2007 · thriller · music
Fracture
Directed by Gregory Hoblit1h 53m2007
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.
Our read: Fracture (2007) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · music entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- twisty
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“You want a courtroom chess match with Hopkins smiling through loopholes.”
Skip it tonight — Legal gotchas without emotional stakes bore you quickly.
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