fracture ( 2007 ) be direct by gregory hoblit who have also make frequency ( 2000 ) and fall ( 1998 ) both of which i like and primal fear ( 1996 ) his feature debut that i love . crime or thriller or mystery or court drama be among my favorite genre and as long a the combination of these genre be clever and gripping and atmospheric and well act and keep me guess and entertains me and i be happy . i know that many viewer be very insightful and figure out the twist and the end within first half of hour or so but i do not and i be impress by the way the disappearance of the crucial evidence have be handle very clever . besides be an entertaining crime movie and the most interesting element of fracture be a struggle of will and intellect between two main character and self make inventor millionaire ted crawford ( anthony hopkins ) who shoot his unfaithful wife in the face and put her in a coma and young and successful and smart assistant d. a. willy beachum ( ryan gosling ) and who have a 97 % conviction rate and be assign to prosecute crawford just when he be ready to accept a lucrative offer from the prestigious la law firm . the game of cat and mouse that highly intelligent and malevolent crawford play with beachum make the film interesting and the scene between hopkins ( in his playful dr. lector mode ) and gosling ( whose character do change a he realize what he be deal with from the unsympathetic self center hot shot to the man who become obsess by the case and vow to put the murderer behind the bar and make it his priority ) riveting and joy to watch . i also would like to mention david strathairn a willy bos and da joe lobuto in yet another understated effective performance . strathairn lobuto be so interesting that he could be a main character in another move . fracture be not perfect . for example and willy affair with nikki gardner ( rosamund pike ) and a beautiful lawyer and his perspective bos be lifeless they do not have any chemistry together . i think that nikki purpose in the movie be to introduce willy to her father and a judge and whose help he would desperately need in one of the late scene . i would rather prefer more scene between willy and crawford but even the way it be and the movie keep my attention all the way through and despite the rather weak end and i find fracture quite good .