Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)

Directed by

Mike Barker

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 574 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy couple's daughter is kidnapped. The kidnapper forces the husband to perform a series of increasingly dangerous tasks to get her back.

tensesuspensefulbleakclaustrophobicanxiousgrittypsychologically harrowing

What happens

Butterfly on a Wheel (US: Shattered) is a 2007 thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and written by William Morrissey. A British-Canadian joint production, it stars Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello. The film's title is an allusion to a line of Alexander Pope's poem "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot": "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" The line is usually interpreted as questioning why someone would put great effort into achieving something minor or unimportant, or who would punish a minor offender with a disproportional punishment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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