Nonureva Really Surprised!

Steineded How sad is this?

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

klstumpy Broken was a fantastic album, a self-described "ultra-fast chunk of death." However, that descriptive would better describe the music video accompaniment to the EP. Due to extremely graphic content, this short collection of videos of (fake) torture, rape, sadomasochism, and murder will never see an official release, though it's been widely rumored that Trent Reznor himself leaked a DVD-quality copy on the internet.Fans of the band, or those with a morbid curiosity need only apply. The scenes are violent, often hard to watch, but like a horrible car crash on the side of the road, you can't help but look. Track it down; it's quite easy enough to find on the Internet. Just be sure not to give copies of it to your unsuspecting friends for Christmas, as one reviewer here has done. As he suggested, you may lose more friends than you'll be keeping.

burns_alan29 Finally found a high-quality download of this after some years of liking NIN's music and being vaguely aware of a clandestine movie being out there, and today watched it in full for the first time.Then, unfortunately, had a mini-seizure; so this is not so much a review as a warning to anyone else with epilepsy to take extreme caution in deciding whether to view this film. 'Broken' contains flashing images and ultra-fast jump cuts throughout all the linking scenes and the 'Wish' video, so I guess I won't really watch it again.For the rest of you - if you're fairly tuned in to Reznor's creative wavelength, you'll enjoy this as long as you don't swallow all the hyperbole. From this distance, in our post-Se7en, post-Saw, post-Hostel place in popular culture, 'Broken' won't generate visceral revulsion as much as a bit of a 'so what' shrug. Stick to 'Closure', where the music video highlights can all be found.

dj_stric-9 I first obtained a copy of this on VHS back in the early 90's. I duplicated it and gave it to my friends one year for Christmas Presents. I made a very nice cover for it and even gift wrapped it. Three of the ten friends I gave it to, stopped speaking to me shortly after... My other friends are still close to me to this day. Let it be known yes, I duplicated it, but never sold it or tried in any way to gain money for it. I gave it away freely as gifts. I look back at this point in my life fondly, I have always been a huge Nine Inch Nails fan. From the first Lollapalooza to their most recent Tour, I always find a way to see them play.Now, a review of the film.As you may well know it is an account of a Young Man's kidnapping from a Suburban mall situated in any town USA. He is taken, forced to watch Nine Inch Nails videos and is eventually tortured, beaten, raped, disfigured and Murdered... and not in that order. What makes it particularly gruesome is that it is shot on 8mm HiFi Video, it looks and feels like it was made in a Garage down the street from where you and your family eat Sunday Brunch. The footage comes in and out of focus often and the primary subject is tied to a chair, you see his reactions and feel his pain almost like you are in the same room. Something that is particularly memorable is the performance by Bob Flanagan during the "Happiness in Slavery" video, shot in Black and White and very, very tastefully done. This movie makes the "Blair Witch Project" look like kids playing in the park when it comes to the "creeps you out factor". It looks and feels like it could be someone you know, either being murdered or... yes, even the murderer. The ending, well... you'll just have to hang in there for that one and don't loose your head, watch it till the very end. So pop some jiffy pop, call over your best girl and snuggle in for the night, cause this will be a 20min ride you will never, ever forget!"Enjoy!"

XkukolX I am an intense Nine Inch Nails fan and was desperate to see and own this 'Broken' video. From what I've read elsewhere on the internet, it seemed to be the worst thing ever recorded on video (by that I mean gory and disturbing). It wasn't too hard to find. I was preparing myself for true horror and to have nightmares. Of coarse that is hard for me to do because I'm apparently the devil compared to this. I was warned to not watch it alone and that I would look away and live life trying to forget the images. Well, after viewing it three times in a row (by myself), I was shocked by how disappointing it was. It was exactly like watching Jeffrey Dahmer (the real-life serial killer, cannibal, necrophiliac, dismemberer) at work. If this was made after Dahmer's capture in 93' then I don't see why it is so shocking. There are worse serial killers than Dahmer(although he is my personal favorite). If I made that movie, I could have thought up much more violence and made it better. I did, however, love the very ending when the killers head flys across the screen. That was awesome! I am disappointed, but still enjoy it because it is NIN made, a rarity, and the fact that it deals with such topics as murder, dismemberment, etc.