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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
Surprise in a genre that usually does not
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.