Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his beautiful younger wife Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair he plans her murderthe perfect murder Among the police arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally (Billy Burke) the only officer permitted entry to the house Surprisingly Crawford readily admits to shooting his wife but Nunally is too stunned to pay close attention when he recognizes his lover whose true identity he never knew lying on the floor in a pool of blood Although Jennifer was shot at point blank range Nunally realizes she isn&t dead Crawford is immediately arrested & arraigned after confessing
- a seemingly slam-dunk case for hot shot assistant district attorney Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) who has one foot out the door of the District Attorney&s (David Strathairn) office on his way to a lucrative job in high-stakes corporate law But nothing is as simple as it seems including this case Will the lure of power & a love affair with a sexy ambitious attorney (Rosamund Pike) at his new firm overpower Willy&s fierce drive to win or worse quash his code of ethics? In a tense duel of intellect & strategy Crawford & Willy both learn that a "fracture" can be found in every ostensibly perfect facade