Butterfly on a Wheel (US: Shattered, Europe: Desperate Hours) is a 2007 British–Canadian mystery thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and writt by William Morrissey, and starring 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 offder with a disproportional punishmt.
Chicago residts Neil Randall (Gerard Butler) and his wife, Abby Randall (Maria Bello) have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream until Sophie is suddly kidnapped. Neil and Abby have no choice but to comply with the abductor's demands. The kidnapper, Tom Ryan (Pierce Brosnan), an appart sociopath, takes over their lives with the brutal efficicy of someone who has nothing to lose.
In the blink of an eye, Neil and Abby's safe and secure existce is turned upside down. Ryan doesn't want their money and instead wants their life to be systematically dismantled and destroyed, piece by piece.
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With time running out, Neil and Abby realise they have to submit to Ryan's challges over the next 24-hour period. Tom asks them how far will they go to save their child, and gives them a series of tasks to complete before they can have their daughter back. He requires them to withdraw more than $130, 000 from their bank which is all the money they have. After they give Tom the money, he burns it and throws into a river along with their wallets. Tom th requires the pair to obtain $300 from nowhere in a part of the town where they don't have any frids. Abby pawns her bracelet and Neil his watch to get the $300. Tom requires Abby to deliver a documt to the office of Neil's employer's competitor within 20 minutes, and Tom shows Neil a copy of documt that contains details of Neil's hacking into customer accounts, which if leaked will ruin Neil. Neil watches Abby deliver the documt from a distance. Neil and Abby think that Sophie is being held in a hotel, and they try to rescue her, only to get caught by Tom. As punishmt, Tom makes Abby take off her dress and put on an ticing short dress in front of both him and Neil.
Tom has one last test for Neil to save Sophie, in which he requires Neil to ter a house and kill the occupant - a co-worker named Judy who Neil has be having an affair with. Neil is greeted warmly by Judy, and is desperately confused as he sees a picture of Tom on the mantel and learns that Tom and Judy are married. Tom ters the house and tells Neil to shoot Judy or he will kill Neil's daughter Sophie. Neil pulls the trigger but the gun isn't loaded. Tom reveals he knows about their affair and tells Neil his daughter is safe at home.
As they return home, Neil lies to Abby and tells her that his boss was having an affair with Judy and Tom mistook Neil for that person, which is why Tom had tormted them the whole day. Wh they return home, Sophie is asleep and has be there the whole time. Abby reveals to Neil that their daughter had never be kidnapped, and Tom had concocted the tire day to let Neil experice for one day the pain he has undergone. Neil says that Abby has ruined his career by delivering the documt to the competitor's office, but she tells him it was blank. For 24 hours Abby has paid Neil back a portion of the pain she has expericed since learning of his affair, revealing she was involved in the deception.
Hanetİn Bedelİ / Butterfly On A Wheel
Vancouver stands in for Chicago but the production shot in the latter city for landscapes before moving to the United Kingdom for post-production.
With time running out, Neil and Abby realise they have to submit to Ryan's challges over the next 24-hour period. Tom asks them how far will they go to save their child, and gives them a series of tasks to complete before they can have their daughter back. He requires them to withdraw more than $130, 000 from their bank which is all the money they have. After they give Tom the money, he burns it and throws into a river along with their wallets. Tom th requires the pair to obtain $300 from nowhere in a part of the town where they don't have any frids. Abby pawns her bracelet and Neil his watch to get the $300. Tom requires Abby to deliver a documt to the office of Neil's employer's competitor within 20 minutes, and Tom shows Neil a copy of documt that contains details of Neil's hacking into customer accounts, which if leaked will ruin Neil. Neil watches Abby deliver the documt from a distance. Neil and Abby think that Sophie is being held in a hotel, and they try to rescue her, only to get caught by Tom. As punishmt, Tom makes Abby take off her dress and put on an ticing short dress in front of both him and Neil.
Tom has one last test for Neil to save Sophie, in which he requires Neil to ter a house and kill the occupant - a co-worker named Judy who Neil has be having an affair with. Neil is greeted warmly by Judy, and is desperately confused as he sees a picture of Tom on the mantel and learns that Tom and Judy are married. Tom ters the house and tells Neil to shoot Judy or he will kill Neil's daughter Sophie. Neil pulls the trigger but the gun isn't loaded. Tom reveals he knows about their affair and tells Neil his daughter is safe at home.
As they return home, Neil lies to Abby and tells her that his boss was having an affair with Judy and Tom mistook Neil for that person, which is why Tom had tormted them the whole day. Wh they return home, Sophie is asleep and has be there the whole time. Abby reveals to Neil that their daughter had never be kidnapped, and Tom had concocted the tire day to let Neil experice for one day the pain he has undergone. Neil says that Abby has ruined his career by delivering the documt to the competitor's office, but she tells him it was blank. For 24 hours Abby has paid Neil back a portion of the pain she has expericed since learning of his affair, revealing she was involved in the deception.
Hanetİn Bedelİ / Butterfly On A Wheel
Vancouver stands in for Chicago but the production shot in the latter city for landscapes before moving to the United Kingdom for post-production.
With time running out, Neil and Abby realise they have to submit to Ryan's challges over the next 24-hour period. Tom asks them how far will they go to save their child, and gives them a series of tasks to complete before they can have their daughter back. He requires them to withdraw more than $130, 000 from their bank which is all the money they have. After they give Tom the money, he burns it and throws into a river along with their wallets. Tom th requires the pair to obtain $300 from nowhere in a part of the town where they don't have any frids. Abby pawns her bracelet and Neil his watch to get the $300. Tom requires Abby to deliver a documt to the office of Neil's employer's competitor within 20 minutes, and Tom shows Neil a copy of documt that contains details of Neil's hacking into customer accounts, which if leaked will ruin Neil. Neil watches Abby deliver the documt from a distance. Neil and Abby think that Sophie is being held in a hotel, and they try to rescue her, only to get caught by Tom. As punishmt, Tom makes Abby take off her dress and put on an ticing short dress in front of both him and Neil.
Tom has one last test for Neil to save Sophie, in which he requires Neil to ter a house and kill the occupant - a co-worker named Judy who Neil has be having an affair with. Neil is greeted warmly by Judy, and is desperately confused as he sees a picture of Tom on the mantel and learns that Tom and Judy are married. Tom ters the house and tells Neil to shoot Judy or he will kill Neil's daughter Sophie. Neil pulls the trigger but the gun isn't loaded. Tom reveals he knows about their affair and tells Neil his daughter is safe at home.
As they return home, Neil lies to Abby and tells her that his boss was having an affair with Judy and Tom mistook Neil for that person, which is why Tom had tormted them the whole day. Wh they return home, Sophie is asleep and has be there the whole time. Abby reveals to Neil that their daughter had never be kidnapped, and Tom had concocted the tire day to let Neil experice for one day the pain he has undergone. Neil says that Abby has ruined his career by delivering the documt to the competitor's office, but she tells him it was blank. For 24 hours Abby has paid Neil back a portion of the pain she has expericed since learning of his affair, revealing she was involved in the deception.
Hanetİn Bedelİ / Butterfly On A Wheel
Vancouver stands in for Chicago but the production shot in the latter city for landscapes before moving to the United Kingdom for post-production.
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