Fracture

Fracture (2007) is a courtroom thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit that you can watch online on iFILM. Anthony Hopkins plays Ted Crawford, a wealthy aeronautical engineer who shoots his wife, calls the police himself, and signs a confession on the spot. Open-and-shut.

William Beachum (Ryan Gosling) is the assistant DA handed the case as a formality — he has already accepted a lucrative offer at a private firm and is mentally halfway out the door. Then Crawford fires his lawyer and decides to represent himself. Calm. Precise. Almost amused. The confession turns out to be worthless, and Beachum finds himself locked in a duel with a man who has engineered every detail of his own trial. Rosamund Pike plays Beachum's new colleague at the private firm, and David Strathairn appears as his DA boss watching the case unravel.

Produced by New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment for $10 million, the film earned over $91 million worldwide. The real engine is the clash of styles: Hopkins plays Crawford with still, predatory intelligence, while Gosling's Beachum starts confident and has to earn every inch back. Stream Fracture (2007) online on iFILM.