Wrecked (2010)
5/10
Wrecked
28 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers
When I saw this film in a shop I presumed it was a straight to DVD release, or independent film that obviously did not get a lot of publicity, but reading the description and liking the lead star I was willing to give it a go. Basically a Man (Adrien Brody) wakes up in a car wrecked in an accident at the bottom of a woodland ravine, with scratches on his face, a broken leg which is trapped under the glove box, and a dead body behind him in the passenger seat. He does remember what happened or who he is, but he waits for help, and survives on small scraps and rain water until he work a way out of the car. He manages to listen top the radio, and he overhears the news that an armed bank robbery took place, a security guard was killed and they are looking for three men, and after this he manages to get his leg out and crawl out of the wreck. Checking around the Man sees two other bodies, and he also checks the boot, finding a bag with the stolen money, he realises he may have been involved in the robbery as one of the thieves himself. He realises he is in a very secluded area with woodland animals around, and only a dog wandering around, and he is also having hallucinations of a Woman (Caroline Dhavernas) who is bringing his spirits down. The Man decides to strap his leg with some wood to straighten it and to crawl away from the wreck in order to find some help, and as he journeys through the forest he still survives on the small scraps and water. Time passes and he soon comes to a river, where obviously he drinks, and he slowly travels down it, only to slip and be washed further, and when he gets out of the water and crawls back through the woods he is saddened to be back at the wreck. After contemplating and knowing he still won't be rescued, and haunted more by the Woman, he decides to try and escape the jungle again, but he goes a different direction. In the end, and taking the phone he found with him, the Man manages to crawl his way to a road, get signal to call for help, and in the car he has a flashback where he realises what happened, the Woman was his partner, and he was a victim, not a thief, plus he caused the wreck. As the only main character featured Brody is good as the unnamed protagonist with no knowledge of his condition and using his primal instincts to survive, it is a simple concept where the character is surviving and trying to escape his situation, but it is effective, an interesting enough thriller. Worth watching!
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