Fractured

Went into this film knowing not a lot, it is all muted greys and looks like a Brad Anderson film. The first 20 minutes are a nice set up of family discord and inferiority, then the thriller starts, and gradually gets more and more paranoid, like a less fluffy version of the long forgotten Hugh Grant/Gene Hackman movie 'Extreme Measures'. Sam Worthington does nice work as a broken human being, it's only just over 90mins which is perfect and feels just like a midweek trip to Blockbusters. A nice surprise on a rainy day.

So... It's a straight to Netflix movie. I was not expecting some Oscar nominated performances or plotlines. It's October and Halloween is around the corner and I just wanted to snuggle up and watch a decent thriller and I believe this movie accomplished what I was looking for. It was psychological, suspenseful and actually had very great acting by the main character played by Sam Worthington. The rest of the cast was quite forgetable but not terrible by any means.

I don't want to spoil the plot but I will just say that the movie was a lot of fun and it did keep me guessing until the very end so that is definitely an added bonus.

Firstly, ignore the bad reviews.

This movie is a solid thriller. Great acting and interesting idea. It will keep you guessing until the end.

You could do a lot worse than watch this on Netflix.

Recommended.

I really enjoyed this film. Clearly things aren't quite right, but it's hard to say throughout what is true and what isn't. It kept me guessing and kept my interest. It's not horror but a thriller, no jump scares or horrific stuff. The acting is solid. The atmosphere is quite tense. The child isn't annoying for once. In some ways it's quite a poignant reflection on the power of love. Very good evening's entertainment.

I really enjoyed this film. Clearly things aren't quite right, but it's hard to say throughout what is true and what isn't. It kept me guessing and kept my interest. It's not horror but a thriller, no jump scares or horrific stuff. The acting is solid. The atmosphere is quite tense. The child isn't annoying for once. In some ways it's quite a poignant reflection on the power of love. Very good evening's entertainment.

The best part is the way the director managed to make it captivating, thrilling n poignant.

Brad Anderson gave some solid thrillers n most of em had similar twists with a lil ambiguous endings. Session 9 and The Machinist will always be remembered by genre fans, Transsiberian will be for its awesome cinematography, Stonehearst Asylum will be for its twisted ending, The Call for its pace n Vanishing on 7th Street for its dullness. But this film might be compared with Flightplan, Forgotten, Shutter Island, Mememto n The Shining. The Shining for the alcohol theme especially. Been never a fan of Sam Washington but in this film he gave a nice performance. Overall a solid thriller with a good performance n good direction. I judge a movie with my cell phone. If I pause the film to fiddle with my phone then the film is not that interesting but while viewing this film, I did not check my fone at all.