Crash

10/13/2020

_**Provocative psychological drama**_ Peoples of differing ethnicities and social-economic levels 'crash' into each other in Los Angeles over a day or so at Christmas time. These people include: A white cop who's angry over the downside of affirmative action and so abuses his authority (Matt Dillon); his young white partner who objects to the abuse and actively tries to counteract it (Ryan Phillipe); a black TV director who feels emasculated over the racism he experiences and ultimately blows up (Terrence Howard); his light-skinned wife who doesn't know when to shutteth up (Thandie Newton); an Hispanic locksmith (Michael Peña) and his young daughter with an ‘impenetrable invisible cloak’; a Persian shopkeeper who needs a scapegoat after his store is horribly vandalized, not to menti

7/27/2026

Set against the background of a racially diverse Los Angeles, this follows the activities of a (not exactly random) selection of people whose lives unexpectedly intertwine over a day and a night in the city. The city's DA (Brendan Fraser) is a shrewd politician who will use whatever tools he can to stay in office whilst his over-indulged wife (Sandra Bullock) - they were the recent victims of an all-black carjacking - only thinly veils her disdain for people of colour excusing that on the basis of her recent experience rather than some more fundamentally philosophical attitude. Meantime, the rather odious cop "Ryan" (Matt Dillon) takes the concept of a body search a little too far when he stops "Cameron" (Terrence Howard) and his wife "Christine" (Thandiwe Newton) - disgusting (or does he?