He dashes out of his office and heads immediately to the hotel where his wife is conducting an adulterous affair. ![]() Hopkins’ Ted Crawford apparently is a rich aeronautical genius and CEO with a love for precision and Rube Goldberg machines, a beautiful trophy wife (Embeth Davidtz) and a luxurious lifestyle. The antagonists already are in motion as the movie begins. ![]() New Line should see average to above-average grosses for the first two weeks with this sleek Los Angeles-set thriller before it takes its place on video shelves next to such courtroom thrillers as “Jagged Edge” and, yes, Hoblit’s own “Primal Fear.” A curiosity for film buffs is that Hoblit has essentially remade his own debut feature. “Fracture” plays mostly to an older crowd, though Gosling might attract younger viewers. The movie entertains, but it’s a shallow entertainment where you have no rooting interest in the outcome. The chief antagonists are old pro Anthony Hopkins and up-and-coming newcomer Ryan Gosling, so it’s fun to watch the two actors have a go at one another. ![]() Gregory Hoblit’s “Fracture” is a movie of slick surfaces, smart dialogue and intricate, chesslike maneuvers that sees its characters perform a dance of obsession and death around a “perfect murder.” It doesn’t have enough psychological weight to support its rich style, however, and its perfect murder is so imperfectly conceived and executed that discussions after the lights come up will undoubtedly focus on the many plot holes. This review was written for the theatrical release of “Fracture.”
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