| Director: | Gregory Hoblit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer: | Glenn Gers, Daniel Pyne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Billy Burke, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released: | August 2, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Runtime: | 113 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Story: |
When Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his beautiful younger wife, Jennifer
(Embeth Davidtz), is having an affair, he plans her murder...the perfect murder. Among
the cops arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally (Billy Burke),
the only officer permitted entry to the house. Surprisingly, Crawford readily admits to
shooting his wife, but Nunally is too stunned to pay close attention when he recognizes his
lover, whose true identity he never knew, lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Although
Jennifer was shot at point blank range, Nunally realizes she isn't dead. Crawford is
immediately arrested and arraigned after confessing - a seemingly slam-dunk case for hot
shot assistant district attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), who has one foot out the
door of the District Attorney's (David Strathairn) office on his way to a lucrative job
in high-stakes corporate law.
But nothing is as simple as it seems, including this case. Will the lure of power and a love affair with a sexy, ambitious attorney (Rosamund Pike) at his new firm overpower Willy's fierce drive to win, or worse, quash his code of ethics? In a tense duel of intellect and strategy, Crawford and Willy both learn that a "fracture" can be found in every ostensibly perfect facade. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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