
Jonathan Kaplan

Top cast

Kate Beckinsale Photo
Kate Beckinsale as Darlene Davis
Paul Walker Photo
Paul Walker as Jason
Bill Pullman Photo
Bill Pullman as Hank Greene
Daniel Lapaine Photo
Daniel Lapaine as Nick Parks
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858.06 MB
1280*548
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
1.61 GB
1904*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Chance_Boudreaux19 7 / 10

Could've been a lot better but undeniably enjoyable

I found myself very surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. I put it on thinking it's going to be very forgettable but I ended up being engaged in the story for the whole runtime. The movie has a very late 90s/early 2000s feel to it that makes it kind of cheesy and the musical choices make it feel like a music video that would play on MTV at the time but the story makes up for this. I was genuinely intrigued at what will happen to the two main protagonists and that's probably due to a strong screenplay. The twists and turns delivered and I think that majority of the topics the movie covers are true to life in terms of how drug trafficking in Thailand operates and how easily naive people can be framed by a charming stranger.The main aspect that brings this movie down is the direction. Jonathan Kaplan was a capable director and this movie seems outside his style. I find his choices to be very weird, like the aforementioned MTV inspired style. Now, I don't know if that's his fault as it was probably what the studio mandated but I expect this movie to have a more gritty feel to it. On top of that, the performances vary a lot. Bill Pullman is great as usual but the two main leads aren't. I've seen much better performances from both of them. Claire Danes was ok for the most part and showed some range with a few bad moments but Kate Beckinsale was pretty bad. However, they can be excused due to not having much experience at the time and maybe the director not giving them enough feedback and instructions. All the flaws add up and yet like I said previously I enjoyed watching this, and so I can't judge it unfavorably as I rate movies based on ejoyment. It could've been a better film but what we got is intriguing enough for me to reommend despite all the flaws that it possesses.
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Reviewed by sarastro7 7 / 10

The actresses keep it interesting

It's refreshing to see a movie that you think will end happily just like almost every other American movie, and then be surprised when that doesn't happen. I like a happy ending as much as the next guy, but sometimes it's better to portray things in a more realistic manner, and I thought Brokedown Palace did this very well.

The ending, with one friend basically sacrificing herself for the other, thus redeeming her earlier poor behavior which got them into the situation in the first place, was very moving. I almost rather would have done without the last line, which proved that she didn't actually do the deed she confessed to, because that would have made the movie more about the friendship between the two girls, and less about the crime. Whether she did it or not wasn't that important.

The story itself bordered on the cliché, but the actresses kept my attention with their excellent performances. Very realistic, very captivating.

7 out of 10.

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