Broken Trail
2006
Set in 1898, Print Ritter (Robert Duvall) and his estranged nephew Tom Harte (Thomas Haden Church) become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls (introducing Caroline Chan, Olivia Cheng, Jadyn Wong, Valerie Tian, and Gwendoline Yeo). Ritter and Harte's attempts to care for the girls are complicated .. Read more
| Starring | Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Gwendoline Yeo |
|---|---|
| Director | Walter Hill |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Broken Trail
Set in 1898, Print Ritter (Robert Duvall) and his estranged nephew Tom Harte (Thomas Haden Church) become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls (introducing Caroline Chan, Olivia Cheng, Jadyn Wong, Valerie Tian, and Gwendoline Yeo). Ritter and Harte's attempts to care for the girls are complicated by their responsibility to deliver a herd of horses while avoiding a group of bitter rivals intent on kidnapping the girls for their own purposes.
| Starring | Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Gwendoline Yeo, Chris Mulkey, Jadyn Wong, Rusty Schwimmer |
|---|---|
| Director | Walter Hill |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Italian |
| Released | DVD: 18 Jun 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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77 out of 84 people found this review helpful
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superb..................
this dvd is superb. Print Ritter played by Robert Duvall, and his nephew Tom Harte played by Thomas Haden Church, agree to deliver a herd of 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming.
Along the way, they rescue a group of young chinese women, most of them are still just girls, who are being transported to a brothel to be auctioned off.
When the madam sees she is about to lose the girls, she screams at Tom, 'What about my property?' He shouts back, 'That's the price of being a capitalist, lady.'
Unable to overcome the language barrier, Print assigns numbers to the girls.
Number 3, Sun Foy is the most fearless and perceptive of them. Though the others do not want to be called Number 4--an unlucky number in their homeland--Ye Fung (Olivia Cheng), the most tragic of the group, doesn't care. Targeted for her beauty, she finds herself unable to overcome the trauma. The number suits her, in her mind.
Also along the way, Print and Tom rescue Nola Johns (Greta Scacchi), the proverbial hooker with the heart of gold, who was forced into prostitution after her husband died.
the movie is filmed over the lush landscape of the Canadian Rockies, which stands in admirably for the wild West of the late 1800's.
Robert Duvall's character of Print, is instantly likeable in this film as a father figure, and you never doubt that his intentions for the girls are honourable.
The trek is long and hard, and the unlikely band of travellers face much hardship.
And what makes this western unique, is that we see the story from the view of the female characters.
'Broken Trail' combines grandeur and intimacy. It has moments of great humour to lighten the drama, explosive action, and a bittersweet sense of nostalgia.
the tension builds, at the very end of the film, so it keeps you guessing right up until the very last minute. I will not spoil the ending here, yet suffice to say that the ending is tension-filled, action-packed, and beautifully directed for maximum suspense and impact.
well worth renting out -
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
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NAPALM IN THE MORNING
a truly superb journey, beautifully shot with a good mixture of all the necessary ingredients that make a great movie. this appears to be a made for tv movie, but dont go looking for a watered down slot filler for bravo this little number ticks all the boxes as we follow the characters from the sweet grass to the packing house :-)
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