Chaos theory in the real world

Rating: 9/10 (19 September 2005)

Crash is one of those films that you will have to watch more than once. Not because it is complicated in the way that the Usual Suspects or LA Confidential are but because you will miss the minutae.
The film deals with racial prejudice in LA. I cannot believe, from a UK perspective, that it is quite as overt in real life as is portrayed in the film. It blows away the wide held view amongst the liberal-left that racism is only one way: white on black. In the film everyone is racist and abusive to anyone from a different race or skin colour.
Racism is a basic human reaction. Its the dog hates the cat, cat hates the mouse of the human world. You are different from me. Maybe you are a threat to me. You have been given more advantages than I have because of your racial background. Result is I dislike/hate you.
This is the basis of the film which moves quickly although in reality nothing much happens. I was worried that as the film was approaching the climax that the director would give the film a sacharrine ending and everyone would realise the futility of racial prejudice. Thankfully he didn't.
There are no nice guys in this film.