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13/08/1999 Drama, Thriller, Mystery 1h 40m
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Their graduation present was a trip to paradise, but they never thought they would land in hell.

Overview

Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

  1. Jonathan Kaplan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Claire Danes

    Alice Marano

  2. Kate Beckinsale

    Darlene Davis

  3. Bill Pullman

    Hank Greene

  4. Jacqueline Kim

    Yon Greene

  5. Lou Diamond Phillips

    Roy Knox

  6. Daniel Lapaine

    Nick Parks

  7. Tom Amandes

    Doug Davis

  8. Aimee Graham

    Beth Ann Gardener

  9. John Doe

    Bill Marano

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-07-18
That's all freedom is... an illusion.

Two carefree teenage girls are jailed in Thailand for allegedly smuggling Heroin while on vacation.

It has become the stuff of reality nightmares, seemingly every year there is the reports of foreigners abroad caught smuggling drugs. Quite often the innocence is starkly protested, claims of being duped or threatened into being drug mules through customs borders. Brokedown Palace is an interpretation of one such instance.

There's a viable complaint about the film that it condenses the harsh realities of the surroundings, this "Brokedown Palace" is ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$10,115,013.00

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