Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler

Neil and Abby Warner have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream... until today. When Sophie is suddenly kidnapped, th...( read more  read more... )ey have no choice but to comply with the abductors demands. The kidnapper--Tom Ryan, a cold and calculating sociopath takes over their lives with the brutal efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose. In the blink of an eye Neil and Abby's safe and secure existence is turned upside down. Over the next 24 hours they are at the mercy of a man who wants only one thing: that they do his bidding. It soon becomes clear that Ryan's demands are all the more terrifying... because he doesn't want their money. What he wants is for Neil and Abbyís life, the life that they have built over 10 years, to be systematically dismantled and destroyed--piece by piece. With time running out on their little girl, Neil and Abby realize their nightmare is about to take its most deadly turn: They will have to face Ryan's final, horrifying challenge--would they kill an innocent man to save their own child?

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Mike Barker

Release Date: July 27, 2007

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DVD Release Date: December 25, 2007

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  • April 3, 2009
    A film I underestimated greatly and one that develops into a clever little Thriller. Enjoyable performances all around.

    The concept of the film really makes you question, how to choose between the lesser of two evils and in parts really shows you the fear through the characte...( read more)r.

    An enjoyable surprise.
  • November 3, 2008
    A clever thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Recommended.
  • September 1, 2008
    Pierce Brosnan once again attempts to work his way out of the cloak of Bond by playing a mad man tearing apart the lives of perfect couple Gerard Butler and Maria Bello in Shattered. Their perfect life is "shattered" when Brosnan's character has their daughter kidnapped and begin...( read more)s a game of cat and mouse that could ruin their lives forever.

    The film is a nice little thriller that seems to have slid under the radar. The leads are great, though some of the situations are a bit over the top and the filmmakers do a great job of alluding to the motivation behind this whole caper without spelling it out for us in Spahetti-O's. Shattered is an above average thriller that delivers what you want to see.
  • June 26, 2008
    A pretty decent thriller, although not surprised it was straight to DVD. Saying that it does have a strong well known cast but just has a low budget feel to it. It's watchable especially if you like any of the actors but just not as intense or gripping as better thrillers. Called...( read more) Butterfly on a wheel in the UK.
  • May 1, 2008
    A wealthy couple (Gerard Butler and Maria Bello) life is turned upside down when their daughter is "kidnapped" and they are taken hostage by the kidnapper (Pierce Brosnan), who puts them through a series of tests to get their daughter back alive. Not only he was insane, he always...( read more) thought one step ahead of Neil and Abby. Why is he doing this? Old grudge? Vendetta? An envious colleague appointed him? He wants Neil's wife? As the story advances, the man takes Neil and Abby closer to the reason. Apart from the story this movie portrayed the lengths to which emotional pain can scar and twist even your own perspectives, even when you're the injured party.
  • November 8, 2009
    Good twist in the end:O See i like it
  • November 8, 2009
    I feel this is very close and similar to Phone Booth.
  • November 7, 2009
    This movie wasn't at all the way I'd expected it to be but it was still very good.
    The amazing actors, Pierce Brosnan's brilliantly credible Irish accent and all the mind-boggling twists and turns certainly makes this movie worth a watch!
  • November 3, 2009
    Pierce Brosnan still has it.....It was a nice little movie and I never really suspected the outcome to be as it was....So I give it four stars....One star just for Gerard Butler.....Mr. 300
  • October 25, 2009
    Poor thriller that looked promising but to no avail.

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  • Musicismyfriend
    August 29, 2007
    I think it is this movie so check it out on tnt sep 2nd at 11 or 9 pm

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