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Shattered

Original title: Butterfly on a Wheel
  • 20072007
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  • 1h 35m
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6.6/10
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Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, and Gerard Butler in Shattered (2007)
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A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.
IMDb RATING
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    • Mike Barker
    • William Morrissey
  • Stars
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Maria Bello
    • Gerard Butler
    • Mike Barker
    • William Morrissey
  • Stars
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Maria Bello
    • Gerard Butler
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    • 160User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    Maria Bello and Gerard Butler in Shattered (2007)
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    Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, and Gerard Butler in Shattered (2007)
    Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, and Gerard Butler in Shattered (2007)
    Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, and Gerard Butler in Shattered (2007)
    Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, and Gerard Butler in Shattered (2007)
    Maria Bello in Shattered (2007)
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    Pierce Brosnan
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    • Tom Ryan
    Maria Bello
    Maria Bello
    • Abby Randall
    Gerard Butler
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    • Neil Randall
    Emma Karwandy
    • Sophie Randall
    Claudette Mink
    Claudette Mink
    • Judy Ryan
    Desiree Zurowski
    Desiree Zurowski
    • Helen Schriver
    Nicholas Lea
    Nicholas Lea
    • Jerry Crane
    Peter Keleghan
    Peter Keleghan
    • Karl Granger
    Samantha Ferris
    Samantha Ferris
    • Diane
    Malcolm Stewart
    Malcolm Stewart
    • Dave Carver
    Callum Keith Rennie
    Callum Keith Rennie
    • Det. McGill
    Dustin Milligan
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    • Matt Ryan
    Julie Patzwald
    Julie Patzwald
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    Jason McKinnon
    Jason McKinnon
    • French Waiter
    Kurt Evans
    Kurt Evans
    • Maitre D'
    Daniel Bacon
    Daniel Bacon
    • Rude Man
    Steven Roy
    Steven Roy
    • Business Man
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      • William Morrissey
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    • Trivia
      Pierce Brosnan actually crashed the car in the parking lot and their reactions after the crash were real.
    • Goofs
      When the Range Rover smashes into the wall in the parking lot, at that speed this would have set off the airbags. Also during the rest of the movie the car doesn't seem damaged, the speed the car went into the wall would have caused visual damage.
    • Quotes

      Tom Ryan: Never pick a fight with someone who's got nothing to lose.

    • Connections
      Features Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      I'll Take Care of You
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    5/10
    TNT premiere showing of "Shattered"...
    The producers of BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL (a/k/a SHATTERED in U.S.), didn't have enough faith in their project to seek widespread theatrical distribution of the finished film--even though it had GERARD BUTLER fresh from his box-office triumph in "300". Instead, they went a more direct route--directly to TV on TNT, which seems more like a last resort. Once again, a Gerard Butler film with limited distribution even though co-starred with PIERCE BROSNAN and MARIA BELLO.

    Seeing it on TNT, it's understandable that the film had some problems in connecting with a larger audience. Brosnan's villain is below par for the actor and Butler has done better work elsewhere although he gives all his energy to the role of a distraught husband.

    The plot is an elaborate cat-and-mouse game that Brosnan plays with the unlucky couple, Butler and Bello. While it does generate a certain amount of suspense, Brosnan's character remains an enigma for almost the whole story. Never once do we get a hint of why he's going to such extremes to torture the couple by demanding that they perform tasks at his bidding. A grungy looking Brosnan makes the villain a very unappetizing psychotic and we're never quite sure about Butler either, an ad agency man who gradually loses his swaggering overconfident manner.

    Without giving away more of the plot (except to say that there is a mildly interesting twist toward the end followed by a double twist), the whole thing plays more like a made-for-TV movie than an actual film because none of the characters are more than one-dimensional despite the good acting. And the final scene between Butler and Bello is totally unbelievable as to motivation.

    Summing up: Basically tricky and shallow at the core.
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    • Sep 2, 2007

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    • Release date
      • August 23, 2007 (Israel)
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
      • United States
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      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Icon Productions
      • Irish DreamTime
      • Infinity Features Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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