Directed by:
Brad AndersonScreenplay:
Alan B. McElroyCinematography:
Björn CharpentierComposer:
Anton SankoCast:
Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Adjoa Andoh, Lucy Capri, Will Woytowich, Ernesto Griffith, Chris Sigurdson, Stephanie Sy, Lauren Cochrane (more)VOD (1)
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Driving home after a tense holiday weekend with his in-laws, Ray Monroe (Sam Worthington), a well-meaning but overwhelmed family man, pulls into a rest area with his wife Joanne (Lily Rabe) and daughter Peri (Lucy Capri). The trip takes a turn for the worse when Peri is hurt in an accident and the family rushes to a nearby emergency room run by a staff with dubious intentions. After being sent away for further testing Peri and Joanne vanish and all records of their visit disappear. Ray’s concern turns into a desperate race to find his family and discover the truth of what happened to them. (Netflix)
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Well done paranoia. Suspenseful until the very end, with good performances primarily in the supporting roles, very believable atmosphere, and although somehow from the middle you can suspect a possible alternative shocking ending, you still get there with a cleverly constructed story with suspense and without unnecessary awkward moments and crutches. Worthington, probably at the limit of his acting abilities, gives a 90% respectable performance.
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After The Call, Brad Anderson serves up another suspenseful thriller that won't leave you breathless! Sam Worthington goes to the hospital with his wife and daughter who was injured in a fall is sent for a CT scan. Hours pass and the daughter and wife are nowhere to be found. From this point on, solid paranoia sets in, where you won't know until the last few minutes whether the main character is a deranged lunatic or the hospital is hiding dark secrets. Very suspenseful, well acted and directed with an engaging plot and a decent denouement that, while not all that surprising, is satisfying enough. Recommended. There hasn't been a better suspense film in a long time. 80%.
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Fractured is a decently constructed thriller in which you are never 100% sure what is true until the last moment. If anything hobbles the film, it’s the depiction of the protagonist’s doubts, as he almost abandons his convictions at times. Brad Anderson is not such a master as Shyamalan once was a long time ago. But he still does a respectable job with the challenging subject matter, which is built on details and extraordinary precision in the appearance of the individual scenes. Worthington is good, or at least good enough.
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In this thriller, Sam Worthington plays a family father who takes his wife and their injured six-year-old daughter to the hospital, then takes a nap in the waiting room. When he wakes up, his family is nowhere to be found and none of the doctors or staff remember them. The plot is similarly constructed to Flightplan starring Jodie Foster, and also leaves viewers constantly in doubt as to whether the protagonist is a confused and hallucinating fool, or whether the hospital is part of some giant pharmaceutical plot and everyone is lying to him. The film manoeuvres between the two possibilities at all times, thus maintaining a fairly stable level of uncertainty, aided by several remarkable twists. The strong conclusion is spoiled by the fact that when reconstructing what happened in the film and what people said, you find a large number of screenwriting shortcomings and lapses, wherein the film had to be intentionally vague and ambiguous to be dramatic enough and not reveal the truth too soon. For some, it may be too contrived and silly, but it's a spectacle that is attractive and engaging, and it is solidly directed and the acting is good.
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After watching the trailer, this was my most anticipated film of the year from Netflix (of course, aside from The Irishman). The combination of the highly talented and skilled Brad Anderson and Sam Worthington promised great things, and now I can say with a clear conscience that FRACTURED succeeded in every way. The film focuses on the performances, particularly driven by Worthington, who delivers an incredibly believable and at times chillingly convincing performance. A strong point of the film is its well-thought-out script, which excels both in dialogue and in its unpredictability. The twists and turns in the plot kept me engaged, and the creators really made my head spin (but don’t take that as a criticism—instead, by the end, I was questioning who to believe). Add to that the impressively played supporting characters and the thundering musical score (which burrows deep under your skin), and you’ve got a serious contender for thriller of the year. The ending was top-notch; you can immediately tell that this project was not crafted by amateurs. It deserves an above-average four stars, and I give it 8.5/10.
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