Shattered (2007)

A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.

Director:

Mike Barker

Writer:

William Morrissey

Stars:

Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierce Brosnan	...	Tom Ryan
Maria Bello	...	Abby Randall
Gerard Butler	...	Neil Randall
Emma Karwandy	...	Sophie Randall
Claudette Mink	...	Judy Ryan
Desiree Zurowski	...	Helen Schriver
Nicholas Lea	...	Jerry Crane
Peter Keleghan	...	Karl Granger
Samantha Ferris	...	Diane
Malcolm Stewart	...	Dave Carver
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Det. McGill
Dustin Milligan	...	Matt Ryan
Julie Patzwald	...	Female Teller
Jason McKinnon	...	French Waiter
Kurt Evans	...	Maitre D'

Storyline

The happily-married couple of Neil and Abby Randall have worked very hard to create a healthy and safe bubble for themselves and their only daughter, Sophie. However, their seemingly idyllic life will start crumbling into pieces when, out of the blue, the determined and methodical gunman, Tom Ryan, holds them captive, as his cold-blooded accomplice uses Sophie for leverage. Now, Abby and Neil have no other choice but to do Tom's bidding if they want to keep their child alive--and with every task they successfully perform--they see a piece of their orderly life being robbed from them. But, why is this perfect stranger bent on destroying three innocents?

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Plot Keywords:

mysterious stranger | female removes her clothes | ordered to strip | black panties | forced to strip | 

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Taglines:

Lives will be broken

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pierce Brosnan actually crashed the car in the parking lot and their reactions after the crash were real.

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Goofs

During the epilogue, Abby's hair alternates from being tucked behind her ear to simply hanging in her face.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Features Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999)

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Soundtracks

I'll Take Care of You
Written by Brook Benton
Performed by Irma Thomas
Published by Famous Music Publishing Company Ltd.
Courtesy of Rounder Records. www.rounder.com

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

UK Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 2007 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Shattered

Filming Locations:

BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,651,640

Company Credits

Production Co:

Icon Productions, Irish DreamTime, Infinity Features Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 98 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1