Fracture is a 2007 psychological legal crime thriller film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling and directed by Gregory Hoblit. It is the story of a man who shoots his unfaithful wife and then engages in a battle of wits with a young assistant district attorney. Theodore "Ted" Crawford a wealthy Irish aeronautical engineer living in Los Angeles confirms that his wife Jennifer is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally. Confronting his wife Crawford shoots her. Police are called including Nunally who enters the house cautiously negotiating with Crawford for both to put down their guns. Crawford confesses he shot his wife. Recognizing the victim and being subtly goaded by Crawford Nunally becomes enraged and assaults him. Jennifer despite her injuries is not killed but left in a coma. Crawford is arrested for attempted murder.