Broken (2006)

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A woman wakes up in an unfamiliar and terrifying world in this grim horror tale inspired by a true story. After coming home from a date, forty-ish single mom Hope (Nadja Brand Mason) thanks the babysitter, looks in on her six-year-old daughter, and goes to bed. When she wakes up, Hope discovers she… More A woman wakes up in an unfamiliar and terrifying world in this grim horror tale inspired by a true story. After coming home from a date, forty-ish single mom Hope (Nadja Brand Mason) thanks the babysitter, looks in on her six-year-old daughter, and goes to bed. When she wakes up, Hope discovers she was abducted in the night and is trapped inside a coffin-like wooden box that's been buried beneath the ground. When she's dug up and released, Hope learns she's being held captive by a man with no name (Eric Colvin) living in the woods who then ties her to a tree and gives her a razor she can use to free herself -- though she won't be able to do so without severely scarring herself. After a failed break for freedom, Hope realizes her only chance for survival is to bend to the will of her captor, though her desire is largely fueled by a need to know what's become of her daughter. Two months later, Hope has learned more than she ever wanted to know about primitive life with her fearsome master when she's joined by a new victim, a frightened teenage girl (Abbey Stirling). Broken was the fourth feature from director Adam Mason and his first in collaboration with co-director Simon Boyes, who made his feature debut with this movie. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By: Simon Boyes, Adam Mason
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Horror

On DVD: Sep 25, 2007

Critic Reviews

David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...a decent short that's disastrously been expanded to feature length.

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Steve K

Brutal stuff, and more developed than I expected it to be. Still has many earmarks of a first feature and amateurism. I'm guessing these guys have some shocking stuff in their future.
Christopher B

Boring horror film with shitty characters. I've never been so irritated by the people on screen. When I checked the display on the DVD it said I had 42 mins left and I prayed that this had a 41 1/2 min credit roll. No such luck, just boredom and irritation. And for those who… More
Boring horror film with shitty characters. I've never been so irritated by the people on screen. When I checked the display on the DVD it said I had 42 mins left and I prayed that this had a 41 1/2 min credit roll. No such luck, just boredom and irritation. And for those who believed this to be a true story, the first thing the writer/director says on his commentary track is that it's all lies, like he's the first one to think of promoting fiction as truth. About as entertaining as being forced at gunpoint to masturbate to naked pictures of you mother. Only reason it doesn't get zero (or half a star on Flixster) is some decent gore.
John M

The best of this movie are the first 15 minutes then goes downhill into a monotonous surviving game that is for moments boring. Gore and cruelty sequences are well done worth a check for torture fans.

Cast

Nadja Brand Mason
as Hope
Eric Colvin
as The Man
Abbey Stirling
as School Girl

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Broken (2006)

Critic Reviews

Featured Audience Ratings

Steve K

Christopher B

John M

Cast