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Broken Reviews

2006

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Capitalising on the success of films like SAW and HOSTEL, BROKEN gives the survive-or-die scenario an al fresco spin. The premise is somewhat familiar; a woman is abducted and taken to a remote part of the woods, where she is subjected to unthinkable torments by her cruel and sadistic captor. Her ordeal is made all the worse by .. Read more

Starring	Nadja Brand, Eric Colvin, Abbey Stirling
Director	Simon Boyes, Adam Mason
Genres	Horror, Thriller

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- As a former fashion photographer, itâs perhaps unsurprising that Sean Ellis is obsessed with surfaces: his disastrous... read more on Time Out
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- - Tom Huddleston
  - Time Out
  - 28 Jan 2009 at 02:46
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  - 6
  Shocking! & not in a good way.
  
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  Whoever wrote this must have broke their pen & scribbled the script with some crayons. A woman held hostage in some woods (handily lit up at night with ... read more »
  
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  - NobbyStyle
  - 4 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 09 Sep 2007 at 15:20
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- - 0
  - 0
  wish i read the reviews first
  
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  was waiting to see when it would start to get good turns out the best bit was the credits. camera work was diabolical ! also why couldn't the girl tell her ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 22:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Excellent watching
  
  I dont know why a lot of people dont like this film, i thought it was full of suspense & kept you on the edge of your seat all throught out the film. A very... read more »
  
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- 1083160
- - a customer
  - 18 Jan 2012 at 16:40
- - 0
  - 0
  proper pants
  
  Pants ...terrible acting from the mother & the 'scary' kidnapper .. annoying screams throughout well i say throughout i turned off after an hour i ... read more »
  
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- - CloJo
  - 29 reviews
  - Bournemouth
  - 30 Dec 2011 at 19:10
- - 2
  - 1
  A movie about women so stupid they deserve to die!
  
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  I have never watched a film in my life as diabolically frustrating as this! It is supposedly based on a true story but I can not for one minute believe that ... read more »
  
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- 1076605
- - DeanoK
  - 2 reviews
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 04:17
- - 0
  - 0
  what a shame
  
  What a load of rubbish. it could've been a good plot but the acting was disappointing. Not impressed at all and i wouldnt recommend it if you're ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 18 Nov 2011 at 13:32
- - 0
  - 0
  Bear with it...it's not real afterall.
  
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  Right,
  
  A comedy should make a person laugh, a thriller should thrill, and an action film should have some action in it...
  
  Likewise a ... read more »
  
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- 1056279
- - Rottertron
  - 31 reviews
  - Hockley, Essex
  - 28 Oct 2011 at 15:50
- - 0
  - 0
  rubbish film
  
  rubbish actors, rubbish storyline, rubbish ending....rubbish film
  
  wouldnt recomend watching this unless you have lotss of time on your hands.
  
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- - a customer
  - 26 Oct 2011 at 01:07
- - 0
  - 0
  90 minutes of pure torture...
  
  I feel broken after enduring this one...
  
  one of the most pointless 'horror' movies ever... starts like a poor man's Saw, and ends like a ... read more »
  
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- - davidandviki
  - 4 reviews
  - 19 Oct 2011 at 00:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Excellent Psychological Thriller
  
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  Actually VERY intresting. Psychology plays a big part in the movie. If you want to be scared, forget it, if you want to be grossed out, theres about 20 minutes ... read more »
  
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- - Bless
  - 4 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 14 Oct 2011 at 07:09
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  - 0
  Trash with awlful acting and no plot
  
  Awlful, Didnt see the whole thing as it all got too boring by the hour mark. Don't waste your time on this rubbish.
  
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- - hotbill
  - 6 reviews
  - kent
  - 02 Aug 2011 at 20:58
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- - 61
  - 6
  Shocking! & not in a good way.
  
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  Whoever wrote this must have broke their pen & scribbled the script with some crayons. A woman held hostage in some woods (handily lit up at night with ... read more »
  
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  - NobbyStyle
  - 4 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 09 Sep 2007 at 15:20
- - 15
  - 5
  Sprained but not quite Broken
  
  The trailer of this looked amazing and maybe got my hopes too high for this low budget film.
  
  The film has a good premise and throws you into an ... read more »
  
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- 476601
- - SLCpunk
  - 32 reviews
  - South Glamorgan
  - 18 Sep 2007 at 13:10
- - 14
  - 6
  How SAW could be.
  
  Broken is a low budget British horror in a similar style to SAW, the basic premese is that a women is kidnapped and forced to endure various tasks before she is... read more »
  
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- - JAMIOUSE
  - 45 reviews
  - PILMOOR, YORK
  - 03 Sep 2007 at 19:35
- - 11
  - 1
  Broken
  
  The tension never lets up in this brilliantly atmospheric and chilling movie. The writing is tight and the low-budget grittiness of the production seems to add ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 19 Aug 2007 at 07:48
- - 8
  - 1
  Truly nasty horror let down by poor script and characterisation
  
  I feel i must take issue with the majority of the reviews here. Broken is in many ways a very well made film. It is well acted despite the numerous comments to ... read more »
  
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- - Northernsky
  - 318 reviews
  - Halifax
  - 19 Jan 2008 at 14:41
- - 7
  - 0
  enjoyed film
  
  i enjoyed this film,it may have been cheap to make but kept you gripped and gory bits were fab (if a bit stomach turning).great recommended!!
  
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  - lancs, england
  - 27 Sep 2007 at 13:30
- - 7
  - 1
  no.
  
  switched it off after about 30mins
  
  was boring
  
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- - a customer
  - scotland
  - 09 Sep 2007 at 12:41
- - 5
  - 0
  DIsturbing.
  
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  A man pulls women, then keeps them in the woods as his slaves, after he has tested if they are strong enough..
  
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- - a customer
  - Norwich
  - 19 Dec 2007 at 17:44
- - 5
  - 0
  This is a nasty piece of work
  
  Having viewed pretty much all the genres of horror film and been comfortable with the large majority of them, this one sits outside anything I've ever seen... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Coulsdon, Surrey
  - 11 Feb 2008 at 12:53
- - 4
  - 0
  High quality horror
  
  What do The Texas Chainsaw massacre, Night of the living dead, Wolf creek and the Blair Witch Project have in common. The answer is they're all low budget ... read more »
  
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- - SD67
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Nov 2007 at 21:44

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  Capitalising on the success of films like SAW and HOSTEL, BROKEN gives the survive-or-die scenario an al fresco spin. The premise is somewhat familiar; a woman is abducted and taken to a remote part of the woods, where she is subjected to unthinkable torments by her cruel and sadistic captor. Her ...