Broken Horses

Name: Broken Horses
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 10, 2015
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 32

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Reliance Entertainment | Release Date: April 10, 2015 | R

Summary: After leaving town following the death of his father, young music prodigy, Jacob Heckum (Anton Yelchin), returns to his desolate hometown only to discover that Buddy (Chris Marquette), the child-like brother he left behind now works for a drug gang. The gang’s ruthless leader (Vincent D’Onofrio) has twisted his simple mind and manipulatedAfter leaving town following the death of his father, young music prodigy, Jacob Heckum (Anton Yelchin), returns to his desolate hometown only to discover that Buddy (Chris Marquette), the child-like brother he left behind now works for a drug gang. The gang’s ruthless leader (Vincent D’Onofrio) has twisted his simple mind and manipulated him into a killer, a surrogate son who blindly does as he is told. Jacob is drowned in guilt for having abandoned his brother and realizes the only way to save him from his new fraternity is to join them.… Expand

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Martin Tsai

Apr 9, 2015

While Chopra attempts to crack the American market with a slice of cinematic apple pie, he holds up a mirror to how Hollywood's tried-and-true narrative of vigilantism connotes who we are, at home and overseas. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Apr 9, 2015

The film is fun and extreme, and though in the end rather pointless, there’s a certain audacity here — a delight in extremity — that’s appealing. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Apr 9, 2015

Broken Horses raises the question of what is cockamamie, and what is cockamamie and outlandish and ridiculous yet a perfectly swell time for those very reasons. This one's just cockamamie without the swell part. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Apr 9, 2015

Very loosely inspired by Chopra’s 1989 feature "Parinda," this wan crime drama plays like the equivalent of a Hindi novel that’s been run through Google Translate. Everything feels rudimentary and slightly awkward, though it’s possible to discern how the material might once have been powerful. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Apr 9, 2015

A deeply silly drama of corrupted innocence. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 9, 2015

Notable Bollywood producer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra makes a highly uneasy transition to American films with this weirdly baroque modern-day Western that, while it boasts undeniably imaginative visual and plot flourishes, is far too absurd to take seriously. Read full review

Craig J. Clark

Apr 9, 2015

Try as they might to make sense of their characters, Chopra’s actors are unanimously defeated by the oft-embarrassing dialogue they’re given to recite. Read full review

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Thegodfatherson

Apr 11, 2015

Vidhu Vinod Chopra ventures into Hollywood territory with Broken Horses, and comes with lukewarm results. Look, Horses isn't a masterpiece, or a great movie, but it is a nice tale of two brothers, love and vengeance. It doesn't include A listers,mouth it delivers damn good acting fromVidhu Vinod Chopra ventures into Hollywood territory with Broken Horses, and comes with lukewarm results. Look, Horses isn't a masterpiece, or a great movie, but it is a nice tale of two brothers, love and vengeance. It doesn't include A listers,mouth it delivers damn good acting from Vincent D Oniforio and Anton Yelchin. All this plays out with a bad attempt at a modern day western. The film is gleefully violent and long, with no substance in the story and no spice to the characters. I wanted to delve into Chopra's masterfully designed desert, the story and the emotion. But, Alfonso Cuaron and James Cameron were wrong about the brilliant reviews. Some people might love Vinod Chopra's classic tale of vengeance, love and brotherhood. And it deals with those things damn well. I felt the emotion in a movie I quite couldn't put my hand on or recommend the 2 hour soap opera with blood and brotherhood. Broken Horses ultimately fails to deliver the Hollywood movie sense we all know Chopra can deliver to us. Just look at his Hindi movies. But Chopra should have stayed in Bollywood than cross the border to his gleefully created Mexico in this disappointing film.… Expand

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duncan1964

Apr 17, 2015

Chopra's first English language film, about a brother returning to his home town to find his sibling is mixed up with a drug ring is a real mess! Obviously aiming to make a modern western, the visuals are pretty impressing, but the script is dire and it boasts two of the worst performancesChopra's first English language film, about a brother returning to his home town to find his sibling is mixed up with a drug ring is a real mess! Obviously aiming to make a modern western, the visuals are pretty impressing, but the script is dire and it boasts two of the worst performances you will probably see this year.… Expand

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