Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

I am surprised I've never seen this movie before. Obviously it's one of those under-rated gems that slipped under the radar. I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller. Nicely produced & well acted with some gorgeous camera work and tight editing to help with the suspense and drawing the viewer in. The music was a bit hit and miss - but that's fairly typical of the era - otherwise I think it has aged pretty well. Bob Hodgkins delivers a little cracker of a performance in his character. Loved the animals scenes :D and the touches of humour. All in all a fantastic little movie! Apparently I don't have enough lines of text but I really don't have any more to add. Just watch it! It'll be worth it.

Late one night, I found myself working late in my college apartment, studying or trying to study for Spanish and it just so happened that I also had the TV on (which I wasn't really paying much attention to) when I just happened to look up and see that a new movie was starting called "Shattered". Seeing that it was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, I became a little curious but didn't really plan on watching it. Well, that thought went out the window when the movie opened with a bang. Husband and wife Dan and Judith are involved in a devastating car crash. But despite all odds, both survive; however the husband (played by Tom Berenger) is in critical condition and is left with no memory of who he is or what happened. His seemly loving wife (Greta Scacchi) does everything she can to help him readjust after getting out of the hospital but, alas, something just doesn't seem right. He slowly begins to realize that everything may not have been as rosy as his wife would have him believe and things get even more interesting when he learns that he paid for services by a street wise private detective named Gus (played by Bob Hoskins)."Shattered" is one of those unassuming movies that, going in, you're not expecting to find anything too shocking or surprising and that's where you'd be wrong. I've seen a lot of thrillers and mysteries, so much so that eight out ten times, I can probably tell you what the ending will be. However, I got to tell you, the twist at the end of this movie is so well done and so shocking that I didn't see it coming for a million miles, and believe me, that's saying something. The movie also does a good job drawing you, the viewer, deeper and deeper into the movie without even realizing it with the direction of Petersen, the story, and the actors; Tom Berenger does an excellent job in his role, as does Greta Scacchi. However, my favorite actor out of this is probably Bob Hoskins, since he's able to provide a little bit of comedy and heart to his role. If you're one who's looking for a lost gem of a film or is just looking for a good surprise at the end, then I highly, highly recommend "Shattered". You won't regret it!

There was a time when a single hook or twist would justify the creation of a movie - that time was called the 1980s and early 90s.Aaaahhhh, the 80s, when action movies knew they were pointless, TV was a minor distraction and Tom Berenger was one of the most reliable guys going around.Shattered starts off with a car flying off a cliff, the occupants of the wreck are taken to hospital, where the wife is told that her husband's status is touch and go, and when I say touch and go she is basically told in very blunt terms that he is going to die, (some bedside manner doc!) Anyway of course the hubby lives, although he is messed up and needs extensive surgery to reconstruct his facial features - obviously no airbags in the car. Tom is the hubby Dan, and Greta Scacchi plays his wife Judith who is with him through every step of his rehab.One of those steps is to be in one of the cheesiest sex scenes in film history, replete with actual footage of waves crashing in between their lurve.So Dan gets out of hospital, a bit proppy and with a case of amnesia, and finds out that the bastard is rich, with a big ass house and a partnership in a large and successful company.Over the coming weeks Dan's interactions with his wife and close friends (and business partners) Jeb, (Corbin Bernsen) and his wife Jenny bring different versions and viewpoints regarding many aspects of Dan's life up to and including the night of the accident. These include the allegations that Judith was having an affair with a guy named Jack Stanton, and that she and Dan were headed for divorce.So Dan goes through Judith's diary to find out what's going on and is lead to a local pet store, where Bob Hoskins runs the show as a part-time private investigator.The ensuing investigations lead Dan to believe that someone tried to kill him for his cash, and the remainder of the movie takes him through all the twists, turns and revelations necessary in an 80s thriller.I can't explain much more without giving stuff away, suffice to say you'll never see the end coming… unless you do.Dan has itty-bitty partial flashbacks that are sometimes random and sometimes triggered by what he sees and hears. Shattered is a bit overblown, think Basic Instinct style where everyone takes everything way too seriously and everyone is beautiful except for sidekicks and quirky characters where it is necessary that they be ugly. It's almost hyper-real at times.One point though, twenty odd years ago Greta Schacci had a rig that is almost not believable, notice I didn't say unbelievable, although it is that too.Final Rating 6 / 10. It's OK I guess, but this is a paint by numbers thriller without any notable scenes.If you liked this (or even if you didn't) check out oneguyrambling.com

I watched this on a snowy Friday afternoon. It was on AMC at a time when I wouldn't have been watching, except for the combination of bad weather at the end of a really busy week where I'd have knocked-off a little early anyway.Missed this movie completely when issued, and never encountered it since. I've always liked Berenger and Scacchi, and would have been sure to see it if I'd heard of it. Apparently, from low box office figures, it didn't stay around long in early release.However, I don't share the enthusiasm for this flick that a number of others here do. I agree with Ebert's view, from another site, that it was "inconceivably implausible." These kinds of "noir" stories usually stretch credibility at some point, but not to the unending extent this one did. I was interrupted a couple of times, so I don't know whether I missed some point as to whether the lead was a true doppelganger for the corpse found towards the end, or whether some sort of reconstructive surgery had been covered or implied in one of the brief parts I missed ---- but it really wouldn't matter anyway.Corbin Bernsen had so little to do (thought he might be a red herring in the beginning), and I guess Berenger needed a partner so it wouldn't look like his business had lapsed during his recovery.The ending, which for me was more corny than shocking, was a little too pat. I suppose there had to be another accident to "resolve" things, but why do these situations always have people driving like a bat-out-of-hell on slick, two-lane, curvy roadways, at the edge of cliffs with guardrails which seem to be made of balsa wood?But my greatest complaint is that the two leads - neither of whose normal acting styles could be termed "animated" in their previous efforts - looked like they might be on an excess of downers throughout the filming. Berenger often has played the "aw shucks" good guy, and even roles where he's beaten the hell out of every bad guy in sight, with a lower-key, understated style. Usually it's effective, but for me it wasn't here.