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A plane is forced to land in a jungle in the Phillipines after a massive electrical failure caused by a lightning strike. On board is a prisoner accused of homicide. The island they land on is infested with guerillas and separatists. The film is riddled with aviation impossibilities, but if you suspend logic and reasoning you can still enjoy the viseral shot-em-up action that takes place. Gerard Butler stars as Captain Brodie Torrance, the pilot of the doomed plane, and Mike Colter as the prisoner.

A man, Phillip (Paul Giamatti) is contacted by a service called Eulogy that is requesting memories for a deceased woman, Carol. He initially says it has been many years since his last contact with Carol and can't remember much. Eulogy indicates that they have a way of recovering memories using old photos, which they send to him by drone. This package includes a device that attaches to his head that allows Phillip to visual a virtual guide (Patsy Ferran), who helps Phillip walk through his photos. At first, none of the photos contained any pictures of Carol's face. The guide asks for more photos, which Phillip has, but all of them have Carol's face obliterated. It becomes apparent that Phillip and Carol had an intimate relationship that ended in a difficult breakup.

The guide helps Phillip probe deeper into the relationship, with Phillip finding more documents that help stimulate his memory of a long-forgotten lover. This ultimately reveals a letter that Phillip had in his possession all this time, but had never read.

The journey from mild interest to a mind-blowing emotional discovery is one of the most intense and wonderful pieces of cinematography that I have ever seen. Well done, Black Mirror!

Yes, there are some plot flaws, but overall, this will keep you wondering what is actually going on. Sam Worthington does a good job of portraying the confused father of a missing wife and daughter, and the other performances are decent, especially the girl, Luci Capri, who plays the protagonist, Peri.

Unfortunately, IMDB no longer shows the filming location, so I looked this up: The Netflix movie Fractured (2019) was filmed primarily in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and also in the surrounding areas of Selkirk and Matlock. Key locations included the former Selkirk and District General Hospital for the hospital scenes and a rest stop on Highway 8 near Matlock for scenes featuring a highway pit stop.