Fracture (DVD)

If you love the smart and intelligent Grisham movies that have a neat little twist to tie it all up like a bow on a present at the end then you will enjoy this, as did I, unless, of course, you're tired of Sir Anthony Hopkins vast array of silly ascents, here the Welsh/Irish/Scottish brogue getting another run out. Buts its not humble 'Tony Hopkins' on display here, but the predictable super clever version that always seems to end up behind bars to dictate things on screen, as seen in Instinct, the two extremely over-rated Silence of the Lambs movies, and many others. Yes, he is very good at it but I much prefer the Merchant & Ivory version who plays those ...  Read the complete review

When Ted Crawford, a wealthy engineer, finds that his much younger wife is having an affair, he has a rather severe reaction - he murders her, having carefully planned it to ensure that he will not be convicted of her murder. He then confesses to her murder and decides to represent himself in court, where he finds himself up against a career lawyer, Willie Beachum. Beachum thinks that the case is an open and shut one and that it will help him up the next step of the career lawyer. Unfortunately for him, Crawford is a shrewd man who can see into the depths of his soul and before Beachum knows what has hit him, the case falls down around his ears. Can Beachum find a way of ...  Read the complete review

Ever since Silence of The Lambs Anthony Hopkins has pretty much cornered the market in creepy, intellectual men of dubious morals. In Fracture he does the same again, Ted Crawford is a very clever man and we are immediately introduced to this fact when we see him solve the mystery of how a plane crashed in seconds, while other investigators all stand around examining the wreckage spread out in a hangar. Next thing we know he has just cold bloodedly shot his wife in the head and is calmly waiting for the Police to arrive and arrest him. Seemingly caught bang to rights he is not only incredibly calm but insists on defending himself. Is he in his right mind or ...  Read the complete review

I decided tonight to watch yet another film my mate sent me through the post. He has a habit of forgetting I'm a romantic comedy sucker and occasionally sends me films that are just not me! They get hidden away in a drawer till I'm all out of other stuff to watch and I think ok I'll give it a go. Usually these films surprise me and are great, sometimes (like this one) they leave me perplexed! The Plot.... Theodore Crawford, Ted (Anthony Hopkins) is a successful structural engineer married to a beautiful, younger looking unfaithful wife, Jennifer (Embeth davidtz) who's actually been having it off with someone to do with what the integral plot of this ...  Read the complete review

(Review is reproduced at www.shaunmunro.co.uk) Gregory Hoblit's "Fracture" is a thriller about how what initially appear to be inconsequent foibles can cause great problems - a collection of hairline fractures causing a serious fracture, if you will. The opening credits sequence of Fracture is a nice allegory of this concept, depicting marbles travelling along a metal contraption, and if the metal course were to break or, dare I say, fracture at all, then this marble will fall to the ground, as it does at one point in the film. Yes, I'm probably stretching the applications of the film's title, but you get the idea. We are quickly ...  Read the complete review