The Broken Key

2017
2h 5m

IMDb RATING

2.4/10

443

YOUR RATING

"The Broken Key", by Louis Nero Cast: Christopher Lambert, Rutger Hauer, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Madsen, William Baldwin, Franco Nero, Kabir Bedi, Maria De Medeiros, Marc Fiorini

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In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Cor... Read allIn a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation.In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports, paper has become a rare item, a luxury possession, controlled by the "Big Z": Zimurgh Corporation.

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IMDb RATING

2.4/10

443

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins

Trivia
Trailer Release at TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest (2017)

Goofs
When Hiram Abif (Franco Nero) is free diving and he ascends quickly to the surface, the guy in the boat says that he's ascending to fast. That would be important only for a scuba or industrial diver using compressed air/gas. In free diving you are using the air in your lungs and blood which is at surface pressure so ascent speed is unimportant.

Quotes
Professor Moonlight: The way to Paradise is full of obstacles...

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Featured review

2/10

Vapid

The average rating of 4.x on this movie is generous. The writing is as bad as the written movie summary. The acting is non-existent, as the roles require nothing in this area. The story line is vaporous and plot non-existent.

The only positive point of this movie is rather good CGI... but these days such can be cranked out of someone's home computer using Blender, and gets no stars from me in the light of everything else in the film.

It is reasonable to assume most viewers will find this an incredibly long 2 hours. This movie just drags on, more so than most movies we've seen of this kind. It's not just bad, it's slow and bad.

Rutger Hauer seems to have a knack for choosing the worst roles these days. He brings his usual stoic half-humor to the role, but even that can't raise this film above 2 stars for me. This is definitely a "pass it by" film, with the non-audience better off for choosing to do so.