Listening To: Neil Crespi’s Playlist. *crunch crunch* Isn’t he crispy?

Let Sporus tremble –”What? that thing of silk,
Sporus, that mere white curd of ass’s milk?
Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?”
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings;
Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys,
Yet wit ne’er tastes, and beauty ne’r enjoys,

- Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Alexander Pope

I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining Butterfly on a Wheel is. I wasn’t expecting it to be that good.

I wasn’t really excited about it, I thought it’s just another one of Peirce Brosnan’s action movies. Boy was I wrong! It’s a small and simple film. No need for explosions and exaggerated special effects, the great actors and the excellent plot itself made the movie.

I don’t want to spoil it for you, but here’s a short synopsis:

Neil Randall and Abby Randall lived a perfect and happy life. With a blink of an eye, everything turned upside down when their young daughter, Sophie, got kidnapped. Suddenly they were forced to comply with the abductor’s demands. Over the next twenty-four hours, Neil and Abby were in the middle of a psychological game orchestrated by the sociopathic kidnapper, Ryan (Pierce Brosnan), who clearly didn’t want their money. Soon it became clear on what Ryan really wanted. In exchange for their daughter, Ryan wants Neil to kill somebody. Would they kill an innocent person in exchange for the safety of their daughter?

Awesome twist at the end. You wouldn’t guess the real plot of the story until it is finally revealed. Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the summary, it’s just merely a scratch off the surface.

Note: In early 2007, the title was changed to Shattered.

Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller

Tagline: Lives will be broken.

Cast:

Pierce Brosnan as Tom Ryan
Maria Bello as Abby Randall
Gerard Butler as Neil Randall
Callum Keith Rennie as Detective McGrath
Dustin Milligan as Matt Ryan

Buy The DVD: Butterfly on a Wheel DVD

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