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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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