Brokedown Palace Reviews

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this flick. I don’t know, I thought it would be some kind of female 'Midnight Express' rip-off and since I didn’t really like ‘Midnight Express’(I need to re-watch it though), I thought it would be even more underwhelming. Eventually, I have to admit it, it was not bad at all after all. Of course, the story was not really original and rather pedestrian (above all, the fact that those girls were conned by a drug smuggler was rather disappointing) but I thought it was a rather well made drama and both leads, especially Claire Danes, delivered some good performances. Apparently, the two girls couldn’t stand each other on the set but I thought that their characters did have some good chemistry. Another positive thing is that the ending was also rather unexpected. In the same genre, I would rather recommend ‘Return to Paradise’, an even more obscure flick starring Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix, which manages to stretch the genre to something more interesting. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, it remains a decent drama and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.