The ending was the most disturbing........... - Broken (2006) Discussion

[–] FortyRed 16 years ago

I'm pretty sure that the film was based on real life in much the same way as Fargo was...

I have never heard of such a case occuring in the UK, although that isn;t to say that they didn't take the liberty of re-setting it.

Even if it is based on any real events I think it would be more a case of "inspired" as an accurate description.

Slave screams,
He thinks he knows what he wants...

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[–] arminnwa 16 years ago

Movie was good but strange.Girls had many chances to kill this maniac but they didnt.And yes ending was sweet

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[–] asortofdream 16 years ago

I doubt you understand why they didn't take every opportunity to kill him: A. Fear of failure B. It really wasn't that bad except then they resisted him.

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[–] jbelavy 16 years ago

I rented this movie over the weekend(I was in that area of Blockbuster and was intrigued). After thinking the movie was absolutely horrible, I decided to view the extra features, which were limited at best, one was the directors commentary. I struggled through the first few minutes of it to get to the part where written on the screen is "based on a true story" and the guys commented that the entire sentence is a lie. None of this was based on a true story. Probably used that to boost the bottom line, and it needed it!! But how they get away with saying that, when its completely false is beyond me.

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[–] clk264 16 years ago

I was disappointed myself in the lie. They even say at the end, the people who are credited in the film are fictitious as well. Look closely, the crew members have names like Patrick Bateman and Chaos.

Last movies seen:
Broken - B-
Cloverfield - C

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[–] zeta1983-1 16 years ago

According to the interview feature it was inspired by a man in Alaska who released his victims in the wilderness to die. The rest of the situations were just inspired by what many serial killers do in general. As I was watching it I was really wondering about the true story angle thinking "Wow this is even more worse if it really is true." Also in the interview the lead actress said they had originally planned a happy ending where she walks off with her daughter and all is well but the director, her now ex-husband, thought she should suffer in the end. Really didn't she suffer enough before that! But I liked the ending, it was unexpected and grim. When I first saw the trap I thought some object was gonna crush the daughter when she opened the door. If her kid sirvives she's gonna have nightmares and mental problems that's for sure. really she should have killed the guy when she had the chance, she almost seemed to be falling for him at some point. That was the most messed up of all I thought.

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[–] shadow13_6 16 years ago

it's called stockholm syndrome. it's when an individual begins to identify with their captor. however, in this case, it was more a matter of PRETENDING, in order to entrap him. had she not made him think she was growing to desire him, he never would have had sex with her, never would have fallen asleep with her, and she never would have *tried to* cut his tendon and render him incapable of tracking her. as for killing him, it was a matter of struggling to NOT be like him. if she killed him, how would she be any different? in her mind, she wouldn't be. remember when she finally did kill him? after she dropped the pipe and saw the blood on her hands, she started screaming and crying hysterically, because she realized that she'd actually killed another human being.

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[–] little1o 15 years ago

it's called stockholm syndrome. it's when an individual begins to identify with their captor. however, in this case, it was more a matter of PRETENDING, in order to entrap him. had she not made him think she was growing to desire him, he never would have had sex with her, never would have fallen asleep with her, and she never would have *tried to* cut his tendon and render him incapable of tracking her. as for killing him, it was a matter of struggling to NOT be like him. if she killed him, how would she be any different? in her mind, she wouldn't be. remember when she finally did kill him? after she dropped the pipe and saw the blood on her hands, she started screaming and crying hysterically, because she realized that she'd actually killed another human being.

...And proceeded to spit on his corpse a few seconds later...

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[–] rabksaj 13 years ago

Agreed

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[–] clearbluepeace 16 years ago

You've got to understand, when movie-makers write, "Based on a true story," that is part of the fiction!!

There's no law that says that it has to be a true statement. Think of it this way: as soon as there is a video image on your screen, you've already begun watching a work of fiction. That means that if they say, "Based on a true story," that can just as easily be part of the fiction! It's there to titillate, to make you squirm and go, "Eewww, how disturbing, that this really happened to someone!"

The fact is, just because they say, "Based on a true story," it doesn't have to have happened to anyone real.

Here's another point to ponder: They say "BASED on"... Well, it could be "based on" the fact that some real person, somewhere, actually had their tongue cut off -- or just the fact that some real person, somewhere, actually had the same name as one of the characters but lived a totally dissimilar life! And that's ALL it's "based on". The rest is FICTIONALIZED.

Try to remember what I've said when you watch FICTION.

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[–] Saturnfly 16 years ago

I'm slightly glad it's fiction... O_O

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[–] jayanxiety 13 years ago

I hate it when there is absolutely NO truth to the "Based/Inspited by a true story" line. They shouldn't even say it. Even Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wolf Creek had their roots in true crimes, and thus can use the line. This film shouldn't even do that.

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[–] llabbauf 16 years ago

The beginning of the movie says it's based on real events, but then at the end you get the disclaimer that the characters and events portrayed are fictitious.

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[–] ofumalow 16 years ago

Get wise folks, a bazillion movies have claimed they were "based on a true story," but only as hype. It's one of the oldest scams in the movie business.

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[–] entej 15 years ago

HOW could that girl survive trapped inside the house with no food and water during 60something days?

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[–] lurch_1234 15 years ago

my take was that the man would give her food and water like he did his other captives when he disappeared all those times. that plot hole is too big for there not to be an explanation

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[–] rabksaj 13 years ago

Good god holy mother of hell this film has broken me. The poor women not only. She wont see her daughter physically again but they will never get out of that place in the middle of a dense forest. Her daughter is too young to guide her out of there. I hope this is not a true film as it says at the start.

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[–] violet_yoshi 13 years ago

You think maybe it was inspired by the Josef Fritzl case?

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[–] Trevor-5 10 years ago

No, there doesn't seem to be anything common. In the Fritzl case the man held his own daughter (and later his grandchildren / children born from the many rapes of her), not strangers in the basement of his home, no other women were kidnapped, he never made her save herself from death or injury and it lasted 24 years. About the only similarity beyond a male kidnapping a female is Elisabeth Fritzl did scream and damage her nails during her early captivity although it was on the basement door and walls, not a coffin.

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[–] violet_yoshi 13 years ago

To be honest, if that disturbs you so much, horror films probably aren't for you. Perhaps you should stick to just strictly psychological horror, like Hitchcock. They released a series called Thriller that was hosted by Boris Karloff on Netflix Streaming that's pretty good, also Twilight Zone and Night Gallery.

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[–] noods85 12 years ago

I found out after watching a cast Q&A the daughter had her tounge cut out by the woodsman. Did you notice the blood on the daughter's chin?

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[–] jdzencel-1 11 years ago

I did, that thought had occurred to me.

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[–] Bagelbutcher 11 years ago

Negative! Consider this: It took the psycho a day or two of listening to the teenager cry and whine before he finally snapped and cut out her tongue. It is hard to believe that he would do the same to a 6-year-old girl who came across as the quiet, well-behaved type whenever she was on screen. I believe that he was feeding the young girl the same berries he rewarded her mom with for cleaning the pots up good, and the red stuff
on the girl's chin was simply juice runoff.

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[–] Woodyanders 11 years ago

Agreed. That surprise bummer nihilistic ending was simply devastating.

I'm a totally bitchin' bio writer from Mars!

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