we all have friend . some of u have more than others but there really be only one or two people that you feel really close with and people that you can say be like your brother or sister . alice ( dane ) and darlene ( beckinsale ) be like that . you can see that from the beginning . they graduate together and they go to party together and they decide to go to bangkok together when they be suppose to be go to hawaii . they also get bust for attempt to smuggle drug into a third world country and that spell disaster . the rest of the film be about survival and not give up hope . it also have a strong message about the power of friendship and what it can mean to someone . brokedown palace be a very good film and it be not excellent and that be due to a few issue that i want to talk about . but first i want to say what be good about the film . and for starter the acting be top notch and and you can look no further than the two lead . dane and beckinsale be perfect in the role that they have . alice be always fiery and seem a little rough around the edge and but she seem more fun than darlene . but sometimes that fun can get her into trouble . darlene be always a little on the conservative side and although that can get irritating sometimes and it would have serve the two girl well if her way be adhere to instead of alice . bill pullman be adequate a the american lawyer living in thailand . the film be photograph very well also . the inside of the prison while not the same a shawshank or natural born killer or return to paradice and but it do show the necessary ( but underdone ) hopelessness of the situation that they be in . johnathin kaplan direction be quite good as well . we see the two girl struggle to make it through each day but you can see their spirit be be put out a little more each day . brokedown palace be excellent when it talk about friendship and it show how they have to rely on each other to survive . the other thing that i have to comment on be the soundtrack for the film . it heighten and compliment the mood of the film to perfection . the song that you hear in the trailer be also play in the film and when it play you feel the plight of the woman in this prison . you can feel how alone they must feel and how desperate they be to get out and get back to the simple thing in life . and it also make you look at yourself and realize how lucky we be to live in the society that we do . we have it easy compare to some country and believe it or not the music be a perfect catalyst for reflection on this subject . some of the music be do by a group call delirium ( i think ) but it be sara mclaughlin ( wrong spelling and but how do you spell her last name . ) that do the lyric and her voice be beautiful and haunting and it add so much to the film . what i do not enjoy about the film be some of the stupidity that the girl exhibit . i would not say what it be that they do but when you see it for yourself you will know what i be talk about . also i do not really feel that the prison they be in be all that bad . it look more like a minimum security prison and that may be because when there be similar circumstance in other film that invlove men do time in a foreign country and the prison scene be always brutal and sadistic . but i do not get that here . overall this be a great film and it really do make you ask the question and how far would you go for a friend . that be a tough question and maybe one that none of u could honestly answer until put into the same situation . let just hope that it never come down to that .