Shattered

1991

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

26
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 13028 13K

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Plot summary

Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who has supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...

Director

Wolfgang Petersen Photo
Wolfgang Petersen

Top cast

Bob Hoskins Photo
Bob Hoskins as Gus Klein
Tom Berenger Photo
Tom Berenger as Dan Merrick
Greta Scacchi Photo
Greta Scacchi as Judith Merrick
Debi A. Monahan Photo
Debi A. Monahan as Nancy Mercer
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
714.59 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 5
1.49 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JPV852 7 / 10

Well directed by Wolfgang Petersen and decent performances

Well directed by Wolfgang Petersen and decent performances by the stars, there is a nice twist at the end however this is the kind of movie you shouldn't think too hard about as there are a couple gaping plot holes. Still, well worth watching. **3.5/5**
Reviewed by 7 / 10

a good B movie

This was an interesting movie. A good B movie. I usually have the plot figured in the first three minutes. This one I did not expect the ending. Sometimes the story kind of dragged. I was kept guessing on the different characters, who was guilty, who was not. I couldn't get over how much the actor playing 'Gus' sounded like Danny Divito. Music was good and carried the action. It was made in 1991 and a reference to a Typeface made me stop and think. This was the day of the typewriter. The special effects were OK. The shattered glass was interesting throughout and at the end. I like movies that are not predictable. I also like movies that are not stereotypical, cars racing, gun fights, etc. This one had a good plot that didn't run the same old, same old. Worth watching at least once.
Reviewed by IonicBreezeMachine 7 / 10

A stylish and engaging thriller.

After surviving a car crash, real estate developer Dan Merrick (Tom Berenger) finds himself with Amnesia and begins to begin rebuilding his life with the help of his wife Judith (Greta Scacchi). As Dan examines the pieces of a life he can no longer remember and people he no longer knows his path crosses private investigator Gus Klein (Bob Hoskins) who reveals Dan's life may hide darker secrets.Part of a wave of films in the 90s that tired to be updates on Hitchcockian suspense thrillers (Final Analysis, A Perfect Murder, etc.), Shattered was released to middling reviews and lackluster box office most likely due in no small part to having the misfortune of being released less than two months after very similar (and much more financially successful) Dead Again. And while Dead Again is objectively a stronger film on the whole, Shattered still deserves credit for being a smart thriller with engaging performances and a genuine sense of style and suspense.Berenger is quite good as Dan Merrick and makes for a convincing everyman who tries to determine who can and cannot be trusted as he tries to piece together a mystery whose clues he can't seem to make sense of. Greta Scacchi is equally good as Dan's wife Judith and does a great job serving as a Hitchcock type enigma. But easily the best performance is Bob Hoskins as Private Investigator Gus Klein, a cynical, misanthropic, animal lover who commands the screen every time he's on camera.The narrative is solid in terms of it's structure and Wolfgang Petersen's direction and writing effortlessly come together to create the needed amount of intrigue and engagement expected in a film of this ilk. Throughout the first half of the movie we (the audience) are very much in Dan's shoes following down every lead as he finds them with answers leading to more questions. To say anymore would be to spoil the movie, the ending it builds up to is suitably twisty and surprising but whether it strains credibility will be dependent on the person who watches it.Shattered is a well made thriller with good performances and an intrigue rich hook. The film for the most part successfully emulates all the tricks and trappings familiar to Hitchcock's films and while it doesn't quite stick the landing for its ending (at least for me personally), it is still a solid thriller that'll keep you engaged til the end.
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