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Brokedown Palace (1999) 6.2
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6.2/10 from 14,326 users
Metascore: 44/100
Reviews: 179 user | 72 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com Two women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand. Director:Jonathan Kaplan |
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| Claire Danes | ... | ||
| Kate Beckinsale | ... | ||
| Bill Pullman | ... | ||
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Alice and Darlene, best friends, decide to take a trip to Thailand to celebrate high-school graduation. While there, they are befriended by charming Australian rogue Nick Parks. Nick convinces them to take a weekend side trip to Hong Kong, but at the airport, they are busted for smuggling drugs. They are convicted in a show trial and sentenced to 33 years; in desperation, they contact Yankee Hank, an American lawyer based in Thailand who has been reported to be helpful if you've got the cash. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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Their graduation present was a trip to paradise, but they never thought they would land in hell. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, drug related material and some violent content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
13 August 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Two Girls See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$3,871,616 (USA) (13 August 1999)Gross:
$10,114,315 (USA) (22 October 1999)Company Credits
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Fox 2000 Pictures, Adam Fields Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Written by Deeder Saidullah Zaman, Sanjay Gulabbhai Tailor, John Ashok Pandit, Steven Chandra Savale,
Aniruddha Das
Performed by Asian Dub Foundation
Courtesy of London Records
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Filmed in the Philippines due to the unfavorable portrayal of Thailand. This involved converting a mental institute to the prison and changing street signs from English to Thai. See more »Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Star Trek/Rudo y Cursi/Next Day Air (2009) See more »Soundtracks
"Naxalite"Written by Deeder Saidullah Zaman, Sanjay Gulabbhai Tailor, John Ashok Pandit, Steven Chandra Savale,
Aniruddha Das
Performed by Asian Dub Foundation
Courtesy of London Records
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Although I go to the movies regularly, I didn't see a trailer for this film, and the few reviews I read beforehand suggested it would appeal mainly to women under 35. Being neither, I could have been excused for missing this film, which would have been a shame, because I enjoyed it. The acting from Danes, Beckinsdale and Pullman was excellent and a pleasant change from watching films where special effects try to substitute for quality acting. Brokedown Palace is one of the few films I've seen this year where I haven't been able to correctly predict the outcome half way through.
For me this was more than a repeat of the "tourist taken advantage of by nasty local/foreign low life" film. While it is clearly a cautionary tale of the risks of travelling abroad, it is also very much about trusting your friends and the extent you are willing to make sacrifices for them.
It is also a reminder that in any country, justice is dispensed by people with power, and the extent that truth features in the dispensing of justice is largely at their discretion. The film correctly portrays that crying "I'm an American citizen, I have rights" rarely sees an immediate release from jail and humble apology from the local police, nor does enlisting the help of the US embassy result in a company of marines landing at night to storm the jail and rescue you.
Brokedown Palace is one of the few films I have seen this year which I intend to see again.