Broken Innocence

This was well directed and the cast is superb. The story is about a 15 year old girl going through years of abuse, rape and mentally traumatized. Personally I'm not a huge fan of thrillers but to me, this one stuck out. As a parent myself, some scenes are hard to stomach but definitely takes you through what she has experienced and watching her decipher what is right from wrong. It makes it hard for me to watch movies such as this one when we all know that this is the kind of stuff that is really going on today. But, if you're looking for a decent film to watch on abuse and murder, look no further.

A Chase Dudley (2024) Suspense and Thriller. What I see, something of multiple storylines, I truly believe it has a meaning behind it.lillian should be in a scream film.

A solid seven.

A monster, made a monster while a monster made a monster.

I love those shots of day to night, kinda like The lost Boys.

I'll give the film a strong 7.

The film starts off as some boring! Go! No! Where!

Film. Let it sit with you for a bit then the moment might happen.

I love the look and the unpleasant lingering of characters reactions, the response between cast is uncomfortable. That's what you need in...

I feel like the writing and the story could have been handled a little better and steered in a more realistic direction, but otherwise, I was surprisingly hooked to the movie! The acting does shine where it shines, and in some places, I feel like it could be better. I really liked the lead actress and how she plays her character!

Like I hinted at, writing and story could have been better. Let me elaborate. I feel like the story and it's dark twisted themes were handled in a fantasy type of sense rather than being grounded in reality, if that makes any sense. Though I do respect and appreciate that the film sets out to explore themes that are rather touchy and disturbing, I do feel like some parts of it can be a little much and do tend to go over the top with it's themes. But I do feel like some parts of it are handled quite well!

As a filmmaker myself, I feel like the film has a clean cinematic look that I can't help but appreciate, This was decently shot!

Overall, definitely not perfect, but not bad! The director and his cast working along side him has a lot of promise, and I can't wait to see what they all make next!

This movie had every right to be successful with it's story. The acting does it's job, there are some scenes of people trying to hard, however it's the technical issues that took me out of the film. Some editing choices were off putting such as an early scene with two girls sitting by a brick wall, it would have been more interesting to stay on them while you have both of their faces in the frame. Another one involves one character tossing another character car keys, you see the toss out of frame and the other character in another shot waiting, the editing would have been a lot better had they cut out just a few frames. Some shots could have been color corrected, certain shots were too bright.

The story is important and unfortunately still relevant.

Chase Dudley continues to show time and time again that he is a force to be reckoned with in the Indie film world and "Broken Innocence" is no exception. Once again Dudley breaks away from being stuck to one genre with a surprisingly deep and emotional script.

From "killer" cinematography by Brandon Benz along with breakout performances from Arianna Harris and. Paul T. Taylor, your eyes will be glued to the screen the entire time. It's no wonder that Broken Innocence has been sweeping film festivals all across the country winning award after award. This is a dark subject matter that Harris handles surprisingly maturely with a presence on screen well above her years. A low-budget drama turned slasher that takes advantage of every penny. I'd highly recommend checking it out! There's a reason Chase has consistent backers when he launches campaigns for his new movies.