Brad Fittler

"You're gonna tell on me?"

- Brad taunts his son

Brad Fittler is the secondary antagonist of the 2012 film Chained. Although he presents himself as a loving husband and father to his wife Sarah and son Tim, Brad secretly wishes to be rid of them. He arranges to have his older brother Bob abduct them, making him responsible for Sarah's murder and Tim's captivity.

Biography
Brad grew up in an abusive household, although his older brother Bob would attempt to shield him from the abuse. When their father forced Bob to have sexual intercourse with their mother, Brad witnessed the event. While the trauma led to Bob becoming a serial killer, Brad appeared to be unaffected. He managed to live a relatively normal life, marrying Sarah and becoming a father to Tim. Behind his appearance as a loving family man, however, Brad is deeply immoral. After developing a desire to be rid of his wife and son, he sends a letter to Bob, whom he kept secret from them, asking him to take them away.

For his scheme, Brad drops Sarah and Tim off at a movie theater and encourages Sarah to take a cab home instead of a bus, giving her additional money to pay for the fare. Bob, through information given to him by Brad, arrives while Sarah and Tim are leaving the theater to give them a ride in his cab. When Sarah and Tim disappear, Brad assumes his plan succeeded. He goes on to marry a woman named Marie and has a new son with her named Colin.

Years later, Brad is visited at his home by a young man he does not recognize. Brad eventually realizes that the young man is Tim, still alive after his abduction. Unbeknownst to Brad, Bob killed Sarah, but made Tim his personal captive until Tim escaped by killing him. While Brad feigns delight over seeing his son again, Tim reveals that he found the letter Brad sent to Bob and knows that Brad was responsible for his and his mother's abduction. Tim's revelation causes Brad to drop his façade and his true side starts to come out.

Brad mocks Tim and begins physically striking him, prompting Marie to intervene. In response to Marie's interference, Brad throws her to the ground and prepares to rape her. The sight of seeing Brad assaulting Marie, however, causes Tim to snap and beat his father to death with a glass ornament. To protect Tim from going to jail and shield her son from the truth about his father, Marie tells the police that a burglar killed Brad.