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Shattered
a.k.a. Butterfly on a Wheel Director: Mike Barker Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, Maria Bello, Claudette Mink

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  • DVD Release Date: 12/25/2007
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 19,463

Viewer Rating: (3 ratings)

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Scenes

Trailer 1

Features

"Breaking Apart the Wheel" - featurette; "Hero to Villain" = featurette; Feature commentary with director and writer; Deleted and alternate scenes; 16x9 widesreen; 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital audio; English and Spanish subtitles

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Shattered
1. Surprise [5:02]
2. Target Sighted [2:46]
3. Batting a Thousand [2:29]
4. "What Are You Thinking?" [3:47]
5. Trapped [2:33]
6. $142,367 [1:22]
7. New Client [3:18]
8. A Choice [8:38]
9. The Box [9:04]
10. Room 827 [3:26]
11. Played [4:10]
12. Jealous Husband [13:01]
13. Judy [1:23]
14. He Knows Everything [4:52]
15. Exactly As It Was [8:03]
16. Credits [9:50]

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Editorial Reviews

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point in this thriller starring Piece Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello. Life has been good to happily married Chicago couple Neil (Butler) and Abby (Bello); their flames in their relationship are still burning bright, Neil has a great job, and with the birth of their beautiful daughter Sophie the loving couple has grown into a budding family. So much can change in an instant though, and the moment that sadistic kidnapper Ryan (Brosnan) appears the fibers of this happy family are torn violently apart. Ryan knows everything there is to know about Neil, Abby, and Sophie, and now he's ready to use that information to put the two parents through the most excruciating experience of their entire lives. Should Neil and Abby not comply with Ryan's every demand over the course of the next twenty-four hours, he will kill young Sophie without a second thought. While at first the demands seem typical of your average kidnapper, they gradually begin to grow increasingly outlandish until it becomes obvious that Ryan doesn't want money, but simply enjoys the power that comes along with systematically dismantling their idyllic lives until there's nothing left for Neil and Abby to live for. Now left with nothing to lose, the monstrous Ryan finds out just how far a parent is willing to go in order to save their child when he commands Neil to commit one final act of annihilation that goes against everything the loving father and husband stands for. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Shatteredby Anonymous

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April 18, 2008: View it with friends, all action is absorbing, cast takes you with them into the action. It skips the ugliness of violence, which may be why hollywood didn't support it.

Shatteredby Anonymous

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December 29, 2007: SHATTERED (also known as BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL) is one of those films that starts out with a solid cast of highly respected actors to pull audiences in and then proceeds to squander talent in a script that should be still on the reject shelf. The film has all the markings and big budget of a major Hollywood money maker, but there is a very valid reason why the theatrical run was brief and unheralded, sending the movie to television and to DVD post haste: it just is a very weak work. Writer William Morrissey had a thought, camouflaged behind the meaning of an obscure line from Pope ('butterfly on a wheel') that refers to the degree of torture one can take before breaking. The problem is that this tale of the consequences of infidelity has been done many, many times before with far better results. The astute viewer will find all the cracks in the plot line of this supposed 'startling thriller' from the first few frames: watching suspicions play out is very anticlimactic. Morrissey depends on what he imaged as a 'big surprise' ending and it just doesn't surprise! Gerard Butler, Maria Bello, and Pierce Brosnan are all strong actors and one wonders why they opted to participate in this movie. It is not the best work of any of the three, trying to make credible characters out of the double-sided puzzle: kidnapping, testing of relationships, facing consequences of behavior. Director Mike Barker lets the drama sag when it most needs to be pushed. Unless the viewer just wants to see more of the three stars (even in a weak film) then that is the justification for sitting through this. Otherwise, pass... Grady Harp


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