The Broken

The 2008 offerings once more walk among us.
DavieT
Undead Horde
Undead Horde
Posts: 260
Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:32 pm

The Broken

Post by DavieT »

Interesting premise - mirrors breaking and allowing our evil doppelgangers to cross over into our world. However moved very slowly and felt overly long - better as a short?

Couldn't really see where this was going in terms of plot - why did these doubles cross over? what did they plan to do? how long had they been lurking behind the mirrors? why cross now and not earlier or later? it was almost "Invasion of the Body Snatchers " minus the pods and screaming but with broken mirrors.

The whole good v's evil was all a bit trite - the evil ones walked really slowly, with an air of haughtiness/disdain and silent knowing looks and the good ones looked a bit worried and confused ... ummm k
kaiju
Twitching Corpse
Twitching Corpse
Posts: 39
Joined: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:15 pm
Location: Nam-Dagenham

broken

Post by kaiju »

just plain boring
User avatar
MaxRenn
Undead Horde
Undead Horde
Posts: 478
Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:29 pm
Location: London

Post by MaxRenn »

Drifted in and out a bit in the first half and basically couldn't make any sense of it at all. Every time I drifted off I seemed to wake up and she was still in the bloody bathroom staring in the mirror.

****HUGE GREAT SPOILER****










The ending...

...basically Phil Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake wasn't it?
Terria
Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:43 am

Post by Terria »

Reasonable premise but just too many plotholes for me and bits just didn't make sense.
Muffy St. John
Running Zombie
Running Zombie
Posts: 135
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:32 pm
Location: Soho
Contact:

Post by Muffy St. John »

This movie is seriously one of the worst I've ever seen, not badly made though, just BAD! It's hard to understand how a script that is SO bad can get such funding.... only in America?
JoeyBroChill
Twitching Corpse
Twitching Corpse
Posts: 22
Joined: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:59 pm
Location: London, England
Contact:

Post by JoeyBroChill »

Friggin atrocious!

Let me pick a few nuts out of this steaming turd of a movie:

1. How many times do you want to repeat that car crash sequence?!
2. Doctor: 'Its not uncommon, but its rare' WHAT?!
3. 'I...think...something...is...going...to...happen...to...dad' 'Slow down, your not making sense!'

The torture sequences in Martyrs should have involved watching this shite!
[b]I no longer know who I am...and I feel like the ghost of a complete stranger[/b] -- Victor, [i]The Rules of Attraction[/i]

[b]FUCK YOU LANDIS/GREEN![/b] -- [i]The Man, The Legend, The Myth[/i] Joe Lynch!
jonbly
Braaaains!
Braaaains!
Posts: 647
Joined: Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:16 pm
Location: Bristol

Post by jonbly »

Ran madly around in circles delivering cheap shocks, but never engaged. And that's one really selective bout of amnesia...
AdeBrown
Undead Horde
Undead Horde
Posts: 316
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:58 pm
Location: London
Contact:

Post by AdeBrown »

The more I balance this with Mirrors the more this one wins.
But I agree with some of the shortcomings mentioned above.

There's an excellent novella by China Mieville called The Tain, where our reflections break into our world much like the ones in the story.
(His story is set some time afterwards though.)

So, I got a sense of the reflections having a grudge about being behind the mirror all of the time. Sadly the emphasis on the five family members gave no indication of what was going on elsewhere - a couple of random mirror-shatterings off camera. Some moody shots of London.

I liked the "twist".

It wins over Mirrors by a technical knockout of better internal logic.
My livejournal Frightfest reports from days gone by (2004 to 2011)
http://surprisetruck.livejournal.com/tag/frightfest
User avatar
The Soapmaker
Undead Horde
Undead Horde
Posts: 453
Joined: Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:50 am
Location: London

Re: The Broken

Post by The Soapmaker »

DavieT wrote:Couldn't really see where this was going in terms of plot - why did these doubles cross over? what did they plan to do?
They planned to do exactly what the people they'd replaced did... BUT with sinister little smirks on their faces. Scary.
rambozo
Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat
Posts: 11
Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:50 am

Post by rambozo »

I'm waiting for the film that combines the current trends...

Lower class kids WITH mirrors - now THAT's scary!
Scrof the Return
Walking Dead
Walking Dead
Posts: 64
Joined: Sun May 11, 2008 12:29 pm
Location: Sheffield

Post by Scrof the Return »

Seriously dull and uneventful, despite the presence of the rather lovely Lena Headey. It's interesting how a slower pace worked so well for LTROI but failed so badly here, probably because there's just not enough to engage our interest here.
Check out the 1972 Roger Moore film The Man Who Haunted Himself for a far more satisfactory exploration of a very similair theme.
Jekyll
Running Zombie
Running Zombie
Posts: 164
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:52 pm
Location: Rainham, Essex

Post by Jekyll »

Boring boring boring.
Fenriz
Walking Dead
Walking Dead
Posts: 71
Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:34 pm

Post by Fenriz »

The only film I actually dropped off to sleep during.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, total snorefest. Can hardly even remember plot cos it was THAT dull - something about a car crash, broken mirror, doppelganger, her dad's not her dad, her boyfriend's not her boyfriend, something something.....zzzzzzzzzzzz.

2.5/10
Hello Doris!
Braaaains!
Braaaains!
Posts: 675
Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:10 pm
Location: London

Post by Hello Doris! »

The car crash repeat became ridiculous in the end (or so seen in Mirrors with all the mirrors breaking).

Yes I know it cost a lot of money to make but repeating it 20 odd times does nothing to save the film only highlight the fact that they couldn't be arsed to put in a street in the background.

Not the worst of the weekend, but not the best. Within 20 minutes you could see where it was heading.
odishon
Running Zombie
Running Zombie
Posts: 220
Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:16 am
Location: London

Post by odishon »

Liked the shots from inside the mirrors looking out.

Good production values but every scene felt like a build up to something with a huge musical score and yet no delivery. This became very frustrating about half way through and made me switch off.
Post Reply