Shattered (2007) User Reviews

Had good potential

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 5 May 2014]

Abby (Maria Bello) and Neil Randall (Gerard Butler) seems to be the perfect couple in Chicago with a lovely daughter. He's climbing the corporate ladder. Neil is going to spend the weekend with his boss. Abby is going to see her sister Diane. They hire Helen Schriver from the agency to babysit Sophie for the night. On the drive to Diane, mysterious Tom Ryan (Pierce Brosnan) comes out of the backseat with a gun and news that Helen has already kidnapped their child. He starts telling them what to do like withdrawing all their cash but he throws it all into the river. He tells them to do what they're told for 24 hours and they'll have their girl back.

There is a lot of unnecessary breathlessness and yelling overacting. It's all intended to raise the tension, but it's too much of a movie thing. Gerard Butler is pushing too hard. His energy diffuses the tension rather than raise it. Quiet anger would be so much more effective. Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello are a little better. He does menace well and she's the loving wife. This has the potential for a good 3-person morality play, but director Mike Barker works overtime to pump up the artificial thrills. I was interested in the mystery of the true nature of the story, but I didn't particularly care about the people. The twist ending is fine but it needed a few more breadcrumbs laid out along the way. More hints about the ending would have made the ending more compelling.

The less you know of this film ... the more you will enjoy it!

[kenvandenbussche-2 · 7/10 · 10 October 2007]

Every now and then: the huge Hollywood-engine creates a small and simple film that turns out to be far superior than any gigantic blockbuster made that year. "Butterfly on a wheel" is such a film. It doesn't feature amazing explosions or overwhelming car chases or anything of that kind. It has marvelous actors playing colorful characters in a gripping storyline. These are only the very basic elements but this film uses them wisely. Unlike most thrillers however, this one doesn't take an awful lot of time to set the mood but moves at a high pace.

The split-second where this movie instantly changes from a soft-drama to a razor-sharp thriller is absolutely gorgeous ... it's a real shocker! And from that moment forth we have ourselves a nail-biting ride which'll keep you firmly on the edge of your seat until the very end. On top of that: this movie's great twist ending beautifully blurs the line between good and evil.

Pierce Brosnan has already proved to be much more than 007 and continues to do so here. Maria Bello became famous as the sexy waitress/dancer in "Coyote ugly" but over the years she became a fine actress. And Gerard Butler has fought side by side with Lara Croft and 300 of the bravest Greeks, but now this Scottish actor takes a break from this senseless violence and plays a more fragile role.

In short: "Butterfly on a wheel" is an intelligent cat-and-mouse-game that steadily becomes a first-rate thriller.

Not quite Ransom

[tingnting · 7/10 · 18 April 2008]

A normal married couple's life (Gerard Butler and Maria Bello) is thrown into turmoil when their daughter is kidnapped and the kidnapper (Pierce Brosnan) put's them through a series of brutal challenges and horrible experience, threatening to kill their daughter if they don't pass every challenge.

This is a gripping thrill ride that constantly makes you think what YOU would do in this situation and question why it's happening. There are very few clues throughout the movie as to why they have been specifically targeted by the kidnapper and there are a few roller-coaster twists at the end that are jaw-dropping.

It's a psychological thriller of note, with never-ending suspense. This is the problem. It's a constant torrent of "what are they going to do". It never relents nor gives a moment to breath. Consequently you become frustrated and irritated that the movie doesn't give you any answers. Eventually you're just waiting to find out what happens, rather than holding onto the edge of your seat.

Ultimately it lacks the balance of suspense versus relief of similar kidnap thrillers like Mel Gibson's Ransom. The suspense just turns to irritation However this film is well worth watching if you want a no-nonce thriller that requires little thinking on your part and don't mind that half the movie takes place in a car due to the small budget.

Thrilling and suspenseful movie with a sensational Pierce Brosnan as relentless kidnapper

[ma-cortes · 7/10 · 14 March 2010]

A happy marriage formed by Neil Randall (Gerard Butler), executive of an advertisement agency and his spouse, Abby (Maria Bello) have the perfect existence and an early life in Chicago. With their lively young daughter, named Sophie, they are living the American dream . When the daughter is suddenly kidnapped, they have no choice but to execute with the kidnapper's demands who appears with a gun on the backseat of their car. The abductor named Ryan (Pierce Brosnan), a calculating and cold psychopath, takes over their lives with the cruel efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose. Over the next twenty-four hours they are at the mercy of a criminal who wants only one thing, that they do his orders. It soon becomes clear that Tom's demands are all the more horrifying because he doesn't wish their money that is burnt.

This exciting picture is packed with suspense, thrills, mystery,tension and extraordinary plot twists.Tense and stirring film with a moving race against time. This Hichcockian movie deals about a successful executive and wife when their daughter is taken hostage and suffer a brutal blackmail. Gripping, original action movie with the main actors desperately trying to find out the means avoid his daughter to be murdered. Excellent thriller full of intrigue and tense, this is a fast-paced, stylized action-suspense film. The tension of this picture keeps snowballing as the clock ticks ever close for killing the daughter. The tale appear to unfold in real time and most unusual is the device of having the victim play desperado and hunt the killers, and saving his daughter , as time runs out. Casting is frankly magnificent, Gerard Butler as tormented father, Maria Bello as affected mummy and Pierce Brosnan, also producer, takes honors as a sociopath who attempts to turn the tables on the victim before he can free his daughter. Adequate musical score accompanying the action by Robert Duncan and inventively photographed by Ashley Rowe. The motion picture is stunningly directed by Mike Binder. He's a nice director working usually for television as ¨Moby Dick¨, ¨Sea wolf¨ ,¨Lorna Doone¨ and occasionally for cinema as ¨A good woman¨, ¨To kill a king¨ and of course ¨Butterfly on a wheel¨ his best movie. Rating : Good film, above average and worthwhile watching .

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

[hitchcockthelegend · 7/10 · 9 November 2019]

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

We Liked This Film A Lot

[kyndellsemail · 8/10 · 3 January 2008]

I'd never heard of this movie until it showed up on DVD sites a couple of weeks ago. Then I read the comments here and thought, "Pass." But there was not much to choose from the other night, and the suspense/mystery/thriller genre is my favotire these days, so ... I picked it up. Glad I did because my wife and I enjoyed the movie. Certainly not a GREAT film, but very good. I liked the story, the film was nice and short, good characters. And we loved the ending and the twists. They were very clever. Overall, a solid suspense drama. Too bad this film didn't get released. Saw 4, on the other hand, goes wide and makes a ton.

Pretty Great Thriller

[PhantomAgony · 23 February 2010]

I had heard about this movie from a friend who knows that I love Thrillers so I decided to rent it and check it out. Butterfly on a Wheel (also known as Shattered) was a pretty decent thriller with a twist that puts the pieces together as far as motive goes followed by another twist which one may or may not see as superfluous and unnecessary. I personally, liked both and this movie satisfied my Thriller needs..

Abby (Bello) and Neil (Butler) Randall are a happily married couple with a young daughter, Sophie. She is a stay at home Mother who wants to recapture her love of photography and he is a successful businessman who seems to be the go to Boss's man when it comes to sealing deals and landing accounts. The boss has invited Randall on a personal trip and Abby is hopeful that he may offer him partner. Meanwhile, Abby is going out with a friend for the evening and gets a babysitter for Sophie since she and Neil will be gone (him on the trip and she with a friend) - they leave together in the family car.

Everything is fine until out of no where Tom (Brosnan) pops up from the backseat of the car where he had been hiding with a gun and immediately makes it known that Abby and Neil better do what he says and what he wants or else Sophie is dead - implying that the sitter that arrived to care for her is in on the scheme with Tom.

From here on out it's a mind game with Tom making Abby and Neil do countless different things including doing to the bank, withdrawing all their savings and then once Tom gets the money, he sets it all on fire making the audience and the two main characters question his motive even more than before. Who is Tom? What does he want? What's the motive behind his madness? Who is really in on this plot? Does it have to do with Neil's business? Is someone jealous of his success?

All the answers are revealed in the last 30 minutes with an initial twist that puts the pieces together nicely... there IS motive which is always nice to see in a Thriller. However, there is another twist afterwards that was fine but I think the movie could have done without.

My one gripe was that, despite the 2 main characters having access to phones and often being allowed to roam free through the streets, initially neither contacted the police about their kidnapped daughter. However, the movie implies that Neil and Abby feel that she has been moved to an unknown location (rather than be at the house) which helps since if they contact the police, they may never find her.

7/10 Good Thriller - I'd recommend seeing it.

Intelligent Thriller

[MelvynP · 8/10 · 29 November 2007]

When their happy lifestyle is suddenly interrupted and turned upside down by the forceful intrusion of a menacing kidnapper (Brosnan), Abby and Neil (Bello and Butler) are left with no choice but to follow the increasingly difficult demands and tests set them by this man. It's edge-of-the-seat stuff most of the way, with plenty of twists and turns and even when you get to that stage where you think you know all the answers, something else catches you off guard. The three leading actors all provide sound performances in this intelligent, edgy little thriller, with Brosnan proving yet again, because a lot of people seem not to have realised it before, that he really can act.

TNT premiere showing of "Shattered"...

[Doylenf · 5/10 · 2 September 2007]

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.

Enjoyed Pierce as the bad guy, decent thriller, great twist

[juneebuggy · 7/10 · 24 September 2014]

This was a pretty good suspense thriller, getting better as the story moved along and containing a hell of a twist at the end. Didn't see that coming.

Butler is (nice to look at) and does a decent job as a happy family man placed in a desperate situation, when a calculating sociopath (played brilliantly by Pierce Brosnan) kidnaps his young daughter and toys with his wife. At first the kidnappers demands seem standard (money) but they grow increasingly outlandish as the movie progresses until it becomes obvious that he simply enjoys the power that comes along with systematically dismantling their idyllic lives. The viewer is left wondering why until the very end.

Enjoyed Brosnan in this role as the bad guy and loved that he kept his Irish accent. Butler has a couple of very emotional scenes that impressed me too. Filmed in Vancouver as Chicago. 9/2/14

Can one spoil the plot if the plot's spoiled to begin with (read with caution)

[LeCadavreExquis · 23 October 2007]

This movie is the equivalent of shattering an already broken mirror. We are introduced to the happy, functioning family: Father's successful and climbing the corporate ladder in the advertising industry, while mom stays at home and takes care of cute-as-a-cupcake daughter. All is well...

(if you are really intent on going through the dissatisfaction of watching this movie and are as thick as brick, you shouldn't read any further)

...But right from the start we see father weaseling his way to the top, egotistically snatching away his colleagues' well deserved moment to shine from under their noses. We see father exchange an all too obvious glance with his secretary. We see mom holding a camera and longingly looking at photos she once took. We can overhear a conversation between mom and dad's secretary that seems casual, but carries the promise of becoming significant later on in the movie all too obviously.

If the writer or director - I'm guessing these are directorial decisions - had done a better job at concealing the cracks in the foundation of the perfect family-life facade in the beginning, maybe the shattered dreams at the end would have packed a slightly bigger punch. But half way into the movie we give up on the chance of this becoming anything remotely worth wile. And we masochistically watch the plot unfolding in more and more implausible ways, as the characters (read: plot-devices) propel it to its breathtakingly uninteresting, and actually insulting ending. Ultimately the only thing this movie shatters, is the audience's hope of seeing an intelligent and entertaining movie.

First Rate Kidnap Drama!

[vitaleralphlouis · 7/10 · 1 January 2008]

No wonder this A-list movie went direct to DVD with an awful title Butterfly on a Wheel. Good grief!

Anyway, Mel Gibson's ICON Productions has made the most interesting kidnapping movie in recent memory.

The acting, continuity, photography (Chicago) are all first rate. The only problem is that after saying the movie is worth your time, any additional comment will spoil it.

Please find out as little as possible because anything you read will really spoil it.

Maria Bello. Oh! MY! Please stop by any time!

An absolute gem of a thriller

[Craig_McPherson · 9/10 · 30 December 2007]

Every once in a while a movie comes along without any great fanfare, advance hype or viral marketing – a true sleeper, as it were – and causes the viewer to wonder how such a gem flew under the radar. Such is the case with Butterfly on a Wheel (released in North America under the title Shattered).

The title Butterfly on a Wheel, taken from the Alexander Pope's 1734 poem "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot", refers to someone putting massive effort into achieving something considered minor or unimportant, and is cryptically referred to at various points in the story and pretty much sums up the entire plot of this movie.

Gerard Butler plays Neil Randall, a Chicago advertising executive and rising star at his firm. He appears to have everything going for him. A boss who views him as the heir apparent, a loving wife, adoring moppet-headed daughter, nice house, car – he's living the American dream. That is until everything comes to a grinding halt when, on an outing with his wife (Maria Bello) they find themselves hijacked by Tom Ryan (Pierce Brosnan), a mysterious stranger who tells them his associate has their daughter captive and unless they wish to see her alive again, they must complete a series of arduous and cryptic challenges.

From there unfolds a cat and mouse game with Ryan's motives becoming ever more difficult to decipher as the movie progresses. With a plot peppered with enough red herrings to keep you guessing (I thought for sure I had it all figured out early on, only to be thrown for a loop), Butterfly on a Wheel/Shattered is paced to perfection, strongly acted by all three principals, and delivers a smart, almost too clever story.

What's more, it will leave you thinking about it long after viewing, and even motivating you to go over scenes again to try and find flaws, which may be there, but are very cleverly hidden.

While the media blitz that tends to foreshadow most movie releases undoubtedly benefits the film studios, in this case I can honestly say that knowing zero about this film going in actually worked in its favor, and has me marking it as one not to be missed.

Superb Thriller - Leaves You Guessing

[TNSGVR · 9/10 · 22 June 2021]

It takes a lot for a thriller to not clue in to the ending long before, but this is one of them.

Very surprised more people don't know about it. Fantastic performance by Pierce Brosnan in his native tongue. Don't miss.

Butterfly on a wheel

[robdrummond · 6/10 · 28 June 2022]

It was - at least initially - an interesting film.

Entertaining, good storyline, top quality actors - it was all looking good.

And then came the completely implausible ending - really? That really it? We are Supposed to buy into THAT?

Deary Me!

Surprise in a genre that usually does not

[bob-mckee5 · 7/10 · 3 January 2010]

We watch domestic thrillers because they're tense, and we can identify with the characters - what would I do if this happened to my family? They are also enough fun that we are willing to suspend disbelief at least until the closing titles roll. Generally in a domestic thriller you can see the ending coming at least half a mile away and often the explanation for what happened is as complex and unbelievable as the plot was. Shattered (Butterfly on a Wheel) was a bit different.

Very few people, I think, will anticipate the twists that this movie ends with, yet for once, they are quite believable. While Shattered may not be Gerard Butler's masterpiece, it's hard to understand why it was felt the film did not rate a theatrical run. Maybe there wasn't room amidst all the action movies and vampire films. Worth a watch on TNT or DVD.

Another film you'd like to demand your time back for watching

[wastebot · 2/10 · 26 December 2007]

Basically, the kind of overly simplistic, TV movie of the week story you'd expect from basic network TV or from the formula Hollywood films that also end up making little or no stop at theaters.

Besides being boring and predictable, it lacks any significant meaning. It's difficult to fill up 10 lines for IMDb describing in detail what I'd prefer to forget. The acting isn't bad, as you'd expect from the actors involved (though you'll ask yourself why they'd be involved at all with this). There are issues, like Brosnan's voice sometimes feels like a voice-over, and it's difficult to tell if he's supposed to be doing an Irish or Scottish accent. Given the way the film is largely talk driven and his talking is featured, you'd think there'd be some significance to it, but it doesn't really matter.

The single biggest problem besides the shallow, imitative, factory-made story is the lack of plot development. I suppose they thought it added suspense and mystery. It just made it seem completely unthought through.

Sensational

[sergges · 9/10 · 5 October 2007]

It has been a while since i have seen a movie that i can't guess it's finally after the first 20-30 minutes....no more comments , just watch that movie.

I can't think at other comments that would not spoil the story but the damn guidelines are asking for minimum 10 lines....so.

The story is original, i can't remember to have seen this subject in a movie before, and the performance is almost perfect, the characters seem to be able to hide the motives behind their actions until the very last moment...contributing at the tension of the movie. In one word, i can't understand why so few people have voted for this movie...i vote rarely , but i could not stop myself to vote for this one

This drama/thriller has some good moments of suspense.

[hu675 · 7/10 · 24 May 2008]

Abby Randall (Maria Bello) and Neil Randall (Gegard Bulter) seems to be living the good life, especially with Neil's high paying job as a businessman. Of course, the Randalls have one daughter (Emma Karwandy) as well. One day, when on a business party The Randalls find themselves kidnapped by a mysterious psychopath named Tom Ryan (Pierce Bronsan). Also the Randalls daughter is kidnapped by the babysitter, which planned by Tom as well. Who forcing them to play mind games on the couple and each other. Then The Randalls slowly realized, there's more what it seems to Tom's dangerous psychological games.

Directed by Mike Barker made an interesting, familiar although modestly entertaining suspense thriller that has it shares of good performances and some tense moments. This film never had an wide release in North America but it came out Straight to DVD instead. Perphas the problem with this film, when the plot twist finally arrives in the third act. The audiences might feel no longer interesting in the story. Especially when the characters of Abby and Neil have their final scenes together are unbelievable and stupid. That nearly ruined the whole impact of the story. Still, it's fairly intriguing and certainly worth a look for fans of the three leads. Bronsan is also one of the producers of this above average movie. Super 35. (***/*****).

And where logic?

[tryaz-1 · 6/10 · 4 November 2008]

During viewing more or less entertainment drama/thriller (It is a drama? It is a thriller?) I constantly had questions concerning logicality of an event. The part from them has been removed in the end of a film by script writers. Question that disturbed (except the wife) to hero Gerard Butler at the first opportunity to address in police too has been removed: it appears, in local police any idiots work. It is necessary to be declared in a police station of any emotionally unbalanced madam, to start to slander the husband – cops will listen to its each word, unconditionally believing everything that she will tell, and that someone's life can at this time is valid be in danger – already not very well: she has told not to trust it.

But here one question torments me. Why the hero during all this bustle, looking at the hysterical wife (oh these hysteric women – in what good will not result), has not asked a question: "Oh God, whom I was married? As to game of actors is a separate conversation. It is obvious that Butler manages to command 300 Spartans or to pretend to be laconic father of boy ("Dear Frankie"). But to represent feelings at it obviously it is impossible. Long than all was kept Pierce Brosnan with grin observing of this "circus". But when also he in the end has shed a few tears – or observing of feebleness of the colleagues-actors or for the company – became ridiculous.

And I after viewing was excited only with destiny of a small daughter of heroes: in whom she will grow at such cranky parents – terribly to think.

Enjoyable but...

[Sergiodave · 6/10 · 8 August 2021]

A well acted thriller, but not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. A good cast, reasonable plot, but no Hitchcock masterpiece and moves along at a decent speed. A good evening's entertainment.

Not bad for an average movie

[sushil_ssku · 7/10 · 2 April 2008]

The movie obviously is not for the connoisseur. It is an average suspense thriller which actually manages to keep a tinge of suspense till the end, though the plot is quite predictable. Many loopholes and errors in plot and logic exist but are not conspicuous. So if you forget and/or forgive all that, or just don't care then the movie is watchable.

It is one of those movies which is neither totally disappointing nor too good, for me it falls between not good and satisfactory. Everything about the movie is average, be it the acting, writing, direction, cinematography, editing or just anything in the movie.

AVERAGE flick all the way.

These are what you call the OKAY movies.....

Worth seeing for something different!!!

[bpecelj · 8/10 · 19 February 2008]

I had to speak out after seeing quite a few negative reviews. Especially to the ones that label this cliché and others who turn it off after 30min -- are you kidding me! I applaud the writer Morrissey here for trying to create something different and unique! It is. There are a few small issues (and one big one at the end) but for the most part very entertaining. The way I saw it is -- The Game/Fatal Attraction combination. I work in the business and as far as I'm concerned there are far far worse ones being made daily. I do see this one as a gem, if nothing else, for its courage to hang out something different. It won't change the world but there is meaning to be found for those pundits that say this an absolute mindless ... bad behavior can have consequences, and what about trust?? Something to think about.... For those that can't see the beauty in that you can always go rent "Dude Where's My Car" for intellectual fodder!

Great suspense with surprise ending

[pampurrs · 10/10 · 13 August 2019]

It started out rather slow, but picked up pace quickly. The acting by the three main characters was superb, as I would expect from these three talented actors. Direction and cinematography was top notch also. Pay attention to every detail in this movie, as it comes together in this great ending. I had to watch it again to pick up all the details I missed.

A Good Thriller!

[shushens · 7/10 · 28 February 2008]

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!