Fracture

(2007)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 4,444 votes

Genres: Thriller

Year: 2007

Runtime: 113 мин

Country: Germany, United States of America

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Cast: Энтони Хопкинс, Райан Гослинг, Дэвид Стрэтэйрн, Розамунд Пайк, Эмбет Дэвидц, Билли Бёрк, Клифф Кёртис, Фиона Шоу, Боб Гантон, Джош Стэмберг

Plot

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.

Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife Jennifer and entraps her lover, Lieutenant Robert "Rob" Nunally. He signs a confession. At the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all of the objects moving in ways he predicts.