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Butterfly on a Wheel

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6.4/10 • 510

2007-07-271h 35m

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Lives will be broken

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

Directors
Mike Barker
Writters
William Morrissey
Editors
William Morrissey, Bill Sheppard

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  1. Pierce Brosnan

    Pierce Brosnan

    Tom Ryan

  2. Maria Bello

    Maria Bello

    Abby Randall

  3. Gerard Butler

    Gerard Butler

    Neil Randall

  4. Emma Karwandy

    Emma Karwandy

    Sophie Randall

  5. Claudette Mink

    Claudette Mink

    Judy Ryan

  6. Desiree Zurowski

    Desiree Zurowski

    Helen Schriver

  7. Nicholas Lea

    Nicholas Lea

    Jerry Crane

  8. Peter Keleghan

    Peter Keleghan

    Karl Granger

  9. Samantha Ferris

    Samantha Ferris

    Diane

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John Chard

Nov 9, 2019

7/10

Never pick a fight with someone who's got nothing to lose. Butterfly on a Wheel (AKA: Shattered) is directed by Mike Barker and written by William Morrissey. It stars Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello and Gerard Butler. Music is by Robert Duncan and cinematography by Ashley Rowe. Butler and Bello play a seemingly happily married couple who have an adorable young daughter into the fold. Enter a rather sinister Brosnan who announces he has kidnapped the daughter and requires the couple to do everything he asks. Pressure is on then!? Basically this is just real solid kidnap thriller film making, the kind that we were well served with back in the 1980s, and with that in mind this comes off like a throw back to that decade. Brosnan (how nice to see him doing a natural Irish brogue) grows ever more spiteful, while of course our handsome couple get more frantic. But naturally there's a mystery going on here, we are left in no doubt about that there is something lurking beyond the edges of the frames. To which the inevitable twist, on which the whole pic's very being depends upon, will either make or break how you ultimately feel about the piece as a whole. I liked it. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
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