Fracture

About Fracture

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.

Fracture is a 2007 thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit. It runs 113 minutes and was released in April 2007.

The film is filed under courtroom drama, cat and mouse, legal thriller, and prosecution.

Anthony Hopkins takes the lead as Ted Crawford, Ryan Gosling as Willy Beachum, David Strathairn as Joe Lobruto, and Rosamund Pike as Nikki Gardner. The screenplay is by Daniel Pyne and Glenn Gers. It was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment, M7 Filmproduktion, and New Line Cinema.

Heat, A Time to Kill, and The Whole Truth make useful companions to Fracture, all filed under detective and murder. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 4,461 votes and it carries a R rating.