This movie displayed true concepts in every day life that not everyone is willing to accept

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2011)

The movie Crash involves several stories that are interwoven and connected within a thirty six hour period, without the characters in the story line being unaware of how their actions and beliefs affect the other person or other people. The theme of this movie show how people of all races and classes are interconnected by their attitudes and beliefs that affect each other in a profound and life changing way; from racists attitudes and beliefs from their own personnel experiences in life to how they got where they are in life and why. The main character Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) is an African American Detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, his girlfriend Ria is a Latino Police Detective (Jennifer Esposito). His mother (Beverly Todd) is a drug addicted woman who's only concern is her youngest son, Peter. Peter is constantly in trouble with the law and Detective Walters is constantly trying to help his mother and brother Peter to clean up their lives. Jean Cabot (Sandra Bullock) is the wife of a D.A. Rick Cabot (Brendan Fraser) who is too busy trying to get re-elected than to worry about the problems his wife is dealing with after getting car jack by two African American Males, Anthony and Peter. Jean deals with her racist attitudes and thoughts. Her husband is trying to bribe Detective Waters in order for the election to go in his favor. Anthony and Peter are always talking about racist's attitudes and the mindset of society as they continue their crime spree throughout the movie. Cameron Thayer (Terrence Howard) an African American Director and his wife Christine Thayer (Thandie Newton) are pulled over and harassed by a racist cop, Officer John Ryan (Matt Dillion) and his new partner, Officer Tom Hansen (Ryan Phillippe). Officer Ryan is dealing with his own personal problems with his ill father and his lack of adequate insurance coverage. Officer Tom Hansen is new to the police force and doesn't like the way Officer Ryan deals with people of other races, he wants to do the right thing but not sure how to make a stand. Officer Ryan does not believe he is racist and tries to help others, but ultimately proves his reactions to a situation that he is a product of the environment he is in; as we all are. Then the Persian immigrant store owner Farhad (Shaun Taub) and his daughter Dari. He buys a gun for protection of his store. He believes the Mexican lock smith did not fix his locks the way he should have. Farhad's daughter picks up a box of shells that are blanks because she is trying to control her father's irrational and racist behavior. The Mexican lock smith and his daughter who is afraid of the crime and violence that goes on around her. Her father tries to work hard and protect his daughter despite the racial prejudice he experiences We are all victims of our own beliefs, by what we have experienced in life or been taught. Crash combines many prejudice and racist thoughts and beliefs by its characters reactions to each other as they interact with life events. The climatic ending which starts at the beginning of the movie shows how we are all running through life with the ability to crash into each other but are able to put are hateful thoughts and feelings aside in the face of tragedy and human need.