The plot threads all deal with racial issues: Two black men,
Peter (Larenz Tate) and Anthony (Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges) carjack an
SUV owned by the LA district attorney, Rick Cabot (Brendon Fraser) and
his wife Jean (Sandra Bullock). The Cabot’s home is
having the door locks changed by Daniel (Michael Pena), who faces
racial insults on the job and a harrowing incident with his family. Two
white policemen, Ryan (Matt Dillon) and Hanson (Ryan Phillipe) are
called to find the Cabot’s stolen SUV. The identical vehicle is
coincidentally in front of the two cops, being driven by a well-to-do
black couple Cameron (Terrence Howard) and Christine (Thadie Newton),
who endure nightmarish ordeal with Officer Ryan. Two
detectives Graham (Don Cheadle) and Ria (Jennifer Esposito find their
interracial relationship strained while Graham deals with a miscreant
brother, addict mother and racial stereotyping at work. Farhad (Shaun
Toub), a Persian man angry and frightened at being vilified and his
shop vandalised, goes with his daughter Dorri (Bahar Soomekh) to buy a
gun. Co-written by Paul Haggis’, who also makes his feature film directorial debut, Crash’s storylines are tightly woven together and well-edited, and the performances are excellent. Some of the stories have a grim end, while others are more buoyant; but Crash
doesn’t examine the origins or give any answers about bigotry
– it just shows the disquieting symptoms and outcomes. And it
delivers them over and over again, which perhaps is the point - it
gives you a lot to think about. EXTRAS This
newly-released (can you say 'Quick, it has won the Best Film Oscar!,
put a 2-disc edition together'!) edition features four times as many
extras as the original release did. In addition to the four minutes of
extra footage that is woven back into the film (couldn't spot the
difference though), there is a DVD Introduction by Director Paul
Haggis, Deleted Scenes with Director Commentary, a making-of,
featurettes on - the director, the locale, the topics of the film, a
music video, music montages, script-to-screen comparisons ,
storyboard-to-screen comparisons and the kitchen sink. . Conclusion:
Movie 90% Extras: 70% 
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