Broken (2006)

After dating a wonderful man, Hope comes back home, sees her daughter Jennifer and goes to sleep. She wakes-up in the woods with a psychopath, fighting to survive for more than forty days ... See full summary »

Directors:

Simon Boyes, Adam Mason

Writers:

Simon Boyes, Adam Mason

Stars:

Nadja Brand, Eric Colvin, Abbey Stirling

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nadja Brand	...	Hope
Eric Colvin	...	The Man
Abbey Stirling	...	Holly
Megan Van Kerro	...	Jennifer
Chesse Daves	...	Chesse (as Chesse Davies)
Rachel Townend	...	Louise
Olivia Hill	...	Lindsay
Atesh Salih	...	Patrick Bateman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Wade	...	Jack Slayter

Storyline

After dating a wonderful man, Hope comes back home, sees her daughter Jennifer and goes to sleep. She wakes-up in the woods with a psychopath, fighting to survive for more than forty days and asking information about her daughter to the stranger.

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Plot Keywords:

torture | brutality | woods | psychopath | warming hands by fire | 

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Taglines:

Horror Has A Human Heart

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong brutal violence and torture, language and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Broken - Keiner kann dich retten

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brand Mason

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 88 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eric Colvin accidentally hit Nadja Brand in the mouth with the butt of the rifle, thus causing Brand's lower lip to swell. Production on the film had to be shut down for several days as a direct result of this.

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Quotes

The Man: Forget your past. It's over.

User Reviews

Interesting Hostage Film

Broken tells the "true tale" of a woman abducted by a wilderness-loving mad man. This low-budget horror film was touted as "unusual, cruel, captivating and startlingly memorable". I would definitely say that some of the mad man's tactic's are cruel and unusual but the film itself is not very memorable. Having said that, the film is still decent and has it's squeamish moments. The deliberate pace of days gone by with the victim under her captor's grasp set a story of solid creepiness but at times I did get bored waiting for more to happen. It was some decent acting with very little location to work with. I was not completely disappointed but I was also not overjoyed. The film definitely did do a good job of making me, as a viewer, frustrated with the inability to escape the kidnapper's wrath but some of the more humane moments did not seem real. This is a vicious game of survivor and, if anything else, serves up some terrifying moments. Savor them because they are few and far between but the film itself is good. Good but not great!