Fracture DVD Review

Gregory Hoblit’s film Fracture stars Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling as opposing forces in life and law. Hopkins plays Ted Crawford, a wealthy engineer with a beautiful trophy wife (played by Embeth Davidtz). Gosling is Willy Beachum, a hot-shot district attorney ready to move on to bigger and better things (a cushy job at a corporate law firm).

Early on in the film, Crawford is accused of killing his wife, and although the audience knows he did it, because we see it happen, the evidence tells an entirely different story. (If this film is any indication, engineers would make excellent hit men.)

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While the characters played by Hopkins and Gosling engage in “cat and mouse” to see who is the smartest, what on the surface appeared to be an easy, open-and-shut case for Beachum turns into a nightmare and threatens his future career.

In the process of following the trail of clues, Gosling’s character evolves from a charming (borderline smarmy) man who always gets what he wants, rarely loses, and often bends the rules, to a man determined to see justice through to the bitter end. Hopkins’ turn as Crawford, on the other hand, shifts from slightly sympathetic to flagrantly above the law, and in the end, the ego mania and excessive pride that once vexed Beachum shifts onto Crawford, and in the end “pride goes before a fall.”

There are some “ah ha!” moments, lots of tense scenes, and Fracture has plenty twists and turns that, when straightened out, make for an appropriate ending that will leave viewers satisfied.

The DVD is presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and enhanced for widescreen displays, with audio in either Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 Surround formats, and optional English and Spanish subtitles. Extras include seven Deleted and Alternate Scenes, including two alternate endings.

Fracture is a tense thriller, and fans of Gosling and/or Hopkins will enjoy the twists and turns therein.