Midnight Screening: 'The Broken'

Something was fractured in "The Broken." The midnght screening played to a packed house at the Egyptian, with many turned away and others looking to buy tickets from anyone not attending. I actually tried to give mine away when I found that I could get in with my press pass, but the cold had driven away the few people that stood outside waiting with signs. Oh well.

The sci-fi thriller starred "300" star and Sarah Connor herself, Lena Headey, as a woman who believes that she is being hunted by beings, including a copy of herself, that come from a dimension on the other side of the mirror. They've seemingly taken over her family and friends, and now they're coming for her -- or are they?

Great idea, but as one person put it afterwards, "never explained." The constant broken mirrors became a theme, and all the horror cliches of people going where they shouldn't and not looking where they obviously should, were all represented.

Problem was, despite the suspense and the sometimes overpowering scary music, most went away from the film not knowing what had happened at the end. Oh, there were theories galore, but confusion seemed to be the overall theme.

Guess the fiction overwrote the science a little too much. Audience reaction video follows ...

-- Jevon Phillips