What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
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German title | (not published) |
Original title | What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? |
Country of production | New Zealand |
original language | English , Māori |
Publishing year | 1999 |
length | 103 (Australia) 108 (UK & Argentina) minutes |
Age rating | FSK 18 |
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Director | Ian Mune |
script | Alan Duff |
production | Bill Gavin |
music | David Hirschfelder |
camera | Allen Guilford |
cut | Michael Horton |
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? is a 1999 New Zealand film based on the 1997 novel by Alan Duffs . It is the sequel to the novel The Last Warrior from 1990, which was filmed in 1994.
action
Five years have passed since Beth separated from her husband Jake “the Muss” Heke. Nothing has changed in his life. Furthermore, he stays in his local pub every day, drinks a lot of alcohol and is often violent. Jake's son Nig is also still active in his gang. One evening there is a fight with another gang. Nig is killed - not by opponents, but by gang members. Years later, Jake and his family meet at the funeral. In this case, his second-born son Sonny accuses him of being indirectly responsible for Nig's death.
Nig's friend Tania tells Sonny that the gang killed Nig. Sonny swears revenge and approaches his father. He refuses any help. He doesn't believe in gangs. He tries several times to dissuade Sonny from his idea of revenge. But Sonny cannot be dissuaded and joins Tania and Mookie in the apeman's aisle. Apeman doesn't want a war with Nig's former gang. So Sonny and Tania take matters into their own hands - they kill Nig's gang leader Grunt. When Apeman learns of this, he begins to hunt the three.
Meanwhile, Jake is going through a change. McClutchy won't let him into his bar anymore. When Rita, his girlfriend, rejects Jake and he reacts violently again, he gradually realizes his destructive behavior. He tries to injure his hand with a bottle.
Jake learns that Sonny killed Grunt. He goes to Sonny to help him. Both are too late for Tania. She was murdered in hiding by the apeman. Apeman is still waiting for Sonny there. His gang beat up Sonny at their headquarters to kill him. At the last minute, Jake can break in to free his son.
criticism
The continuation of the blockbuster The Last Warrior could not build on its success.
A German dubbed version does not yet exist.
Web links
- What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? in the Internet Movie Database (English)