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Shattered film12/20/2023 ![]() ![]() The potential is there, if only Prieto and company had ratcheted things up a few notches. That’s the best way to describe Shattered it could have been fun. He’s a quick, bright ray of what-could-have-been in an otherwise gray, desolate sky. Grillo has a damn fine time chewing the scenery-he also knows what movie this should be-but he pops in at the 58-minute mark, has two or three scenes and a role that could have been played by anyone, and then goes on about his merry way. Is he actually a key player and invested, or does he show up for a few disinterested minutes, collect a pay check, and walk? (To a lesser degree, he’s doing the modern-era Bruce Willis thing a lot of the time.) Shattered is definitely the latter. But damn, it also makes it hard to look at a movie, see Grillo is in it, and decide if that’s enough to warrant a watch. I do love that Frank Grillo can just show up on set for a few days and get paid. He’s a hoot, but here and gone far too quickly. He’s weird and unhinged and anchors an underdeveloped side-plot that’s supposed to drive home Sky’s cold, manipulative nature. Clad in a mid-1980s mom-windbreaker, he snoops and peeks and espouses 5G conspiracy theories as he runs a road-side motel. He plays Ronald, Sky’s nosey, pervy landlord and neighbor. The only one who really understands the assignment is John Malkovich. ![]() And despite the script trying to give Sky a damaged background and motivation-it also hinges on a rote, all-foster-kids-turn-out-to-be-monsters trope-she implements her plans for the single least interesting reason the script could have chosen. Leaning into the tech element, with Chris’ futuristic high-security mansion-on-the-hill, already plays dated and has been done many times much more effectively. They don’t even miss enough to be interesting, they are, like every other facet of this movie, simply drab and perfunctory. Attempts to be suggestive and alluring faceplant into the pavement with every lackluster love scene. With nothing but clunky dialogue to deliver, the two milquetoast leads have zero spark or heat. ![]()
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