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Broken is the name of two films:

• Broken (2007 film), starring Heather Graham
• Broken (1993 film), a 1993 short film/long form music video inspired by the Nine Inch Nails album Broken

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Fear itself is the most frightening

Some people complain that nothing is explained, nothing is revealed in
The Broken. They obviously are not capable of figuring things out for
themselves.They are used to stereotypal horror crap, in which excited
dialogues are alternated with gory so called actions scenes. The Broken
is different. It is stylish and visual, relying on fear in stead of
gore. If you are sensitive to that and don't think any movie slow that
does have less than five bloody victims per minute you will appreciate
it. What's more, the plot is incredibly simple: images breaking through
the mirrors, taking over and killing the originals. So switch your
brains on, rewatch the key scene in which Kate is killed and everything
becomes crystal clear.Now The Broken is far from perfect. The main problem is that it tries
to be three different movies. There are a couple of gory scenes,
especially the key scene with Kate in the shower. Predictably they are
the least frightening. The Broken is also a movie about amnesia and the
fear involved when the main character Gina does not entirely recognize
her surroundings anymore. The third important theme is identity, indeed
similar to Body Snatchers. In the last scene Gina's identity has been
taken over as well; that's why her brother Daniel runs.In my opinion the Broken should have focused more on the amnesia theme,
always keeping the question open: is the fear based on reality or based
on fantasy connected with the amnesia? It must be a frigging nightmare
indeed when you don't recognize your own house (or parts of it)
anymore. The identity theme should have remained latent. The director
should have cut even more on the gore, which only provides a few
anticlimaxes. If you think Texas Chainsaw Massacre intelligent then The
Broken is not for you anyhow.Now the result is a mixed bag. Besides the gore another weak point is
the annoying music. On the good side it knows how to build up tension,
how to keep the spectator guessing and especially how to reflect fear.
As such The Broken is certainly worth watching and in fact shows what
horror really should be.

Ismaninb from Suriname - 28 June 2009

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