Broken Horses

Broken Horses

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Written by
Starring
Music by John Debney[1]
Cinematography Tom Stern[2]
Edited by Todd E. Miller
Production
company
Distributed by Fox Star Studios
Reliance Entertainment
Release dates
  • April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Running time
 101 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million[4]

Broken Horses is a 2015 American mystery thriller film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring María Valverde, Thomas Jane, Anton Yelchin, Vincent D'Onofrio and Sean Patrick Flanery. It was released on April 10, 2015.[1][2] The film is a remake of the 1989 Hindi film Parinda.

Plot

Firmly in the tradition of American Westerns, it follows the lives of the two orphaned brothers. The older one, Buddy, sees his father being shot. Vulnerable and described as “slow”, Buddy gets co-opted by gangster Julius Hench (Vincent D’Onofrio) and turns into his key assassin. While Buddy grows up in a lawless environment, younger brother Jakey is a violinist auditioning for the New York Philharmonic and on the verge of marrying his Portuguese girlfriend. But first Jakey must return to his dusty home town near the U.S.-Mexican border to receive his wedding present from his older brother. Returning to that one-horse town opens up unhealed wounds and forces Jakey and Buddy to confront some ugly truths.

Hench won’t let Buddy quit the job. He will do anything to keep his most efficient, easily manipulated killing machine on his rolls, including bumping off Jakey. When Jakey realizes what Buddy is up against, he orchestrates a rather poorly designed plan to help them both escape from Hench.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on October 29, 2012, in and around Los Angeles.[2]

The teaser trailer for the film was released on December 19, 2014.[1] Reliance Entertainment is presenting the film together with Vinod Chopra Films.[5]

Reception

Critical reception

The film received mixed reception from the critics.[6] Writing for Variety, Ben Kenigsberg gave a mixed review and said, "This overwrought tale of two orphaned brothers and their violent hometown reunion fails to convince on several crucial levels, including plotting and dialogue. Despite name cast members and ace work from regular Clint Eastwood d.p. Tom Stern, the audience for this curio exists mainly in the Twilight Zone, which is where the movie often seems to be set."[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Broken Horses' teaser update: To be launch with 'PK'". India Glitz. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roshmila Bhattacharya (17 October 2014). "Chopra rides into Hollywood". Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "BROKEN HORSES (15)". British Board of Film Classification. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Patel, Gaurang. "Broken Horses Box office prediction: Movie assumptions", www.brokenhorsesboxofficecollection.blogspot.co.uk, published 04-02-2015. Retrieved 08-29-2015.
  5. ↑ Prateek Sur (December 17, 2014). "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hollywood project Broken Horses' trailer to be released with Aamir Khan's PK". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Ankita Mehta (April 10, 2015). "'Broken Horses' Movie Review Roundup: Hollywood Remake of 'Parinda' Gets Mixed Response". International Business Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ Ben Kenigsberg (April 6, 2015). "Film Review: 'Broken Horses'". Variety. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

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