As I sit here watching this piece of
exploitation dreck I find myself wondering just how in the hell the
horror genre has let itself decay to the point that we actually have
to consider something like BROKEN to actually be a horror film.
In this post HOSTEL, DEVIL'S REJECTS,
CAPTIVITY environment that we find ourselves in it is kind of hard to
imagine a film sinking to any lower depths of torture depravity but
BROKEN seems to have found a way to do it. The first in the
DEMENSION EXTREME series of films BROKEN tells that tale of a lady
being held captive by some goof ball in a trench coat and cowboy hat
who takes great pleasure in hanging our girl from a tree and asking
her if she would like to continue
Stupid and useless on just about every
level a film can be BROKEN refers to the fact that our cowboy hat
goof likes to capture women and then break them into
submissiveness reducing them to mere shells of their former selves.
We are introduced to our main character
as she is out on a date. She returns home to relieve the baby sitter
and heads to here daughters room where she dozes off. She awakens
buried alive, bloody and confused.
What follows is a day by day account of
her dealings with her captor. Her attempted escapes and ultimate
complete breakdown. It's not scary, it's not interesting but it is
gross and cruel oh yeah, and stupid.
On the upside the effects are top notch
and I did like the lighting in the film, it looks great. That really
is about the only thing positive I can say about this one.
Let's hope that this whole torture porn
trail has come to an end. It's not entertaining, it's not artistic,
hell, it ain't nothing but disturbing and I'm officially tired of it.
One very cool thing though is the
packaging for the film. Very original and almost worth the SRP in
and of itself you really need to see it to appreciate it.
So, bottom line, if you enjoy watching
folks demeaned and tortured to the point that they descend into a
madness that rivals that of their antagonist then this may be the
film for you.
If you're looking for an entertaining,
original horror film just keep on walking right on pass this one.
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