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Brokedown Palace

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

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.

Release Date : 1999-08-13

Language :ThaiEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Two Girls ProductionsFox 2000 PicturesAdam Fields Productions20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Alice Marano

Original Name : Claire Danes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Darlene Davis

Original Name : Kate Beckinsale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hank Greene

Original Name : Bill Pullman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yon Greene

Original Name : Jacqueline Kim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roy Knox

Original Name : Lou Diamond Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nick Parks

Original Name : Daniel Lapaine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doug Davis

Original Name : Tom Amandes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beth Ann Gardener

Original Name : Aimee Graham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bill Marano

Original Name : John Doe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Detective Jagkrit

Original Name : Lim Kay Tong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard Velie

Original Name : Beulah Quo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Maya Goodwin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ferg

Original Name : Chad Todhunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jason

Original Name : Paul Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leon Smith

Original Name : Harry Northup

Gender : Male

Character Name : English Prisoner

Original Name : Amanda de Cadenet

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jamaican Prisoner

Original Name : Bahni Turpin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emissary to Crown

Original Name : Henry O

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Shub

Original Name : อินทิรา เจริญปุระ

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Prisoner

Original Name : Lilia Cuntapay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lori Davis

Original Name : Lori Lethin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Heidi Davis

Original Name : Hayley Jannielli

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bellhop

Original Name : Victor Neri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security

Original Name : Ronnie Lazaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paku

Original Name : Ermie Concepcion

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Tung

Original Name : Val Victa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Choy

Original Name : สหจักร บุญธนกิจ

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attorney Montree

Original Name : Joonee Gamboa

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

That's all freedom is... an illusion. Two carefree teenage girls are jailed in Thailand for allegedly smuggling Heroin while on vacation. It has become the stuff of reality nightmares, seemingly every year there is the reports of foreigners abroad caught smuggling drugs. Quite often the innocence is starkly protested, claims of being duped or threatened into being drug mules through customs borders. Brokedown Palace is an interpretation of one such instance. There's a viable complaint about the film that it condenses the harsh realities of the surroundings, this "Brokedown Palace" is not portrayed as the dirty hell holes they so often are in reality. This initially gives the film a sort of false feel, that we are being fed a watered down Hollywood production of something very serious. However, looking deeper into the picture as a character piece, Jonathan Kaplan's film beats a mighty heart and has brain staying power as well. Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale (both superb) are the two friends at the centre of this mystery. Story is more concerned with how their friendship copes under the trying circumstances. Through the initial shock of their situation, to the faux trial, the interactions with others and the relationship they have with their American lawyer, Hank the Yank (Bill Pullman). There's also the not small matter that one of the girls might actually be guilty as charged? Which really gives the piece an intriguing kick. Unfortunately it falls down in other areas. How come the girls are perfectly coiffured? Quite often splendidly attired in cosmetics? As Kaplan strains for authenticity in human interactions, he loses credibility elsewhere because these two girls look like actors who have had a "don't make me look ugly" clause inserted into their contracts. Ultimately when the story is dialled into the two girls and their friendship, Brokedown Palace hits the heights required, elsewhere it's a disappointment and it's not hard to understand why the two lead actresses practically disowned the film shortly after their publicity commitments were over. 6/10