DVD
REVIEW: STUCK
10/13/08
SYNOPSIS:
Brandi (Mena Suvari), a
hard-partying, overworked nursing assistant, accidentally
steers her car into a homeless man (Stephen Rea), sending him flying
through the windshield. Not wanting to jeopardize a possible
job promotion, she chooses not to get him medical help,
leaving him clinging to life in her garage. But soon her
psyche begins to unravel as captor and captive are pitted
against each other in a bloody...even outrageous battle for
survival.
REVIEW: Inspired by a true story, Stuck is a 2007
film directed by Stuart Gordon. The movie had a production
cost of about $5 millions and it first premiered in the 2007
Cannes Film Festival. It was in 2008 when the film was
release in a couple of theaters back on May 30 by The
ThinkFilm Company. Stuck is based on the case of Chante
Jawan Mallard, who on struck a homeless man Gregory Biggs,
causing him to get stuck in Mallard's car windshield. Chante
actually drove home with Gregory Biggs strap in her
windshield and later left him die in her garage.
Director Stuart Gordon picked a very interesting, but odd
story to work with in this film. A story full of gaps, in
which he had to make use of his best writing skills in order
to put it together. In that sense Gordon was able to add
enough good fiction to keep the story interesting and avoid
falling into total ridiculous by the end of the movie. What
work for me in this film was the ability of Stuart Gordon to
make a story that was very scary an dramatic at the
beginning, which slowly transition into a dark comedy and
finally became a revenge movie. I felt all three emotions
during this film. It was like watching three good films. The
movie is not perfect, but it has enough material to make the
film worth watching.
Overall Stuck is one of
those movies that at the end, it doesn't make you feel like
you have just wasted an hour and half of your life, On the
other hand, it is just that movie that you are going
to end up recommending.
Movie Review By The Critic
VIDEO:
1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
AUDIO:
English,
Spanish and French
5.1 (Dolby Digital).
Subtitles - English Spanish
French - Optional
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