Butterfly on a Wheel

Butterfly on a Wheel (US: Shattered, Europe: Desperate Hours) is a 2007 British–Canadian mystery thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and written by William Morrissey, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello. The film's title is an allusion to a line of Alexander Pope's poem "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot": "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" The line is usually interpreted as questioning why someone would put great effort into achieving something minor or unimportant, or who would punish a minor offender with a disproportional punishment.

For the song by The Mission, see Butterfly on a Wheel (song).

Butterfly on a Wheel
Directed byMike Barker
Written byWilliam Morrissey
Produced byWilliam Vince
William Morrissey
Pierce Brosnan
StarringPierce Brosnan
Maria Bello
Gerard Butler
CinematographyAshley Rowe
Edited byGuy Bensley
Bill Sheppard
Music byRobert Duncan
Production
companies
Irish DreamTime
Infinity Features
Distributed byLions Gate Entertainment (US)
Icon Entertainment (non-US)
Freestyle Releasing
Release date
  • July 2007 (2007-07)
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
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