Movie Review
Fracture
By
R. D. Swartz
Who done it is back, well almost, we know who did it but will he walk away Scott free? This extremely well made catch me if you can film is defiantly worth your time and money. I was worried another murder mystery film starring Anthony Hopkins would be another Hannibal style, same old thing movie, but Fracture is a cunning mental battle played out in court with more than the usually stakes at hand.
Anthony Hopkins performance as Ted Crawford is good and gives the audience a sense of a cold unapproachable villain with no possible remorse for anyone in his way. But Ryan Goslings portrait of Willy Beachum absolutely stole the show in this movie. His brilliant performance and charisma makes you feel the passion this character has and his battle over doing the right thing for the right reason.
The cast also relies on David Strathairn as the devoted DA battling all sides to keep sanity and integrity in the prosecutor’s office while Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling battle legally and morally for the life of the brain dead victim played by Embeth Davidtz as the wife Jennifer Crawford.
The young crafty Willy Beachum does not see the train wreck coming his way and unwittingly is forced to put his new found love interest and new boss Nikki Gardner played by the astounding Rosamund Pike into the mix of this intriguing plot. To make things even more difficult Billy Burke plays as Lt. Robert Nunally the arresting officer and is far more involved in the case then he should be.
This movie is based on looking for the weak spot or fracture, but there is nothing weak about this move. It is well made, skillful writing, performed brilliantly, and suspenseful in every way.
