The 20th century fox Pictures presenting the "Brokedown Palace," which was a movie written by Adam Fields and David Arata. Starring Claire Danes, who's "My So-Called Life," was an awesome successful short TV series. Her other on-screen talent displayed in the list of movies such as, "The Mod Squad," "Les Miserables," and "Romeo + Juliet."
The movie was an emotional presentation-cinema set in the country which was infamous for death execution was no stranger than fiction. Such country as Bangkok, Thailand had an extremely difficult jail system. Its movie's storyline was based on some group of young American teens who were imprisoned there.
Jonathan Kaplan directed this movie, "Brokendown Palace," was to truly explore the innocent youth, self-guilt, and spirited desperation. The actual movie had some magical moments during its storyline but failed short to the thesis. The screenplay was to blame. Its movie's sensitive materials often seemed to be downright dirty and lost touch. Although it was rating PG-13, it must've had too much to do with some unjustified profanity.
I was quite disappointed by watching Claire Danes (who's Alice) and Kate Beckinsale (who's Darlene) making some living in the moment of truth. The two teenager characters' life often defines some scary stuffs and struggle. However the director backfired on the talented casts making you second guess.
I like the performance from Dane who playing a naive American teenager in misery. Kate Beckinsale ("Last Days of Disco," "Cold Comfort Farm," and "Pearl Harbor") came short when she exposing her British accent every time. I say a stand-out lip exposing accent is a trademark which is often meaningless during the character development. So, the question remains for the character whose great chemistry with the other whether or not she is an American student or not a British born. That character is even confusing.
Alice Mareno (Claire Daines) and Darlene Davis (Kate Beckinsale) are longtime best friends who celebrated their graduation party from high school on a vacation to Thailand. The two girls chose Thailand over Hawaii is because they're going to different colleges. It was the last chance for them to be together. Yet, they lied to their parents about heading to the 50th state, Hawaii, instead of Bangkok. There is Thailand they confronting an interesting Australian named Nick Parks (Daniel Lapaine), who were both attracted to. Sadly they were both flirting with the same guy and falling for an offer - a trip to Hong Kong. As soon as they're ready to leave the country to board the plane the Thai polices discovering over a kilo of heroin in the girls' backpack. Then, they find Nick disappearing without a trace. They immediately face a forged trial, and doom for prison in the next 33 years. It is interesting Thai jail is titled with a description from inmates as the third world women's prison as to "The Brokedown Palace."
Desperate to find a way out, the two girls pursue different path to save themselves. Darlene looks to her dear father for help who trying to outsmart an American Embassy official (Lou Diamond Phillips). Meanwhile, Alice phones an expatriate lawyer "Yankee" Hank Green (Bill Pullman) and his wife, Yon (Jacqui Kim) who happens to have a reputation especially knowing some innocent homeless Americans for a price. "Yankee" (Pullman) and his wife, Yon (Kim) are no strangers to the issue.
Once they're in prison, Darlene begins to argue the dumb decision with a signing on a confession is wrong at her best. They determine to stay strong in order to get out the jail alive. Nonetheless they can't help to cry for the fear that their teenager years are over.
But the girls amazingly live on trial beyond the daily expectation, and never give up on an attitude that they will get away from the jail free. They both keep their moral standard. Darlene has a tendency not to fool herself. Her thoughtful friend Alice has a good care and instinct.
For example, Darlene's dizzy fall to the ground when a cockroach accidentally edges into her ear. Director makes it the vanishing into a slow motion. I never expected Darlene becoming a lonesome attraction in the park in a flash second. I'm surprised by the movie's background music score - "Delerium - Silence," and "Sarah Brightman - Deliver Me." The director doesn't necessary grant any emotion to the suffering and screaming. The free sudden drop-action is very tranquil. The scenery is about Darlene listening to the dry sand as she wondering the deep anguish resting beneath the teenager's exterior. (I don't like the idea.) But it is the only world which overshadows the Thailand jail is also the crowded stillness.
The movie had an opening of a nice Thailand landscape describing a beautiful life. Once Alice and Darlene are behind bars it is the end of the story turning into absurd earthy obstacle. From beginning to the end this movie is like a flood of candid photo-shoots, the cinematography is so bad Newton Thomas Sigel shoots a motion picture right out of the open. Before you realize the beauty of the surrounding it is already a struggle. Thai's uncanny dictatorship and freedom against injustice are often scary than they seems. Now I have to believe its third world party criticism overwhelming its movie focus making it so very big. Life does struggle for teens.
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