Shattered is a 1991 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, based on the novel by Richard Neely.

The film stars Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley and Corbin Bernsen.

[3] While driving at night along the northern California coast, architect Dan Merrick and his wife Judith are involved in a car wreck.

Dan finds an expensive bill to a pet store and follows up with its proprietor, Gus Klein.

Gus says the payment was for services provided as a private investigator to follow Judith, and it revealed she was cheating with Jack Stanton.

Pleading for his life, Dan convinces Gus to visit the shipwreck, where they find a chemical storage container.

She called for help and Jack raced to her home, arriving too late to prevent her from shooting her husband in the head.

She drives erratically down the same stretch of road from the night of the accident, confessing to the murder of Jenny, saying she had figured everything out and had to be killed.

Distracted by a police helicopter, Judith loses control of the gun, and Jack grabs it, demanding she stop the car.

Roger Ebert falls into the former category, stating that the film's resolution is "inconceivably implausible" and that the "screenplay is too clever by half."

"[6] and The Washington Post says, "It would be disastrous to even hint at the movie's denouement; a critic could get lynched for giving away an ending as shockingly unexpected as the one here.