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A man wakes up, badly injured, in a horrible car accident in the middle of the wilderness. There's a dead body in the backseat and he has no memory of who he is, or what happened. He struggles to survive the harsh elements of the wild and his own hallucinations.
This being a Canadian thriller, one can automatically accept the idea that it is low budget. This was clearly written with that in mind. The film itself has very little dialogue, very little action and relies heavily on the shoulders of the one character, played by Adrien Brody. The entire film is Brody trying to survive not only his own injuries, but the elements outside of his car. Wild animals, hunters and in many scenes, his own broken mind. Reportedly, he decided to stay in the car wreck over night in the Canadian wilderness while the crew went back to their warm and cozy hotel rooms. That dedication shows on the screen, Brody does carry the film. The film just doesn't match what Brody delivers.
There is a mystery in this film, but it never really feels compelled or driven by any of it. It's more concerned with the survival elements. Which really don't do much to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat. The entire production feels like it could really be a short story, but was dragged out into a feature for unknown reasons. By the end of the film, we know who he is, who the dead guy in his back seat was and what really did happen, but it never reaches any point of interest to be honest. I just didn't care about any of it.
Small film with a simple story, Wrecked will entertain very few people looking for either a mystery or a survival tale. Despite having both elements be key parts of the film, it never fully realizes what it wants to be. So the end results in an uneven film that won't find its place on anyone's radar.
Wrecked
(Michael Greenspan)
(Michael Greenspan)
Brody's one man show
A man wakes up, badly injured, in a horrible car accident in the middle of the wilderness. There's a dead body in the backseat and he has no memory of who he is, or what happened. He struggles to survive the harsh elements of the wild and his own hallucinations.
This being a Canadian thriller, one can automatically accept the idea that it is low budget. This was clearly written with that in mind. The film itself has very little dialogue, very little action and relies heavily on the shoulders of the one character, played by Adrien Brody. The entire film is Brody trying to survive not only his own injuries, but the elements outside of his car. Wild animals, hunters and in many scenes, his own broken mind. Reportedly, he decided to stay in the car wreck over night in the Canadian wilderness while the crew went back to their warm and cozy hotel rooms. That dedication shows on the screen, Brody does carry the film. The film just doesn't match what Brody delivers.
There is a mystery in this film, but it never really feels compelled or driven by any of it. It's more concerned with the survival elements. Which really don't do much to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat. The entire production feels like it could really be a short story, but was dragged out into a feature for unknown reasons. By the end of the film, we know who he is, who the dead guy in his back seat was and what really did happen, but it never reaches any point of interest to be honest. I just didn't care about any of it.
Small film with a simple story, Wrecked will entertain very few people looking for either a mystery or a survival tale. Despite having both elements be key parts of the film, it never fully realizes what it wants to be. So the end results in an uneven film that won't find its place on anyone's radar.