Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

Play trailer Poster for What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? 1999 1h 42m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
This sequel to the New Zealand-set drama "Once Were Warriors" revisits alcoholic Maori man Jake Heke (Temuera Morrison) and his wife, Beth (Rena Owen), who have separated, largely due to his excessive drinking. When their older son, Nig (Julian Arahanga), is killed in a gang fight, his brother, Sonny (Clint Eruera), becomes determined to avenge his death. Attempting to change his life for the better, Jake tries to help Sonny avoid Nig's tragic fate.

Critics Reviews

View All (1) Critics Reviews
Don Willmott Filmcritic.com somewhat unnecessary Rated: 3/5 Jul 18, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (129) audience reviews
Christian T A good sequel to a great first movie, Jake finally see's that there's more to life than drinking, and the only fight worth fighting is for the right reason. Note, if you've not seen once were warriors, don't watch this until you have. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review Richard B Just as powerful as the first movie, but with a slightly more positive outlook, another must see Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/02/23 Full Review Audience Member The first movie 'Once Were Warriors' is a classic cult movie and I will continue to watch that movie over and over. The sequel 'What Becomes of a Broken Heart' is the worst movie ever. I see it has rated highly on most sites but the main actors, mother, son in juvenile detention and nig (the gang member) only appear in the sequel for a minute. Nig gets killed for some unknown reason, the son that was in juvenile detention doesn't say one word, and the mum who made such an emotional character in the first movie hardly says a word. Then we come to Jake, in the first movie he was a psychopath, violent, swearing in every sentence. In the sequel he is saying 'please' and 'have a nice day' (wtf!!!). I will never watch the sequel again. What a disappointment. And one person said it was better that the original???? OMG. No hakas, nothing spiritual. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Lovely way to end the series. Goes deep into the lower working class life in 90s-00s AU and NZ. Bravo! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review harsh c Ridiculous depiction of gang life, even for NZ Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member top flim, classic NZ Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Movie Info

Synopsis This sequel to the New Zealand-set drama "Once Were Warriors" revisits alcoholic Maori man Jake Heke (Temuera Morrison) and his wife, Beth (Rena Owen), who have separated, largely due to his excessive drinking. When their older son, Nig (Julian Arahanga), is killed in a gang fight, his brother, Sonny (Clint Eruera), becomes determined to avenge his death. Attempting to change his life for the better, Jake tries to help Sonny avoid Nig's tragic fate.
Director
Ian Mune
Producer
Bill Gavin
Screenwriter
Alan Duff
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround