Shattered

There is absolutely no thinking required with this movie. It is entirely predictable from first five minutes in. There are absolutely no plot twists or any excitement whatsoever.

Note to myself: If I can afford a very, very rich house, invest in a guest house, and only let any strangers stay in the guest house.

Like someone else said, if a stranger girl lets you sleep with her within 30 minutes, something is wrong here.

This is a low-quality movie through and through. Only 5 minutes in does it become laughably bad. As soon as lead actress Lilly Krug begins speaking, it sounds off. I was immediately aware of the audio dubbing and it wouldn't surprise me at all if I found out it was voiced by a different actress.

To make it worse, the dialogue is terrible. A line early on reminded me of The Room with the way it was delivered. There are also a bunch of lines that feel off, as if a non-American was writing for American characters. For example, "I don't live far from here, you can come over to mine." I believe that's English slang, something no American would say. Most commonly it would be, "my place." Another example is, "I've got an admission to make," rather than "I have to admit something."

Now combine the bad audio dubbing and poorly written dialogue with a really bad performance by the lead actress and you have a recipe for disaster. I don't know how much of this is the actress's fault, anyone can give a bad performance if they're directed poorly with a bad script. One thing she does get right is the sex appeal aspect because she is unbelievably attractive.

Other than that, this is a generally terrible movie with tons to make fun of. Especially when characters make huge decisions late in the movie that come out of nowhere, to the point of laughter. There are continuity errors and other random little things. Like Sky wearing the same blouse in three different scenes, as if they were shot back to back but then inserted other scenes in between. Blouse to hot tub to the same blouse to the next day in a different outfit to the same blouse.

It's unfortunate because, if done right, this could have been a fun premise. (1 viewing, 3/13/2022)

Is John Malkovich OK? Seriously - he's very out of place in this ill-conceived idea of a "thriller".

An amalgam of ideas from past classics stitched together for a freshman writing class. Embarrassing acting performances, especially the female lead - to the point where you question if the writer, director and actors were trying to make something purposefully bad as some sort of a statement? I don't understand either.

Dear Mr. Malkovich - blink twice if you are in trouble.

This is good for what it is. This is a low budget thriller that is somewhat predictable. A rich Tech millionaire goes through divorce and decides to take a walk on the wild side that turns brutal and ugly. The acting is less than average, even by John Malkovich. The script is ok. The second half much better and less predictable than the first. Frank Grillo a great addition to any movie no matter how bad, or how small his part is. The film is extremely violent, which works in this one. I saw it on a plane so I suspect the extra nudity and sex were edited out. A fun, thrilling was to pay 90 minutes.

Sure, this isn't an *amazing* movie, but I don't regret watching it! I just wonder if the director knows someone with trypophobia that they wanted to mess with though because soooooo many backdrops triggered mine LOL.