Ideological Analysis on Fracture (2007)

The review that I am using to analyze the film Fracture in an Ideological method is written by Justin Chang and was published on Variety.com on Friday, April 13, 2007. My argument using Ideological Analysis is that Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) was heroic to put his moral values before his career when he choose not to use the false evidence of the bullets in court. Instead, with his strong work ethic, found another way to get the crazy killer, Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), behind bars. Justin Chang voices his opinion on Willy's moral dilemias throughout the film:

Willy is saddled with such ethical quandaries throughout -- at one point, a vengeful [Rob] Nunally [Billy Burke] suggests they falsify evidence -- and the story is as much invested in his personal and professional choices as it is in the trial's outcome.

In response to Justin's quote, Willy is determined to win his case due to his hard work ethic and to keep his positive reputation, so he can move on to his job offer at a private, up-scale law firm. Willy is stuck playing head games with Ted Crawford who is malicious and carries out his creative murder plan in a cool, stubborn manner. Willy is tempted to use the false evidence of a bullet that was cotton-swabbed in a lab with Ted's DNA to end the case, so he can move on to his new job offer and work under his love interest, Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike).

However, Willy decides against using the false evidence in court and instead uses his creative and intellectual mind to accuse Ted with homicide once Ted pulls the plug on his wife, whom he shot and was stuck in a coma, so she would not wake up and reveal that her husband was the one that shot her.