I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

What makes it different from others?

Overrated

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Despite the fact the plot is absurd in my view, this is a real master piece that makes you reflect on the price of having it all or losing everything. At times, I thought there wouldn't be any sort of ending but the story lines kept me watching. Went a little bit overboard but kinda well. As far what the characters go, I think they pulled it off fairly well..

I suppose most of us have come across one of those recent movies in which some powerful and smug person -- an executive or a big-time agent -- is trapped by a sniper in an open public space and forced to confess his or her sins to everyone involved. For poor Colin Farrell it was a telephone booth. For the sultry but shady Linda Fiorentino, it meant being chained to a hot dog cart.Somebody in Hollywood, probably with an MBA degree, must have figured out that it would be more exciting if the trapped character (or characters!) were forced not only to say things but to actually DO things. Of course you can't be coerced into driving around the city and humiliating yourself because a sniper has you in his cross hairs. But the solution is obvious. You hold the bourgeois couple's daughter hostage and threaten to slaughter the little girl unless your orders are obeyed at once or, better yet, within some time limit, with a clock ticking away and the little girl's death at the end.That about sums up the plot of "Shattered." Husband and wife leave the daughter at home in care of a babysitter, a stooge of the maniacal villain Peirce Brosnan. As Gerard Butler and Maria Belo drive away from their home, Brosnan pops up from the back seat, shoves a pistol against Butler's head and shouts "Keep driving!," while the camera and the editor go mad. This movie is weighty with messages and this is the first of several: Always check in the back seat because lunatics and murderers hide there. Later, we'll learn never to enter a dark room without flipping the light switch next to the door.There's a good deal of tension, naturally. but some of it seems forced. The husband, Gerard Butler, a tremendous success at his executive-type job (he cheats), sometimes acts positively hysterical while trying to talk about his little daughter. Men don't get hysterical like that. Men face firing squads with a smile on their faces and a glint of defiance in their eyes. They don't CRY. But then the whole movie is slightly askew like that. There is one of those scenes in which a man finally finds someone in a position of authority to whom he must tell his complicated tale. And instead of laying out a logical, chronological, path of events, he becomes nervous, confused, gemischt, and what comes out is a kind of ludicrous word salad. The authorities, in this case the police, of course misinterpret what he's trying to get across.Let me quit this. It's a little depressing. It's poorly written, edited, and directed. The performances are within the bounds of professional possibility parameters. The casting is well done too. Butler isn't staggeringly handsome, and Maria Bello is attractive without inducing the kind of numb adoration that comes with someone like Nicole Kidman at her glamorous best. Butler and Belo look like an ordinary married couple that might be standing in front of you at the supermarket checkout counter.I said it was "poorly written." Watch the ending, in which it's revealed that the arrangement was an intricate set up designed to punish someone for important but still venial sins. Then tell me I'm wrong.

This was a entertaining film keeps you in your toes the whole time. A sharp thriller with some good ideas and a great turn at the end! Reminded me of Ransom in parts but not as polished but still good! Good chemistry between the actors but what do you expect from the trio! I liked the way it was filmed and the whole vibe.For sure see this one when you have chance.A neat thriller that keeps you in the whole time.I did not hear much on this film but glad I caught it.I think it was marketed badly because I never heard of it till on Amazon! Anyone who likes a taught thriller will like this.

This movie contains NO gore, NO physical violence, almost no bad words. With a few seconds cut, this movie could be OK even for 40s-50s Hollywood standards. PG13 rating reads "some material may be inappropriate for children under 13". I agree, but R reads "under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian". "...for some language and violence." Kids watch much more violence in their schools than in this movie!Anyway, the movie is fine. The story is a universal one. Did you know that India made a remake in 2010? Cocktail IMDb reference tt1821373. And someone can write a plot of a similar story set in XVIII century Vienna, or in ancient Persia and so onActing and cinematography are pretty good. IMHO it's worth to see this movie. My wife asked to me what would have I done in male victim shoes. According to the way I am, when he is not believed in the police station I would have called 911 or I'd go to another officer: I can not stand not to be believed, especially when I tell the truth :)