Film1999100 min

Brokedown Palace

Name: Brokedown Palace
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips

Taste attributes: dramathrillerholidaysmysteryslowfresh & originalintricateglossyenclosedcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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"Their graduation present was a trip to paradise, but they never thought they would land in hell."

Boxlist takeA contained, intricate drama, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 277 votes

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What lines up

Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

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