Broken (2005/I)

Director:

Alex Ferrari

Writers:

Alex Ferrari (story)
Jorge F. Rodriguez (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Action | Crime | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

What if your truth... were a lie?

Plot:

A gun blast, a flash of light, and a young woman awakens to the comfort of her own bed. Bonnie Clayton has it all...

Plot Keywords:

Suspense | Visual Effect | Weapons Training | Villain | The Matrix

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Samantha Jane Polay	...	Bonnie
Paul Gordon	...	Duncan
Amber Crawford	...	Marquez
Derek Evans	...	Christian
Tony Gomez	...	Gabriel
Jose Luis Navas	...	Snake
Danilo Begovic	...	Pinball
Stephan Morris	...	Shamon
Ruben Gomez	...	Penance
Ken Robkin	...	Ukyo
Eric Townsend	...	Kangol Guy
Howard Dobinsky	...	Doctor
Deidre Washington	...	Nurse
Toby Burge	...	Orderly #1
Jorge Carcases	...	Orderly #2

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

A.G. Holley Hospital - 1199 W. Lantana Road, Lantana, Florida, USA

Company:

Enigma Factory, The

Trivia:

Won "Golden Medal of Excellence" for the Musical Score of BROKEN at the Park City Film Music Festival 2007

Quotes:

Bonnie: Was your trip cut short?
Duncan: No... but your trip is about to begin.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of 'Broken' (2005) (V)

Yeah I felt Broken, after sitting through this dud.

Wow-- now allow me to introduce you to the truth. I don't know if the guy that posted the last comment is related to this Alex Ferarri hack, or maybe is the hack himself, whatever. It was as if he was reading the press sound-bytes off the back of the DVD--- all bull$#!t if you ask me, and a few others on this board with any common sense will agree.

Broken does not look like Sin City. I don't know where that vicious rumor started up, but it is nothing more than that-- a hyped up rumor probably brought about by the film-makers themselves.

As an indy filmmaker, I have seen countless short films that cost far less than this and looked far better. Of course-- Broken did get a fairly wide DVD distribution deal here, which I will take my hat off to. These guys are great business men, I'll give them that. They got lucky. VERY LUCKY!! But they should take this and run the other way with it, never rearing their ugly wannabe-film-making head again.

Lets start with the image quality, of what some have compared to HD. It looks like garbage!! I have shot with the Panasonic DVX myself and managed to produce a far better result with a much more film-like look to it on the 24p setting. I don't know if they forgot to turn this feature on or what-- but to me, it looks like 30fps dv. The cinematography itself is formula and gets old quick. There is nothing new here in terms of image.

I don't know where all this Sixth Sense....Sin City....Matrix crap is coming from. I'm not crazy about either of the three, but the opening credit sequence of either of them is far better than this 20 minutes of bland, constipation inducing torture.

I'm tired of the hype folks. The stupid muzzle flash gunshot effects look so damn hokey-- my seven year old son pointed them out to me and asked if they were real shots. I said no, just very very bad store-bought animation. And that explosion effect when the girl is thrown back!! Holy God!! Who would put that into a final film?! I would've reshot it and just done the effect practical with a little smoke and fake debris. The animation was on par with first year students at art school.

I would not have so many complaints if these guys were a bit younger. If some 18-19-20 year old showed me this film, I would say, "Oh cool. Good job." But not these 30+ year olds, smacking their faces all over the special features just to go on and on and on about how great they are. And 8,000.00?!!! Where the hell did that go?! I hope they had really good catering or something.

My point is, this film is not great. It is actually on the verge of being horrible. There are so many short indy films out there miles ahead of this. Maybe not packed with all the visual effects and corny tension music-- maybe something with an actual story, some depth to the characters, something to like?!! Is that asking too much. This Ferrari guy has seen his 15 minutes of fame smolder into muddy ash. I just want him to go away and shut up, and I want to urge people to stop buying this movie and contributing to bad independent film. By all means!! Rent it first!! PLEASE!!!