Note to self: Never buy a Lincoln Navigator

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2005)

Y'know how everyone in L.A. is a bit overly-racist and everything in life happens because of something spawning from race-relations to one another? No? Well, I never really thought so either, but this movie isn't trying to push that issue down your throat as much as it's trying to make people think about their actions upon one another no matter the race card.
Basically the movie takes place in modern times, Los Angeles, and it is edited to show how many people we deal with in everyday life that we might have a problem with because of their reputation as any given race. The characters end up tying to each others' lives whether they wish they did or not. And hindsight is always 20/20 so the characters end up understanding that we all co-exist and have to get along and do what is right to live freely in this society.
I love how this movie, even though it was directed by a Canadian, Paul Haggis...just kidding. I really enjoyed this film all the way through. It had a little bit of everything, from stylish shots to near-perfect acting from the widely acclaimed cast. It featured beautiful, "chill" tracks which played over very provocative scenes of violence of all types (sexual, homicidal, verbal), which brought the movie closer to home and more universal. The film is so universal and generic as a topic of discussion that you would think that the director would be on thin ice by presenting race relations as something that we have yet to get a grasp on, but the truth is that there are plenty of reasons why we choose to hold on to these stereotypes and this movie shows some of those reasons and some resolution to these problems.
I gave it a definite 9/10. There's no question that this movie is going to be around for a good long while with the message, the actors involved, the mature nature with which this movie deals with some of society's problems on race relations, and the outstanding directing and cinematography displayed in this film. Excellent piece of work.
It's also nice to see that there are directors who can still provide a couple of hours of entertainment while teaching the audience through the finished work.