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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.
DVD Extras
While a bit thin on the ground, an interesting commentary,
a featurette and Music Video are among the extras here.
Conclusion: Movie 90% Extras: 65%
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