Brokedown Palace Rating: Release Date: 17 December, 2002 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $6.99 You SAVE: $2.99! Cast: Claire Danes Kate Beckinsale Bill Pullman Lou Diamond Phillips Complete Cast (8 total)

Brokedown Palace Reviews

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Two girls caught in the path of the tornado.
This is the type of story that scares me: where seemingly innocuous decisions propel characters toward a devastating fate. The characters, portrayed by Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale, are going to be friends for life even if they slowly, eventually drift apart. For a final trip together they decide not to go the safe, routine route of going to Hawaii, again, and want something different, perhaps a little adventurous, so they decide on Thailand. While there they meet a charismatic, only slightly mysterious man on their trip and are both immediately enamored with him; and the jealousy starts to seep in. In the midst of this subtle, female power struggle they are both conned and subsequently accused of smuggling narcotics and sent to jail. One poor decision after another and they are spinning helplessly down the drain. It's always the more realistic tales of decent people caught up and tossed about by circumstance that are more frightening to me than the Hollywood horror-fests with aliens and gore. There are many intense scenes throughout this film that had me caring about the principle actors and how were they ever going to get out of this horrible and unfair situation. Claire Danes deserves top billing as she plays an average girl trapped in an unthinkable scenario, whereas everyone watching can relate to her emotional state at any given time. She is truly a talent. Kate Beckinsale nearly reaches the same level of intensity playing the all-American daddy's girl caught up in the chaos. For that matter, when the two leads are playing off one another the chemistry is equally excellent. Bill Pullman makes his presence felt with a conscience-stricken, kind-hearted turn as their lawyer. There are even a handful of supporting characters that are memorable which makes this a veritable feast of character actors. This is a movie worth watching over and again, and it is easy to recommend.

Pretty Bad Movie
Brokedown Palace is bad. How bad is it? It's pretty bad, man.

Don't tell me I didn't warn you.

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