If you think you've seen this on the Closure video, you're missing out. Although Closure contains 90% of this film (all the videos with the exception of the original "Gave Up" sequence) the rest of it will never see the light of day due to most people's inability to dissect the film logically.
Basically, the short version is that a serial killer picks up a guy and forces him to watch NIN videos while torturing him to death. The original sequence for "Gave Up" is the film's gory finale where the victim is ultimately put out of his misery while horrified face of Trent Reznor (possibly as a discouragement to deranged copycat fans?) appears on the television. The killer is ultimately put to death which may also be interpreted as a discouragement of violence on the part of the band.
Ultimately, the film succeeds by using poor quality videotape to mask the red paint-drenched cast and set, an effect later used poorly by Rob Zombie in House of 1000 Corpses. One may argue that he got the inspiration from the Broken movie, especially considering that it would've been right up his alley.
However, if you sit down and pay attention to it as a film, you'll realize that it doesn't contain any more brutal violence than any of your average zombie or any other horror movie. In fact, in comparison to some films, it is actually rather tame, certainly nothing worse than your average "R" rating. As long as it is taken in the context of a film with fake (and I would go as far as to say cheesy) violence, it really isn't all that shocking at all.
As I would assume there are still bootlegs of this circulating on the internet (which is where I purchased my copy) I would recommend this only to the most die-hard NIN completionist. While it remains an interesting document of Trent's inspirations and mindset during the Broken period of his career, it is by far not nearly as worthwhile as some people choose to make it out to be.
Basically, the short version is that a serial killer picks up a guy and forces him to watch NIN videos while torturing him to death. The original sequence for "Gave Up" is the film's gory finale where the victim is ultimately put out of his misery while horrified face of Trent Reznor (possibly as a discouragement to deranged copycat fans?) appears on the television. The killer is ultimately put to death which may also be interpreted as a discouragement of violence on the part of the band.
Ultimately, the film succeeds by using poor quality videotape to mask the red paint-drenched cast and set, an effect later used poorly by Rob Zombie in House of 1000 Corpses. One may argue that he got the inspiration from the Broken movie, especially considering that it would've been right up his alley.
However, if you sit down and pay attention to it as a film, you'll realize that it doesn't contain any more brutal violence than any of your average zombie or any other horror movie. In fact, in comparison to some films, it is actually rather tame, certainly nothing worse than your average "R" rating. As long as it is taken in the context of a film with fake (and I would go as far as to say cheesy) violence, it really isn't all that shocking at all.
As I would assume there are still bootlegs of this circulating on the internet (which is where I purchased my copy) I would recommend this only to the most die-hard NIN completionist. While it remains an interesting document of Trent's inspirations and mindset during the Broken period of his career, it is by far not nearly as worthwhile as some people choose to make it out to be.