Brokedown Palace( 1999)

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Claire Danes
Alice Marano
Kate Beckinsale
Darlene Davis
Bill Pullman
Hank Greene
Jacqueline Kim
Yon Greene
Lou Diamond Phillips
Roy Knox
Daniel Lapaine
Nick Parks
Tom Amandes
Doug Davis
Aimee Graham
Beth Ann Gardener
John Doe
Bill Marano
Lim Kay Tong
Chief Detective Jagkrit
Beulah Quo
Guard Velie
Maya Goodwin
Mary
Chad Todhunter
Ferg
Paul Walker
Jason
Harry Northup
Leon Smith
Amanda de Cadenet
English Prisoner
Bahni Turpin
Jamaican Prisoner
Henry O
Emissary to Crown
Intira Jaroenpura
Prisoner Shub
Lilia Cuntapay
Old Prisoner
Lori Lethin
Lori Davis
Hayley Jannielli
Heidi Davis
Victor Neri
Bellhop
Ronnie Lazaro
Security
Ermie Concepcion
Paku
Val Victa
Lt. Tung
Sahajak Boonthanakit
Sgt. Choy
Joonee Gamboa
Attorney Montree

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Fri Jul 18 2014

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 n...