Ray is driving home with his wife Joanne and daughter Peri after a Thanksgiving visit to Joanne's parents. Ray and Joanne argue about the state of their relationship. Peri needs to use a restroom so they take a break at a gas station. After returning to the car, Peri cannot find her compact mirror. Joanne goes to check the restroom, and Ray searches the back seat. While Ray is distracted, Peri is menaced by a stray dog and starts backing towards an exposed pit. Ray throws a rock to scare the dog, but it helps cause Peri to fall into the hole. Ray, striving to grab her, falls in as well and hits his head. He comes around in a daze, and to a distressed Joanne who has climbed down and is checking Peri for injuries. After his head clears, he picks Peri up and decides to have her arm seen to at a hospital they passed a few miles back. During the admissions process, the couple are asked if they would be willing for Peri to be placed on the organ donor register. Peri is seen by a doctor who states that her arm is broken and that he wants her to have a CAT scan in case she has a head injury. Joanne accompanies her to the scanning facility in the basement, while Ray falls asleep in the waiting area. Ray awakens hours later and asks the hospital staff if he can see his wife and daughter, but is told they have no record of them. Most of the doctors have changed shift, and the only nurse still there says that Ray came alone and was treated for a head wound. Ray becomes distressed, is restrained by security and, after being given a sedative, is locked in a room. He escapes and waves down two police officers who agree to investigate. Further evidence is found that Ray's family never was at the hospital; and he is taken by the police, and a hospital psychiatrist, to the gas station. They find a large bloodstain in the pit and attempt to arrest Ray. He takes an officer's gun and locks everyone in the gas station before returning to the hospital. He reaches the basement, after fighting with security, and finds that Peri is about to have her organs harvested. He drags her out of the operating theatre, along with a drugged Joanne, shooting a doctor as they leave. As they drive away, it is revealed that his family died in the pit; Peri from her fall and Joanne after Ray pushed her and she landed on a rebar. Their bodies have been in the trunk of the car the whole time, and the events of the hospital visit were the result of Ray's psyche trying to deny the reality of what happened. On the back seat, a seriously ill patient who Ray extracted from surgery lies unconscious.
Cast
Sam Worthington as Ray Monroe
Lily Rabe as Joanne Monroe
Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Berthram
Adjoa Andoh as Dr. Isaacs
Shane Dean as Officer Griggs
Lauren Cochrane as Officer Chilches
Lucy Capri as Peri Monroe
Production
In November 2018, Sam Worthington signed to star, with Brad Anderson attached to direct Alan B. McElroy's script, Paul Schiff, Neal Edelstein, and Mike Macari producing, and Netflix distributing. In December 2018, Lily Rabe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Adjoa Andoh, and Lucy Capri joined the cast. Production began that month. Principal photography for the film took place on location in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from November 2018 to January 2019.
Release
The film had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2019. It was released on Netflix on October 11, 2019.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 28 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.68/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Led by an arresting Sam Worthington performance, Fractured is a reasonably diverting mystery with enough thrills to make up for a familiar story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."
