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| Shattered | 
| Director: Mike Barker
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, Maria Bello, Claudette Mink
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 5815
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 95 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: LGED22259D
UPC: 031398222590
EAN: 0031398222590
ASIN: B000WP07F6
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: December 25, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: former rental with center label and minimal rotations. boxart in great shape also.
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All Are "Shattered" October 5, 2007
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
*SPOILERS*
"Shattered" begins with a woman waking up hearing something from in the house, and stealthily going downstairs. She turns on the light and finds her husband with her birthday present. They embrace and turn to find their little daughter watching them. Off to bed they go. The next morning is a typical one in the life of the Randalls of an upscale Chicago suburb. Lovely house, beautiful little daughter, Abby's nice friend arriving, Neil being charming and heading off to work.
But the menacing music as we pan over the tall buildings of Chicago, clue us that all is not as it seems as we are soon to discover. We zoom in to see a man in dark clothes looking through binoculars, as Neil walks along the street below.
Neil Randall (Gerard Butler -"300") is shown in the next scenes to be narcissistic as he fixes his hair in the elevator mirror; a shark at work who undermines his colleague while pretending to help him; and a flirt - if not worse.
After a romantic dinner that evening with "our song" in the background, the next morning we see Abby (Maria Bello - "History Of Violence") and Neil welcoming the babysitter, and leaving for the day in the city.
On the freeway husband and wife have minor chit-chat, when suddenly from the seat behind a man rises up with a gun. And a very terrifying announcement - "I've got your child."
This is Tom Ryan (Pierce Brosnan) and over the rest of this day he terrorizes the couple by making them do everything to dismantle their successful life. Our job as viewers is to figure out the motivation of this guy. What does he want?
Neil is the "shattered" one by the end. But Ryan will never be whole again, nor will Abby. This story is of revenge, hate, distrust, infidelity and psychotic behavior. So who does shatter a butterfly by using a cannon?
Only those crazed by all of the above.
I give this 7/10 and think it is a real 'water-cooler' film. Discussions of cheating and the consequences should abound.
This review is of the version shown on TNT HD.
Jane
 Shattered will shatter you.. A real mind twister of a movie! October 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have seen this movie 3 times on TNT and can't wait to get it on the DVD without all the cuts and commercials. This is a movie that will let you see one thing, and then another, and keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through. I watched it because of Gerard Butler, but Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello were very good in their characterizations too and I was very satisfied with all their performances.
I dont want to go into details here as this movie is best seen without knowing the twists and turns it takes in its unfolding, but believe me you will not want to see it just once. It invites discussion and a search into ones own sensibilities about what is right or wrong in human nature. I liked this film very much and feel it should have been allowed in theaters first. Oh yes, Gerard did a great job with this role and his range of emotions are stretched to the limits.....
Love it October 4, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I saw it on TNT and it was still a great movie. I enjoyed it even more the second time I watched it. If you are a Gerry Butler fan then you'll LOVE this movie. He is in almost EVERY scene. A feast for the eyes and his great acting.
Good film. Solid performances. Twist ending. October 4, 2007
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
Please keep in mind that I am one of a handful of people that saw this film ON THE BIG SCREEN IN A MOVIE THEATER instead of just on TNT, butchered for television, with commercial interruptions. It is much better the way it was intended to be seen. After seeing the film twice ON THE BIG SCREEN during its limited release, these are my comments:
Imagine a Yuppie Gerard Butler. Great looking. Confident. Successful. Gorgeous wife. Beautiful sweet daughter. The perfect life in upscale suburban Chicago. Enter mysterious menacing stalking stranger and their worst nightmare begins. He threatens the life of their daughter as insurance for their obedience to his demands.
Sound like the typical 'kidnapped kid' flick? It's not.
It's taut, suspenseful, edge of your seat storytelling combined with good solid performances by all, especially Bello and Brosnan. Butler is very good, but I've seen him better. I believe he filmed this on the heels of the grueling demands of 300 and it shows a bit. He may not be at the very top of his game here, but he still performs well.
Brosnan upped his credibility as an actor for me in this film. He played the menacing stranger perfectly. Just the right tone of voice and facial expressions, joined with his eyes and body language, spoke in unison to perfection in every scene. I'd really like to see more from him, he is a very good dramatic actor. I like him better as an older, mature man. More gritty, less suave.
Maria Bello is perfect as the mother held hostage by mother love and the need to protect her child at all costs.
I loved the score. Where you might expect a really intense, gritty score, this one opts for a quieter one with a hint of bluesy undertones and it works. It intensifies at the right moments, but never takes a front seat as often happens in thrillers. It melds with the action and helps makes each scene into an audiovisual, emotional emulsion.
In fact, the whole film is just quieter than one would expect, given what is usually served up with films of this genre. There are no car chases, no last minute rescues, no heroes. It never goes over the top. It has its feet on the ground and its eyes on what's human and real.
This film is no dud. Even though it had a very limited release, it is not the fault of the filmmakers or the actors. It is good movie-making. You may not think it's one of the best films you've ever seen, but there's a good chance you'll be satisfied that you got your money's worth. I give it a definite thumbs up.
Scale of 1-10? I give this an 8.
Warning: DON'T read much about this film. DON'T watch the trailer over and over. The less you know going in, the better your experience of it will be. Because of one seemingly innocuous remark made by someone who'd seen it, I guessed the ending about halfway through. I wasn't even trying. But things we hear stick in our minds whether we like it or not. I sincerely wish I had not guessed correctly. The rest of the film lost it's suspense for me.
Hint: This is a two timer. It's even better the second time.
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