导演：格里高·霍布里特

编剧：丹尼尔·佩尼

格伦·杰斯

主演：安东尼·霍普金斯

瑞恩·高斯林

首映日期：2007-04-20

An intriguing, gleaming, exciting work.

一部有趣的、闪闪发光的、令人兴奋的作品。

——Janos Gereben, Entertainment Insiders

With lots of twists and turns in the plot, and smart and witty dialogue, this movie is such fun.

有大量迂回曲折的情节、聪明和诙谐的对话，这部电影是如此的有趣。

——Tony Medley, tonymedley.com

The cast is really good, love the interplay between the two leads, like the look of it, kept my interest throughout, like the score, thought the script was well written and I really enjoyed the ending.

演员阵容真的很棒，喜欢两位主演间的相互影响，喜欢它看上去的样子，让我自始至终都很感兴趣，喜欢它的配乐，我认为这剧本写得很好，我真的很喜欢这部影片的结局。

——Jake

Theodore “Ted” Crawford(Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy and talented Irish aeronautical engineer in Los Angeles, discovers that his wife Jennifer Crawford(Embeth Davidtz)is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally(Billy Burke), After confronting his wife, Crawford shoots her, seriously wounding her, and immediately confesses the crime to Nunally at the scene.

He then engages in a battle of wits with rising star deputy district attorney William “Willy” Beachum(Ryan Gosling), who considers this an open-and-shut matter and agrees to go to trial immediately. Beachum is busy, making preparations for his transition from criminal law to corporate attorney for Wooton & Simms, a well-known law firm, and begins a romantic relationship with his future boss, Nikki Gardner(Rosamund Pike).

At the trial, Crawford acts as his own attorney, which serves as a key vehicle for the plot of the movie-matching up a star prosecutor against a supposedly untrained litigant. Crawford reveals that the arresting officer(Nunally)was having an affair with his wife, assaulted him during his arrest, and was present during his interrogation. Crawford's confession is ruled to be inadmissible as evidence, as it was fruit of the poisonous tree. Beachum discovers that Crawford's handgun was not used to shoot his wife because it had never been fired and did not match the shell casings at the crime scene. As the house was under surveillance the entire time from the shooting to Crawford's arrest the police are baffled.

Beachum is tempted by Nunally's scheme to plant false evidence to implicate Crawford but decides against it at the last minute. With no new evidence to present to the jury, Beachum is forced to concede the trial, and Crawford is acquitted. The disgraced Nunally commits suicide with his own gun outside the courtroom.

Beachum's future with the prestigious firm is in tatters. With the case closed, he obsessively continues to search for evidence, repeatedly visiting the comatose Jennifer in the hospital, hoping that she will wake up. However, at Crawford's request, a restraining order is issued forbidding Beachum to visit the patient. Realizing that Crawford's plan is to dispose of the only eyewitness to the crime, Beachum goes to great lengths to get a court order to keep Jennifer on life support. Nikki Gardner refuses to help him, and they end their relationship. In a last-ditch effort, Beachum is able to get a court order from Nikki's father, who is a judge. Beachum arrives at the hospital just as staff are turning off Jennifer's life support, and despite announcing he is carrying a court order, security prevent him from entering and Jennifer dies.

A mix-up of cell phones causes Beachum to realize that both Nunally and Crawford used the same type of gun. He figures out that before the crime Crawford switched his gun with Nunally's in a hotel room where Jennifer and Nunally secretly met. Crawford shot his wife with Nunally's gun, whereupon the detective arrived on the scene carrying Crawford's gun. While Nunally lingered over Jennifer, trying to revive her, Crawford reloaded Nunally's gun and placed it back where Nunally had left it, while at the same time taking back his original, unused gun. Distracted by the sight of Jennifer's body, Nunally did not notice the guns being switched back. When Crawford appears back in the room brandishing his original gun, Nunally tackles and assaults him before he is arrested, at which point Nunally unwittingly holsters his own gun, the murder weapon, and lets Crawford's unused one be taken as evidence,

Beachum confronts Crawford with his new evidence. Since she died, the bullet lodged in Jennifer's head can now be retrieved and matched with Nunally's gun. Beachum tricks Crawford into confessing, knowing that Crawford thinks he is protected under the double jeopardy clause. However, Beachum reveals that by allowing his wife to die, Crawford can now be prosecuted for murder, having previously been tried merely for attempted murder If he had not taken Jennifer off life support he could have been protected by the double jeopardy clause. Crawford is arrested by the waiting police,

The film ends with a new trial about to begin, with Beachum prosecuting and Crawford surrounded by defence attorneys from Wooton & Simms.

特德·克劳福德(安东尼·霍普金斯饰)，洛杉肌一个富有的、才华横溢的爱尔兰航空工程师，发现他的妻子詹妮弗·克劳福德(安贝斯·大卫德兹饰)和探长罗伯特·那拉里(比利·伯克饰)有了外遇。和他的妻子见面后，克劳福德朝她开了枪，严重打伤了她。并当场马上向那拉里承认了自己的罪行。

然后，他和后起之秀，公诉检察官威廉·威利·比奇姆(瑞恩·高斯林饰)，进行了较量。比奇姆认为这是一个很简单、很明显的案子，同意立即审判。他很忙，正准备从刑法公诉律师换到Wooton & Simms公司(一家著名的律师事务所)做律师，并且和他未来的老板尼基·加德纳(罗莎蒙德·派克饰)开始了一段浪漫的恋情。

庭审中，克劳福德担任自己的辩护律师，把一个没受过专业训练的诉讼当事人与一个明星检察官相对，这也是电影剧情的关键点。克劳福德揭发执行逮捕的警官(那拉里)和他的妻子有外遇，被捕期间殴打了他，还出席了审讯。按规定，克劳福德的言辞不可以当作证据，因为它是“毒树之果”。比奇姆发现，克劳福德的手枪并未用来射击过他的妻子。因为它从未开过火，并且和犯罪现场的弹壳也不匹配。让警方不解的是，从克劳福德开枪到他被捕的整个期间，房子一直处于被监视状态。

比奇姆受到了那拉里计划的诱惑，他想移植假证据指控克劳福德，但在最后一刻比奇姆还是决定放弃。由于没能向陪审团提出新的证据，比奇姆不得不让步，克劳福德被宣判无罪。那拉里用他自己的枪在法庭外蒙羞自杀。

比奇姆进入知名公司的未来已经支离破碎。虽已结案，但他仍继续执迷于寻找证据，并不断地到医院看望昏迷的詹妮弗，希望她会醒来。然而，克劳福德请求了一张限制令，禁止比奇姆再去探望病人。意识到克劳福德想要处理掉犯罪现场唯一的目击证人，比奇姆费尽心机请求法院下令保持詹妮弗的呼吸机正常工作。尼基·加德纳拒绝帮助他，终结了他们的关系。通过最后的努力，比奇姆从尼基的父亲那里得到了法院的命令，他是个法官。比奇姆赶到医院时，医护人员正在拿掉詹妮弗的呼吸机，尽管他宣布自己带来了法院的执行令，但还是被保安拦在外面，詹妮弗死了。

一次错拿别人手机使比奇姆联想到，那拉里和克劳福德使用的是相同类型的手枪。于是推理出，是在詹妮弗和那拉里秘密约会的酒店房间里，克劳福德把他和那拉里的枪进行了交换。克劳福德用那拉里的枪射击了他的妻子。随后探长带着克劳福德的枪赶到了现场。在那拉里仔细思考试图挽救詹妮弗生命的时候，克劳福德重新把那拉里的枪放回了他放枪的地方，与此同时取回了自己原来的、未使用过的枪。看到受伤的詹妮弗，让那拉里分了心，他并没有注意到枪被换了回来。当克劳福德在房间里重新挥舞着他自己原来的那把枪时，那拉里阻止并攻击了他，然后逮捕了他，当时那拉里没有查看自己的枪，也就是那把犯罪凶器，让克劳福德那把未使用过的枪成了证据。

比奇姆用他的新证据和克劳福德当面对质。詹妮弗死后，射入她头部的子弹可以取出并与那拉里的枪匹配。克劳福德误以为他有犯罪双重条款的保护，于是承认了比奇姆的推测。然而，比奇姆透露，由于他任由妻子死去，克劳福德现在可以被控谋杀，因为之前由于谋杀未遂已被审判。如果他没有拿掉詹妮弗的呼吸机，他可能会受到双重条款的保护。克劳福德被等在外面的警察逮捕了。

电影结束时，新的审判即将开始，比奇姆在控告，围在克劳福德身边的是来自Wooton & Simms的辩护律师。

attorney[ə'tə:ni]n. 律师;代理人

inadmissible[ˌinəd'misəbl]adj. 不许可的;难承认的

surveillance[sə:'veiləns]n. 监督;监视

courtroom['kɔ:tru:m]n. 法庭;审判室

comatose['kəʊmətəʊs]adj. 昏迷的;昏睡状态的;麻木的;怠惰的

eyewitness['aiˌwitnis]n. 目击者;见证人

brandish['brændi∫]vt. 挥舞;炫耀

jeopardy['ʤepədi]n. 危险;[律](被告处于被判罪或受处罚的)危险境地

重点掌握

■ …the bullet lodged in Jennifer's head ...

lodge in是英语中一个固定搭配，其字面意思是“住宿于”，比如：They lodged in a school last night. 昨晚他们住在一所学校里。在文中是“固定在;卡在;射入”的意思，由其字面意思引申而来。比如：The bullet lodged in his neck. 子弹射进他的颈部。另外，lodge in还有“(权利)属于;赋予(权利)”的意思，比如：Such rights lodge in the general manager. 总经理有这些权利。

Anthony Hopkins Interviewed by Rebecca Murray

The Appeal of Francture:

With Hannibal's Lecter and now with Fracture's Ted Crawford, Hopkins has pretty much perfected the likeable villain character. But Hopkins is quick to point out he's only played those two thus far. “I've only played two. It's not a question of just playing killers. I've played lots of other roles, but I liked this film because the script was so good. It was different but as good I think as Silence of the Lambs and it's all to do with structure, I think. I can't give you a direct answer.

When my agent sent me the script, he said, ‘I recommend you read this. Greg Hoblit's directing.’ I said，‘Yeah，yeah, I know Greg.’ I'd seen Primal Fear and some others he'd done. Then I read the script and I phoned my agent back after Page 35. I said, ‘This is really good.’ I finished the script [and]I said，‘Well，if Greg wants to， I'd love to do it,’ because it's one of those scripts that you don't get very often.

I'm a fan of this sort of movie, like Sleepers or Primal Fear, Presumed Innocent, Jagged Edge. Those things that keep you entertained. They're thrillers, and that's what I liked about it. I can usually tell, this sounds weird, but the script, especially if it's been recommended and I read it and I look at it, even the way it's been set out, even the kind of lineup of the dialogue and if there's not too much description... If it's just minimal description or stage directions, film direction, I have a hunch that i'ts going to be good. Then I read this and I thought it was the best script I'd had since Silence of the Lambs. It's a very clean structure. It's very clear, concise, economic in its delivery and that's why it appealed to me.”

《破绽》的吸引力：

伴随着《汉尼拔》中的莱克特和如今《破绽》中的特德·克劳福德，霍普金斯基本上已经扮演了近乎完美的可爱的反派角色。但霍普金斯很快就指出，迄今为止，他只扮演过两个这种角色。

“我只扮演过两个这种角色。问题不是只扮演杀手。我扮演过很多其他角色，但这部电影我喜欢，因为剧本是那么棒，我认为和《沉默的羔羊》一样好，虽然两者不同，这完全是因为结构，我觉得。我不能给你一个直接的答案。

当我的经纪人把剧本交给我时，他说：‘我建议你读读这个。格里高·霍布里特执导。’我说：‘是的，是的，我知道格里高。’我看过《一级恐惧》和他拍的其他一些影片。然后我读了剧本，在看到第35页之后，我给我的经纪人回电话。我说：‘真的非常好。’看完剧本，我说，‘哦，如果格里高想拍，我很乐意参演。’因为它不是那种你能经常得到的剧本。

我很喜欢这类电影，像《豪情四兄弟》《一级恐惧》《推定无罪》或《血网边缘》，那些让你很过瘾的东西。它们都是惊悚小说，这就是我喜欢的地方。我经常可以分辨出来，这听起来奇怪，但这个剧本，特别是假设它已被推荐，我读了它，看着它，甚至以它已开拍的方式，甚至以阵营对话的方式，假设没有太多说明……假设它只有很少的描述或舞台说明，或电影描述，我有预感它会很棒。然后我读了这个，我觉得它是《沉默的羔羊》之后我读到的最棒的剧本，因为它有一个非常清晰的结构。传递信息非常清晰、简明、实用，这就是它吸引我的原因。”

《破绽》是经历了长久的“阵痛”才横空出世的。这个故事的创意是由编剧丹尼尔·佩尼(Daniel Pyne)提供的。

在同意执导《破绽》之前，格里高·霍布里特读了至少100个剧本。

安东尼·霍普金斯(Anthony Hopkins)饰演的特德·克劳福德是专门研究断裂力学的工程师兼科学家，工作的性质是分析航空故障以及飞机事故，所以他对自己能够找出任何体系中哪怕是最小化的过失与缺点非常自豪。