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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)

★ 6.4 · 565 ratings on TMDB

Lives will be broken

Butterfly on a Wheel poster★ 6.4

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

DirectorMike Barker
CastClaudette Mink, Desiree Zurowski, Emma Karwandy, Gerard Butler, Malcolm Stewart, Maria Bello
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Butterfly on a Wheel keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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