Wrecked (2010)

A man trapped in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine must overcome incredible odds to survive.

Director:

Michael Greenspan

Writer:

Christopher Dodd

Stars:

Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Adrien Brody	...	Man
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Woman
Ryan Robbins	...	George Weaver
Adrian G. Griffiths	...	Raymond Plazzy (as Adrian Hughes)
Adrian Holmes	...	Man in the Woods
Lloyd Adams	...	Eric Stapleton
Mark McConchie	...	Security Guard (as Mark Mcconchie)
Jacob Blair	...	Park Ranger

Storyline

A man awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed. Even if he manages to survive, the man may have to face the horrible consequences of an earlier, forgotten life.

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Plot Keywords:

memory | man with no name | minimal cast | amnesia | hallucination | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violent content

Details

Official Sites:

IFC Films [United States] Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 2011 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Armadilha do Destino

Filming Locations:

Errington, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,054, 1 April 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$4,821, 10 April 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Independent Edge Films, Téléfilm Canada, Three-Seven Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The filmmakers held an informal contest among themselves to determine the most annoying song Adrien would hear on the car radio. Tiny Tim's version of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" won, hands down.

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Goofs

With broken lower leg bones the protagonist could in no way have moved the way he did.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Man: [weakly] Help!

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Soundtracks

Tip Toe Through The Tulips With Me
Performed by Tiny Tim
Words and Music by Joseph A. Burke (as Joseph A. Burke) and Al Dubin © 1929
Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited / B Feldman and Sons Ltd.
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd.

User Reviews

Lack of emotional wallop but otherwise good

It might be easy to try and compare Wrecked to Buried or 127 Hours but this wouldn't be really fair because Wrecked has a protagonist who doesn't know who he is and this, due to the circumstances he finds himself in leaves you to wonder if he's a criminal or a good guy.Furnishing new facts to the audience whenever the nameless man discovers it, screenwriter Christopher Dodd gives you the impression you are experiencing the ride along with the nameless man from the very first scene which opens with the man coming into consciousness in the wreck of a car. Brody's raw performance will help you to feel at least moderately hooked throughout the man's distress. Whatever he feels, you'll feel a matching sensation. Tension and suspense are best found during the scenes when he's trapped in the car, it's when he when he frees himself from the car that the plot's boredom begins to rise to the surface and You'll find yourself wanting for more details about the man's past, but instead you merely get flashes of the events that happened before he ended up in the crashed car.It is here that the thinness if the plot is exposed as been stretched, showing perhaps that this would have made a better movie short than a full length feature. Notably the script also lacks any kind off comic relief as a form of levity, Buried and 127 Hours had that. By the third act we find it difficult to care too much about the man due to lack of emotional wallop, albeit the flashback scenes work well enough for the most part and director Michael Greenspan uses some clever cinematography which refused to resort to hand cam shake to provide fake tension. Adrian Brody's performance is captivating but overall, Wrecked starts off suspenseful and intense but fails to hold up to this throughout.