![]() ![]() It’s not mentioned how long Chris and Jamie have been separated, but Jamie has full custody of Willow, while Chris has visitation rights.ĭuring this conversation, Chris says remorsefully to Jamie: “I should’ve fought harder to keep us together.” Later, it’s revealed that Chris founded a tech company that he sold for millions, and he retired from working. Jamie and Chris both adore Willow very much. ![]() Chris and Jamie have an adopted daughter named Willow (played by Ridley Asha Bateman), who’s about 7 or 8 years old. The movie’s opening scene shows Chris in a video chat with his estranged wife Jamie Decker (woodenly played by Sasha Luss), as they discuss their impending divorce. (“Shattered” was actually filmed in Montana.) He’s a retired tech multimillionaire named Chris Decker (played by Cameron Monaghan), who lives in seclusion in a sleek mansion somewhere in the Colorado mountains. The married man in “Shattered” is actually close to getting divorced. Even the movie title “Shattered” is unimaginative and lazy. There are absolutely no real surprises in “Shattered,” especially if you’ve seen the trailer before watching the movie. “Shattered” has a concept that’s very similar to “Fatale.” Both movies are a ripoff of the “Fatal Attraction” template: A married man gets involved with a seductive woman, who turns out to be a ruthless psycho, and she’s out for bloody revenge when she doesn’t get what she wants.Īt least “Fatale” made some effort to have a few surprise twists, even if the ending was a foregone conclusion. Loughery has a history of writing schlocky movies about people being terrorized by deranged killers who at first appear to be friendly: His six previous movies are 2008’s “Lakeview Terrace,” 2009’s “Obsessed,” 2013’s “Blindsided,” 2013’s “Nurse,” 2019’s “The Intruder” and 2020’s “Fatale.” All of them end exactly how you think they’re going to end. But even the deaths are very easy to predict. The only thing that’s not shown in the “Shattered” trailers is who survives and who’s dead at the end of the movie. And now, he’s reduced to making B-movie garbage.ĭirected by Luis Prieto and written by David Loughery, “Shattered” has trailers (red-band and green-band) that give away 90% of what happens in the film’s plot. Malkovich has a supporting role in this formulaic dud of a movie, which he helped finance, since he’s one of the producers of “Shattered.” There used to be a time when Oscar-nominated Malkovich was known for his edgy roles in artsy movies. John Malkovich’s campy performance as a creepy voyeur can’t even save this mess. Trashy and utterly predictable, “Shattered” dumbs down all the stereotypes of a murderous female sociopath who seduces an unlucky lover. John Malkovich in “Shattered” (Photo courtesy of Lionsgate) Ash Santos, Cameron Monaghan, Colorado, Dat Phan, drama, Frank Grillo, John Malkovich, Lilly Krug, Luis Prieto, movies, reviews, Ridley Asha Bateman, Sasha Luss, Shatteredīy Carla Hay Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan and Lilly Krug in “Shattered” (Photo courtesy of Lionsgate)Ĭulture Representation: Taking place in an unnamed city in Colorado, the dramatic film “Shattered” features a nearly all-white cast of characters (with two African Americans and one Asian) representing the working-class, middle-class and wealthy.Ĭulture Clash: A tech multimillionaire gets in a sexual relationship with an alluring young woman and finds out that she has sinister intentions for him.Ĭulture Audience: “Shattered” will appeal mainly to people who like watching tacky crime thrillers. ![]()
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