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Ariel
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“Their graduation present was a trip to paradise, but they never thought they would land in hell.”
Brokedown Palace (1999)
August 13, 19991h 40mEN
6.4
405 votes
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.
Director
Jonathan KaplanWriters
Where to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25.0M
Revenue
$10.1M
Production Companies
Two Girls ProductionsFox 2000 PicturesAdam Fields Productions20th Century Fox
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User Reviews
John Chard
6.0That'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…
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