What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
1999
The sequel to 'Once Were Warriors' Jake the Muss is up to his usual tricks when he finds out that his son, Nig, has died during a gang fight... Read more
| Starring | Temuera Morrison, Tammy Davis |
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| Director | Ian Mune |
| Genres | Drama |
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What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
The sequel to 'Once Were Warriors' Jake the Muss is up to his usual tricks when he finds out that his son, Nig, has died during a gang fight...
| Starring | Temuera Morrison, Tammy Davis |
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| Director | Ian Mune |
| Studio | VISION VIDEO LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 03 Sep 2001 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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Once Were Warriors was a frighteningly believable account of domestic violence and did a lot to overturn the cosy picture postcard view of modern New Zealand. It was a lot to live up to and sadly this belated sequel has to go down as a disappointment despite the return of star Temeura Morrison and writer Alan Duff. Morrison is Jake the Musc, who still spends his time drinking himself — and beating other people — senseless. However, when his son (Julian Arahanga) is killed in a gang shooting, he is forced to reevaluate his life. Director Ian Mune is fine on detailing on the despair of working class Maori, but focuses too much on the gang lifestyle, which seems to have come out of some American ghetto thriller. Morrison is as impressive as ever, though.
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Tough, raw-edged sequel that eschews the family dynamics of Once Were Warriors (qv) in favour of an action drama closer to Mad Max in its emphasis on gang warfare.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Strength of Character
Once were Warriors was one of the finest movies of the 90's and was in my opinion the greatest film ever made about New Zealand. What becomes of the broken hearted picks up the baton, and delivers a hard hitting if not a little over produced sequel. Where as the first film focussed more on the family as a whole and Beth's struggle to raise her children properly with an abusive husband who always seems to be pulling in another direction, this film focus' more on the man who stole the show in the first film Jake the Muss. After the death of his eldest son Nig, Jake goes on a journey of rediscovery and tries to shake off the lead weight that has been holding him back for years. Set 5 years after Warriors, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, falls down a little in the fact that it is laid out very much like a movie, when watching the first film you felt like you where a fly on the wall looking in on a real life family going through there tribulations, this film is very much made as a film which does unfortunately make it loose a little charm. This film focus a lot on New Zealand infamous Gangs and in my eye’s this also sometimes slows the film down, the film is at its best when it is showcasing the awesome Jake the Muss. This film is a good movie but after the first film you can’t help but feel the slightest bit disappointed. Look out for an ending that is a little abrupt.
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Hard hitting sequel which should not be overlooked
Many people thought director Lee Tamahori did a tremendous job with Once Were Warriors.
This sequel to the award-winning film about modern Maori life and culture in New Zealand is not poorer - it's just different to the original.
The focus here is more on Jake's son's gradual decline into local gang life and how his father ('Jake the muss') slowly, but later more meaningfully, tries to save him from his predicament.
If one word could describe what this film is about, it's 'redemption'.
Yes, the violence of the first one is there, and yes, the character portrayals are just as raw and realistically unsettling as in Once Were Warriors, but this film deserves to be treated exactly as the director intended - a story about finding something noble worth fighting for and then eventually redeeming oneself out of the dark pool of self-destruction.
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