Review of Fractured (2019) by Meritcoba — 11 Aug 2021

This movie is a fantasy. Not one born out of the delusions of the lead character, but those of the makers. Health Care in the United States is the worst, so lets work that into the movie. And let us aim our arrows of scorn at the hospital staff. Everyone knows that hospital staff don’t care about people, but prefer to push paper around and do double shifts because of….. of what, exactly?

“What is your name, babe?”.

”It is Anne.”.

”So, doing double shifts?”.

”What else is a single girl going to do.”.

“Now we established that what is next?”.

”We have a story. Like a thriller.. where…where.. people disappear because… because their organs get harvested. You know.. by the hospital.”.

”Good idea,… but we need a twist.”.

”How about this:… it isn’t true.. but just an illusion or rather a delusion.”.

”Nifty. We can play around with that. Maybe do several twists so the viewer gets confused.”.

”There is just one problem, though.”.

”Which is?”.

”Reality.”.

”Eh?”.

”If anyone behaves like an actual person would, the whole plot falls apart. Just taking the police to the basement where your wife and daughter disappeared to would undo the story. Or that they find his daughter’s shawl in the hospital, but she was never there so the shawl could not have been there. Or that the police walk around with guns that are easy to take away from them and have their safeties off.”.

”Relax. I wouldn’t overthink this.”.

”Right.”.

”Because you know: it is just a movie.