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Broken (2005) |
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The production quality looks as good or better than almost any TV show on the Sci-Fi network. It looks better than just about any film I've ever seen on one of those "10 movies for $14" box sets which are sold in some of the major chain stores. The quality is better than most of the films released under the Troma name these days. It doesn't look as good a The Matrix or Pirates of the Caribbean or most other major studio, big budget films. For a low budget movie, that is still pretty damn impressive to me. This is one low budget movie where I don't think that the quality of the film would make it tough for the average viewer to watch. The story is fragmented and tough to follow. I think it's supposed to come off kind of like The Usual Suspects or Memento; an action / suspense movie that keeps you trying to figure out what's going on right up to the end. They were relatively successful in that respect, but I really came away feeling like I had watched a 20 minute trailer for a film. Well, maybe THAT is really what these guys were going for because Broken: The Feature Film seems to be in the works. If you're a fan of DVD bonus features, this movie definitely has them! I guess they figured that since the movie is only 20 minutes long, they had a lot of space that could be filed with bonus features. There is a "Making Of" short, a "Marketing" short, concept art, costume design, storyboards, rehearsal footage, evolution of an action sequence, special effects breakdown, how to make a mini dv look like a film, and much, much, much more adding up to almost 3 hours of bonus material. Now I want to see the feature film! I guess THAT's when we'll see what these guys are really capable of...and whether or not they can keep up the pace with promotion!
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