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Pierce Brosnan, talking like an Irish street tough, puts the lives of an ace advertising executive from Chicago and his wife in turmoil by hanging their young daughter's safety over their heads; degrading and destroying the upwardly mobile twosome however seems to bring Brosnan no joy, so what is the point of this set-up? With a twenty million dollar budget, the film, co-produced by Brosnan, does have a snazzy appearance (with cinematographer Ashley Rowe getting some dizzying aerial shots of Chicago that look fantastic). Unfortunately, Gerard Butler and Maria Bello are pretty much stuck on the edge of hysteria throughout, bickering like children, and the plot (such as it is) has so little suspense that attention quickly turns from the victimized couple toward the many holes in the script (which are not covered up by the twist finish, scenes such as the ludicrous trip to the Chicago police station wherein a detective turns a man away because he thinks he's drunk). Brosnan, who fails to bring out any particular shadings for his stubble-faced psychotic, wears out his welcome fast, and though the picture looks handsome and expensive, it is an unrelieved downer. *1/2 from ****

It has been a while since i have seen a movie that i can't guess it's finally after the first 20-30 minutes....no more comments , just watch that movie. I can't think at other comments that would not spoil the story but the damn guidelines are asking for minimum 10 lines....so. The story is original, i can't remember to have seen this subject in a movie before, and the performance is almost perfect, the characters seem to be able to hide the motives behind their actions until the very last moment...contributing at the tension of the movie. In one word, i can't understand why so few people have voted for this movie...i vote rarely , but i could not stop myself to vote for this one

This movie is pretty much a highlights reel for all the atrociously awful thrillers released (straight to video for the most part) in the past twenty years. Highlights is a misleading term, though, as it suggests a degree of quality which is certainly not present here. Every phrase, every utterance, and every exchange has been heard a hundred thousand times before. Every action, every event, and every scene has been seen a hundred thousand times before. "Butterfly on a Wheel" is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition in the race to be the most predictable, god-awful piece of crap in the history of storytelling. Words cannot express how utterly tired I am of these painful trips into the recycle bin of motion pictures. Awful movie in every way. I wish I could rate it 0/10. Or -395/10.

I agree with all the people who said this movie was really bad. This movie was god awful and I think that everyone who rated it high must have some kind of vested interest in the movie. The plot was full of holes and they just glossed over things that really needed some explaining. I am not going to give examples because some people might be interested in watching this trash but just don't say that no one tried to warn you. I agree with Russell_anam's comment "This is a awful movie. Don't be fooled by the high IMDb rating. This has been voted high by the director, his relatives and the production crew to fool people to watch this movie."

I was wondering why I had not heard of this film before it aired on TNT. After watching it I know why. It's not very good. The three leads are wasted in what's nothing more than a "Lifetime Movie". The twist ending can be seen coming a mile away. This is a thriller without any thrills. A movie that's main problem is the Gerald Butler character is so unsympathetic that you can't get emotional attracted to really care about him. I like all three of the leads but this is not their best work. Brosnon seems to be doing a retread of his "The Tailor of Panama" character and Bello her wife from "A History of Violence." They deserve better. There was never a real sense of tension and when it was all said and done it had a big feeling of been there before. With an ending that I found disappointing.

Terror...infidelity...revenge...justice... Ingredients of a bad tasting stew of crap. Add in the not-so modern film-making mandatory elements of "guess who's the good/bad guy" and the apoplectic twister ending -- and what you have in front of you is a revolting steaming pile of bile-inducing gag-re flexing dog sh1t. It leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth while wasting your time. Oh, Pierce Brosnan, 007, is in this movie. If you are interested in wasting your time watching this flick, let me try to dissuade you from doing so (and in the end you can thank me later for saving your precious 2 hours). THINK about it. What else can you do in 2 hours? You can shave those hard to reach curled up pubes in the back of your scrotum that haven't been touched since they grew during puberty. You can watch grass grow. You can brush your teeth. Anything basically, but watch this movie. But it's up to you. Like I said you can thank me later, or hate yourself for a long time after deciding to watch this crap after heeding my advice.