Film Review - Shattered (1991)

Shattered is written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (he also directed the Neverending Story, Das Boot, Air Force One and Enemy Mine) and concerns Dan Merrick (Tom Berenger) and his wife Judith (Great Scacchi) who are driving late at night and have a horrible car accident, Judith survives but Dan wakes up with memory loss, memory loss that leads him on a twisted tale to put together the pieces.

I became interested in Shattered after seeing the trailer for it, which left me thinking "This looks Interesting" so I got a copy of the film to watch as soon as I could, with that was it worth it?

Well as a certain detective would say "Precisely" but then his counterpart would say "To be Precise it was worth it" this is simply a terrific thriller, the kind of thriller that is really well written and feels like a novel that you would want to read regardless of the fact it was a movie, its also well directed by Petersen with a real sense of pace and precision, no doubt a tribute to the late great Alfred Hitchcock.

But my praise doesn't end there, it continues with the actors, Berenger, Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley and Corbin Bensen are all really good on screen and play their parts nicely, Lazlo Kovacs creates some really nice cinematography with the driving shots near and around the Golden Gate Bridge plus the night time shots that look dark and mysterious but last and certainly not least Alan Silvestri who recently composed the music for the Avengers creates a terrific score here as well that nicely complements the on screen action.

All in all, a great thriller that has sadly gone by the wayside as the years have rolled on, a pity as I really liked it and would thoroughly recommend it, 4 out of 5.