![]() Confident that there isn’t any research or work that needs to be done in a case as simple as this, Beachum shows in court completely unprepared. After catching his wife (Embeth Davidtz) having an affair, Crawford shot her in the head and made no attempt to escape when the police came knocking on his door. The defendant in this case is Ted Crawford (Hopkins), a frighteningly genial fellow who has signed a written confession. One of those loose ends is handling a seemingly open-and-shut attempted murder case. Beachum has just been offered an incredibly cushy job at a very high-powered law firm, and only has to wrap up a few loose ends with his old job before taking on the luxurious life of a superstar lawyer. Gosling plays Willy Beachum, an incredibly cocky (but talented) young assistant DA. The primary area of concern is the acting, which comes from a very strong cast that includes the likes of Ryan Gosling (fresh off an academy award nomination), Anthony Hopkins, and David Strathairn. “Fracture” probably falls somewhere in this region of decent quality, but as I said before, contains some elements that are simply too strong for the film’s own good. “Fracture” was directed by the talented Gregory Hoblit, who has turned in a string of respectable enough thrillers like “Fallen”, “Primal Fear”, and “Frequency”. You would think the latter would be the better option of the two but in many cases, a lot of strong elements working towards a mediocre end is far more disappointing than simply seeing something that is mediocre all around. ![]() Then there are movies that offer great performances, some fantastic dialogue, and a fascinating set-up… all backed up by a fairly mediocre story. You get what you expect, and you are satisfied. On one side, you’ve got decent little movies with decent little scripts aided by decent little performances that add up to a decent time at the movies. ![]() They don’t come along too often, but “Fracture” is the rare sort of film that has too much quality for it’s own good.
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