Starring Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard
Directed by Stuart Gordon
Distributed by Image Entertainment
There’s no question … when director Stuart Gordon is on the money, he is very much on the money. With his latest feature Gordon hits the proverbial ball not only directly out of the park, but also through the windshield of a … well, maybe I should just start from the beginning.
Things are going great for Brandi Boski (Suvari). She’s about to get promoted at her job, she has what she believes to be a good boyfriend, and her life is unfolding just as she wants it to. That is until a crash collision with a newly down-on-his-luck dude named Thomas Bardo (Rea) forever puts her life into a tailspin. In fact, Bardo ends up flying right through Boski’s windshield after our buzzed damsel hits him while he was crossing the street late at night. What to do? After a few near misses with the law and otherwise, Brandi decides to hide her car, body hanging out of the window and all, in her garage until she can figure out what measure of actions to take.
What a story, huh? The whole situation sounds pretty far fetched, doesn’t it? If you think that something like this could never happen, brothers and sisters, you are wrong. Surprisingly the basis of the story is totally true. A few years ago a woman in Texas hit a homeless man with her vehicle and then hid the car and his body in her garage until he bled out days later. Just goes to show you, man, truth can be way stranger than anything anyone could cook up. Want to know more, like how this dastardly bitch was caught? Good! On to the supplemental material then!
It should be noted that all the special features discussed here appear in standard definition and are both on the DVD and the Blu-ray editions of this flick. No extra stuff for us this time, but it doesn’t matter; this package is a winner.
Stuck is a movie that will have you laughing one moment and then wincing in perceived agony the next. There were several scenes that left me with my jaw on the floor, and I’m pretty friggin’ jaded. A great surprise and a fine example of Gordon on top of his game. Rent it, see it, buy it, dig it!
Special Features
4 out of 5
Special Features:
3 1/2 out of 5
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