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Broken Horses

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Broken Horses
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Written by
Based onParinda (Hindi)(1989) by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring
CinematographyTom Stern[1]
Edited byTodd E. Miller
Music byJohn Debney[2]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Running time
101 minutes[5]
CountriesUnited States
India
LanguageEnglish

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

Plot

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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 and turns into his key assassin. While Buddy grows up in a lawless environment, younger brother Jacob is a violinist auditioning for the New York Philharmonic, and on the verge of marrying his Italian girlfriend, Vittoria. But first Jacob 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 Jacob and Buddy to confront some ugly truths.

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

Cast

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Production

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Principal photography began on October 29, 2012, in and around Los Angeles.[1]

The teaser trailer for the film was released on December 19, 2014.[2] Reliance Entertainment presented the film together with Vinod Chopra Films.[6]

Reception

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The film received mostly negative reception from the critics.[7] 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 a Clint Eastwood regular [director of photography] Tom Stern, the audience for this curio exists mainly in the Twilight Zone, which is where the movie often seems to be set."[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bhattacharya, Roshmil (October 17, 2014). "Chopra rides into Hollywood". Times of India. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "'Broken Horses' teaser update: To be launch with 'PK'". India Glitz. December 17, 2014. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Broken Horses (2015)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Vinod Chopra's Hollywood film Broken Horses to release on April 10, 2015". The Times of India. December 11, 2014. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "BROKEN HORSES (15)". British Board of Film Classification. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ Sur, Prateek (December 17, 2014). "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hollywood project Broken Horses' trailer to be released with Aamir Khan's PK". Bollywood Life. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Mehta, Ankita (April 10, 2015). "'Broken Horses' Movie Review Roundup: Hollywood Remake of 'Parinda' Gets Mixed Response". International Business Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  8. ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (April 6, 2015). "Film Review: 'Broken Horses'". Variety. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
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