Review of Fracture
As you all know this film is releasing next year (27 April 2007), but it has already been pre-screened in Pasadena, it was an unfinnished pre-screening but I found a review, check it out:
"Hey Harry and Fiendish Plotters,
Hatchets chopped the freeway. They whapped into cars and hacked drivers inside. In the movie theatre, they pounded people against walls amidst blood gurgled screams. Limbs littered aisles and blood flowed at Pacific Theatres in Pasadena for a work-in-progress screening of Fracture.
Anthony Hopkins shoots his unfaithful wife in the head. The police arrive and he makes a full confession. Then he waives his right to an attorney and defends himself while deliciously gloating at how idiotic everyone else is. Ryan Gosling plays the hotshot assistant D.A. who prosecutes in his final two weeks before going to a lucrative law firm.
Hopkins is wonderful fun as the villain you root for. This is no surprise, but enjoyable nonetheless. Gosling brings sincerity and slyness but lacks gravity. Part of this is due to a miscalculation at the beginning.
The first twenty minutes are devoted solely to Hopkins. If you didn't know better you'd assume the movie was his story. However, it's really Gosling's story about how he handles the case and lets his cockiness get the better of him. The movie never fully recovers from this awkward gearshift.
This can be fixed by introducing Gosling's character earlier. Overall, Fracture needs to be trimmed by 15 to 20 minutes, some from the middle but mostly from the end. It takes WAY too long to arrive at the climatic scene.
With these changes and tightening up overall, director Gregory Hoblit (who also directed the courtroom thriller Primal Fear) should hone this into a fun movie for a weekend afternoon. It's a mystery procedural thriller that works despite a couple questionable plot points. I'm not the only one who enjoys Hopkins as a super smart nasty.
I kicked severed arms and legs away as I exited the theatre. They tumbled down concrete stairs. I hear buzz saws coming.
-Psychedelic"
Hatchets chopped the freeway. They whapped into cars and hacked drivers inside. In the movie theatre, they pounded people against walls amidst blood gurgled screams. Limbs littered aisles and blood flowed at Pacific Theatres in Pasadena for a work-in-progress screening of Fracture.
Anthony Hopkins shoots his unfaithful wife in the head. The police arrive and he makes a full confession. Then he waives his right to an attorney and defends himself while deliciously gloating at how idiotic everyone else is. Ryan Gosling plays the hotshot assistant D.A. who prosecutes in his final two weeks before going to a lucrative law firm.
Hopkins is wonderful fun as the villain you root for. This is no surprise, but enjoyable nonetheless. Gosling brings sincerity and slyness but lacks gravity. Part of this is due to a miscalculation at the beginning.
The first twenty minutes are devoted solely to Hopkins. If you didn't know better you'd assume the movie was his story. However, it's really Gosling's story about how he handles the case and lets his cockiness get the better of him. The movie never fully recovers from this awkward gearshift.
This can be fixed by introducing Gosling's character earlier. Overall, Fracture needs to be trimmed by 15 to 20 minutes, some from the middle but mostly from the end. It takes WAY too long to arrive at the climatic scene.
With these changes and tightening up overall, director Gregory Hoblit (who also directed the courtroom thriller Primal Fear) should hone this into a fun movie for a weekend afternoon. It's a mystery procedural thriller that works despite a couple questionable plot points. I'm not the only one who enjoys Hopkins as a super smart nasty.
I kicked severed arms and legs away as I exited the theatre. They tumbled down concrete stairs. I hear buzz saws coming.
-Psychedelic"
This description makes us want to see it now, but we have to wait a bit longer. I'm sure it's going to be another success for Ryan.
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