Fractured

Darren Aronofsky meets David Lynch! I love twisted, yet smart psychological thrillers and Fractured satisfies! Adam Gierasch directs his talented cast adeptly thru the mire of horrific, intriguing, and shockingly raw scenes. The cast plays each scene with an emotional and artistic freedom that truly impresses. There are many so called "shock value" scenes, but I believe, given the movie's subject matter, this gritty reality jolts the viewer into an emotional response. I also loved the cinematography, no airbrushing or heavy make-up...real people! Beautiful people not afraid to be uninhibited. In my opinion, this is the mark of a well made movie!

I went into this,film with 0 expectations and I'm so glad I watched it. It's dark (in more ways than one), creepy, it keeps you on your toes and has the perfect amount of gore to up the cringe factor. The acting, writing and directing was not disappointing. It was a very pleasant surprise. I would definitely recommend this film especially, if you enjoyed films like Memento, Devils Advocate and Angel Heart. The story line is in the same ballpark of those 3 films but, definitely not a copy.

Review: Man, this film was awful! I lost interest in the movie after watching a couple of minutes of the main character walking around daydreaming. I haven't got a clue about what was happening from one scene to the next and I gave up trying to work out the plot. The acting was terrible, along with the whole dark theme which made the movie even harder to follow. I think you can tell that I really didn't enjoy this film and I found it a complete waste of time. Rubbish!

Round-Up: I haven't got a clue why the distributors decided to stick Vinnie Jones's face all over the poster because he isn't really in it. The guy who plays the main character was a bad choice by the director because his style of acting was boring and pretty dead. Even when the whole plot unfolds at the end, it still is a really badly made movie which was over complicated and totally crap.

I recommend this movie to people who are into there psychological dramas about a man who wakes up out of a coma with no idea about who he is. 1/10

This isn't an easy movie to watch for a few reasons. It do offer gore in it's extremest way and it offers a story that you will have some questions to be answered after wards. The strangeness of the script reminded me a bit of Lost Highway (1997), maybe the score used in Fractured add to that feeling?

When a guy wakes up from a coma he just doesn't know who he is. Therefor he has to search into his mind and past to see who and what he was. It isn't going to be a funny ride. As I wrote earlier it do involves a few extreme gory shots, let's say the scalping is the hardest to take. And when I say that Fred Vogel was responsible for the effects then you know enough, Fred is know for the Mordum Underground flicks.

There's also a lot of nudity to catch even as it isn't that gratuitous as we thought. it's done by Ashlynn Yennie who we knew from the Human Centipede part 1 & 2. She goes all the way full frontal. Vinnie Jones is also to catch and as always he's playing the tough guy.

I do like film noire or flicks you can't understand and I surely would file this under that genre but with a gory aftertaste. Can't say it's straight horror, some parts are, and it surely isn't going to be for everyone but it's worth picking up.

Gore 3/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

The dark tone, the music, lend to the main character's detective-like quest to recall his past. Others that reviewed the movie positively provide considerably more detail than I am willing to offer. For me, Fractured falls into the category where knowing much about it prior to seeing it lessens the intrigue, hurting the overall experience. Hollywood is increasingly more prone to do sequels and originality suffers. Layer onto that how special effects are becoming quite overly used as a way to boost ticket sales, which I am not a fan, and it amounts to so much of the same. Character-driven plots seldom tally big box office. There are exceptions. Fractured may be one of those but only over the course of time, should word-of-mouth be the catalyst.

Vinnie Jones proves to be a very effective villain. The movie's most appealing aspects include how all of us are a mix of good and evil. I found it haunting in the regard that it had me questioning certain parts of my life that I certainly regret. That said, the movie is too hard core for theaters and should be avoided if you have an aversion to nudity, gore, violence and/or the subjugation of women. However, there are some very memorable scenes. I especially like the bar scene where the Callum Blue character meets a woman you'd probably not be bringing home to mom.