Neil Randall (Gerard Butler) got his life gingerbread cut. Lovely wife (Maria Bello), lovely job, a lovely daughter, a promotion on its way, any colleague could envy him. But suddenly, things started to change. A maniac with a gun (Pierce Brosnan) took hostage of their daughter and started making bizarre demands. He burnt all their money, ruined his career, and planned for bigger damages. Not only he was insane, he always thought one step ahead of Neil and Abby. Why is he doing this? Old grudge? Vendetta? An envious colleague appointed him? He wants Neil's wife? As the story advances, the man takes Neil and Abby closer to the reason.
This movie pumped out some major amount of adrenaline off my glands. I give this film a 7. I could have been a bit more generous, but keeping in mind the masterpieces I have seen over the years, 7 is all it is going to get. I think the ending is not totally satisfying. Well, with very good thrillers, it hardly ever is. But still, I wanted to observe the final reactions and aftermath to the whole incident, the film does not leave any major questions unanswered though.
Maria Bello will most probably never become one of those actresses people often talk about in buses and at work and on the streets. But I have seen a dozen of her performances and she brings her passion to work. Gerard usually does not deliver dull performances. I expected no less of him. But I did not know he looks kinda cute like a young boy when he smiles. He even has dimples. Pierce will never be able to come out 100% of the Bond image people remember him by, but he is not bad at all. He is an old devil, and probably this was not a very challenging role for him, but among all the roles he played in his life, I think this one looked more human, more flesh and blood.
I always had one thing straight in my mind. Many thrillers score high and low for a lot of reasons. But good ratings always go to those films that make you feel "It could happen to me" or, "Hey, is that not how I may end up like?" Butterfly on a Wheel takes one of the very basic problems of a typically successful American office-goer (I am not American, neither married or going to some corporate office, mind you, so I am only using my projection skills here) and explores the possibility that everyone hopes will never happen. If you ask me, if people are as demented as Brosnan here is, and still as good in thinking as Mike Barker and William Morrissey are, it just might!
A good thriller. Do watch it!
This movie pumped out some major amount of adrenaline off my glands. I give this film a 7. I could have been a bit more generous, but keeping in mind the masterpieces I have seen over the years, 7 is all it is going to get. I think the ending is not totally satisfying. Well, with very good thrillers, it hardly ever is. But still, I wanted to observe the final reactions and aftermath to the whole incident, the film does not leave any major questions unanswered though.
Maria Bello will most probably never become one of those actresses people often talk about in buses and at work and on the streets. But I have seen a dozen of her performances and she brings her passion to work. Gerard usually does not deliver dull performances. I expected no less of him. But I did not know he looks kinda cute like a young boy when he smiles. He even has dimples. Pierce will never be able to come out 100% of the Bond image people remember him by, but he is not bad at all. He is an old devil, and probably this was not a very challenging role for him, but among all the roles he played in his life, I think this one looked more human, more flesh and blood.
I always had one thing straight in my mind. Many thrillers score high and low for a lot of reasons. But good ratings always go to those films that make you feel "It could happen to me" or, "Hey, is that not how I may end up like?" Butterfly on a Wheel takes one of the very basic problems of a typically successful American office-goer (I am not American, neither married or going to some corporate office, mind you, so I am only using my projection skills here) and explores the possibility that everyone hopes will never happen. If you ask me, if people are as demented as Brosnan here is, and still as good in thinking as Mike Barker and William Morrissey are, it just might!
A good thriller. Do watch it!