![]() 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. With time running out, Neil and Abby realise they have to submit to Ryan's challenges over the next 24-hour period. Ryan doesn't want their money and instead wants their life to be systematically dismantled and destroyed, piece by piece. In the blink of an eye, Neil and Abby's safe and secure existence is turned upside down. The kidnapper, Tom Ryan ( Pierce Brosnan), an apparent sociopath, takes over their lives with the brutal efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose. Neil and Abby have no choice but to comply with the abductor's demands. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream until Sophie is suddenly kidnapped. ![]() Plot Ĭhicago residents Neil Randall ( Gerard Butler) and his wife, Abby Randall ( Maria Bello) have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. 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 offender with a disproportional punishment. Butterfly on a Wheel (US: Shattered, Europe: Desperate Hours) is a 2007 British–Canadian mystery thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and written by William Morrissey, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello.
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