Fractured is a psychological thriller told from Ray Monroe's point of view. Ray (Sam Worthington) travels across the country with his wife and daughter. One quick stop in the journey, and tragedy happens.
From that moment on, we follow his doubts and fears, dragging us into a spiral of madness, disorientation, and paranoia.
Predictable
The main issue I notice in the plot is that it feels completely predictable. It’s an interesting story, but, at least by the middle of it, you already realize what happened.
It is not an original or surprising story. You can see others of the same sort in many different movies. Just the context is slightly different.
Emotionless
I like emotion. I want to watch a movie that makes me feel something. This was not the case.
Sam Worthington is fairly convincing in his role, but something is missing in the film. I felt some lack of emotional connection. In a story like this, you expect to suffer with the character. You feel his anger, his frustration, his anguish, but that never happened to me.
Somehow, I was able to emotionally detach from what I was watching, not going crazy over the character as would be expected. It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact problem, but it may be due to the story's extreme predictability.
Characters and Environment
The characters are another downside to the film. Except for the protagonist, they don’t really “exist.” They are there and say a couple of lines — nothing else.
There is no depth, no personality. Even considering that we are watching it as Ray would be, at least his wife (Lily Rabe) and daughter should have some depth. This way, the film can’t make you care for the characters as it would be supposed.
The surroundings were something that I liked at first. All very dark and gloomy. The hospital is quite creepy, and that, in the first minutes, can make you have second thoughts and ask yourself if, indeed, something sinister is happening there.
The hospital’s staff is cold and distant. Too much. It can help to create some suspense at first, but it’s too far from reality. A child disappears in their hospital, under their care, and absolutely no one seems to care at all. The only character with a logical, credible attitude was the police officer who never gave up on trying to understand what was going on.
Is it worth your time?
It is a difficult question to answer. I had a good time watching it, despite my negative opinion. If you have never watched a film of this sort, maybe it can fool you for longer and make your whole experience more enjoyable. If not…
Sam Worthington’s performance is probably worth watching, but nothing else. Neither the story nor the characters. As a matter of fact, his perception of reality is more interesting than the actual story.
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