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Wrecked is an interesting little low budget film that has a fairly promising premise that should attract the viewers (because the poster certainly won't).
A man wakes up in a car wreck in the woods with no idea of who he is or why he got there, with his only company being that of the dead body in the seat next to him. It soon becomes apparent that help is not coming and he has to get out of the car. But once he's free, his troubles have only just begun, as he finds out that he is not alone in the woods.
There is a lot to like about this little film. Adrien Brody does a great job of displaying how painful and lonely it would be if one was trapped in this particular situation, and of course the film rests on his acting and the great imagery and camera work. The film never becomes too slow, and there is always a new little plot point or clue that leads the viewer on.
Of course one should not go into this film expecting a sordid tale of survival and battles with mountain lions. Instead, what we have is a psychological exploration, where the woods serve as the back drop for all of the character's guilts and desires, and soon we are doubting what is real and what isn't. Think of J.G. Ballard's "Concrete Island" or Stephen King's "Gerald's Game".
While it is ultimately weak with a so-so story, "Wrecked" is worth watching at least once just to enjoy the work of Brody and the fluid flow of the film.
A man wakes up in a car wreck in the woods with no idea of who he is or why he got there, with his only company being that of the dead body in the seat next to him. It soon becomes apparent that help is not coming and he has to get out of the car. But once he's free, his troubles have only just begun, as he finds out that he is not alone in the woods.
There is a lot to like about this little film. Adrien Brody does a great job of displaying how painful and lonely it would be if one was trapped in this particular situation, and of course the film rests on his acting and the great imagery and camera work. The film never becomes too slow, and there is always a new little plot point or clue that leads the viewer on.
Of course one should not go into this film expecting a sordid tale of survival and battles with mountain lions. Instead, what we have is a psychological exploration, where the woods serve as the back drop for all of the character's guilts and desires, and soon we are doubting what is real and what isn't. Think of J.G. Ballard's "Concrete Island" or Stephen King's "Gerald's Game".
While it is ultimately weak with a so-so story, "Wrecked" is worth watching at least once just to enjoy the work of Brody and the fluid flow of the film.
- claudio_carvalho
- Jul 14, 2011
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Right. First of all I need to express my disappointment. I was really looking forward to seeing this movie for quite some time now. Ever since I saw the trailer, from which it looked really attractive. It looked like it was going to be an interesting, psychedelic story, with twists and tension. ESPECIALLY due to the fact that ADRIEN BRODY is there! Because after seeing ''The Jacket'', in which Adrien Brody also starred, I was left stunned. So you can imagine the gripping excitement that came to me about half a year ago before the release of ''Wrecked'' when I found out that a movie like this would come out! But everyone, who has high hopes for this film because of the same, or at least a similar reason, can give up right now. This movie will definitely NOT satisfy, let alone EXCEEED, your expectations, because...well...It is boring. Simple as that. The plot itself is really plain. So plain, that it would actually be difficult to spoil anything, since there is almost nothing to spoil. The trailer alone can give out practically everything. And the film is really TOO LONG. And that makes this dull plot even MORE painfully tiresome. If they would have reduced the whole movie to about 30 minutes, I am sure it would have turned out to an interesting short, but now, harshly speaking, it looks like a bad version of ''127 hours''. This movie practically tells nothing new or interesting to the audience. But there is one reason to not completely condemn this title. Adrien Brody. Even thought, the story is disappointing, I cannot complain in any way about the amazing performance by Adrien Brody. Flawless acting. But that's it. Nothing more essentially positive that I can think of that was good in this movie... The make-up on Adrien Brody maybe?... If you have a significantly huge amount of unbendable patience within you, you may actually get lucky and think it was an OK movie. Otherwise, which is a lot more likely, you WILL not be impressed. At all.
- Dainius8888
- Jul 15, 2011
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- ThreeGuysOneMovie
- Sep 4, 2011
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"Who's Raymond Plazey?" After waking up in a mangled car in the bottom of a ravine with a broken leg the man (Brody) has no idea how he got there. Doing everything he can he tries to escape the car and find help. This movie, much like "Buried" and "Castaway" involves pretty much one character the entire time. Very little dialog and prolonged scenes of trying to open a door make this a hard film to get through. I'm not saying this is a bad movie, but it is very, very slow moving. The acting by Brody is very good and it's worth watching to see him. Much like the movie "Memento" the lead character is going about his life trying to figure out who he is and how he got there. Unlilke "Memento" there is really not much that sucks you in and makes you want to keep watching. I got through it, but it was a struggle. Overall, a very slow moving one character movie that is watchable, and only because Brody does a good job. I give it a C.
Would I watch again? - Nope
*Also try - Bruied & Memento
Would I watch again? - Nope
*Also try - Bruied & Memento
- cosmo_tiger
- Aug 17, 2011
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This is going to be a very short review because, frankly, there isn't much to say about Wrecked. The first 20 to 30 minutes of the film consists of Adrien Brody trapped in a wrecked car deep in the forest
For the remaining 65 minutes, we get to see Brody crawling around the forest / wilderness. Throw in a hallucination here and a mountain lion there, and that's the whole film. Not too entertaining, even with the few appearances of the mountain lion – and that says a lot about the approach director Michael Greenspan took with the film.
Despite Adrien being a great actor and doing his absolute best with the script, the film never really delivers on the suspense or the thrills. It's a one-man show that goes absolutely nowhere, and that's not Brody's fault. Greenspan never picks up the pace of the film; he uses flashbacks and hallucinations ineffectively; and tries to build suspense around a story-line that just doesn't have any.
If you want to see a great survival film with few characters that gets it right, watch Frozen, 127 Hours with James Franco, or the classic Cast Away with Tom Hanks.
Despite Adrien being a great actor and doing his absolute best with the script, the film never really delivers on the suspense or the thrills. It's a one-man show that goes absolutely nowhere, and that's not Brody's fault. Greenspan never picks up the pace of the film; he uses flashbacks and hallucinations ineffectively; and tries to build suspense around a story-line that just doesn't have any.
If you want to see a great survival film with few characters that gets it right, watch Frozen, 127 Hours with James Franco, or the classic Cast Away with Tom Hanks.
- Marc_Action
- Jan 10, 2014
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This is a very uncomfortable film. Now I don't mean it is bad. I mean this is the type of film you can feel and you start to feel what the main character is going through. The whole movie is based around one main character played by Adrien Brody. He did an excellent job. The movie starts with him waking up in a car that had fallen off a small cliff. He is alive, but the people around him are dead. Through the whole film you are trying to piece together what happened. By the end you figure it out, but there are some things they leave untouched on purpose. Let the viewers mind come up with its own conclusions. This movie takes on a different type of scary. Like a real life scary. I remember a few scenes that when they happened, I couldn't help but shake my head and think much that would really suck in real life. The writers of the film made a good story and the director did a good job with little budget they probably had. This was a very nice suspenseful film.
- rocknroll_demon
- Jul 22, 2012
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The movies which deal with survival of a person I just like them most. I can recall the movie Cast Away by Tom Hanks where Tom fought against his loneliness and time to get rid of the island. That was a master peace for sure. In this movie I found that tension, that appeal for live which is the feedback mechanism of a human being to survive and to ensure his existence. The best thing in this movie from my point of view is that it gives us the message "Don't give up". Whatever be the end result try your level best and continue trying. The movie deals with human psychology and certainly the main character should be given A+ for his superb acting and expression; both physical and psychological. The feeling of pain was expressed in such a way that I was confused if he was feeling pain in real or it was acting! Sometimes the woods, the rocks, the dog, the dead people or a dangerous man eater could be more than enough to make a film with few dialogues. It is a great work.
For you never know what is going to happen. I haven't heard anything about this movie and went to IMDb to check out the reviews about it prior to watching it.
Considering them exceedingly bad, I decided to check it out anyway, to make my own mind. Well, I have a few things to say.
It is a slow movie. I understand some viewers might find it annoying.
BUT
If you read the Trivias about this flick, you will learn it has been written without knowing where it was going.
Without being aware of that I too found this movie exceedingly boring, because it lacks proper timing for twists or actions in a way. Knowing that, and if you're not afraid of independent (even experimental) movies, you can go on and you might enjoy it.
If you are a fan of Adrien Brody, you should probably watch this movie as well, because he really fits well in the part of a man knowing as much as the viewer do as the movie begins, sadly he has to fight until the end, and so does the viewer who thought he was in for a special thriller and survival movie like Cast Away and/or 127 hours.
You have to be aware that even though it's quite close to those films due to the subject, you cannot compare at all, for this is, I repeat, a whole experience considering the non- conventional way of writing.
All that to say, if you're looking for some strong thrills watching a man struggling for his own survival, you should probably stick to Cast Away & 127 hours.
On the other hand, if you're willing to witness another type of setting for a man trying to figure out what he is doing here and why, a low budget movie exploring the nothingness as the new standard for making a story, then Wrecked is a movie to watch.
Thanks to Adrien Brody's performance, and the nature of the experimental writing process revealed, this movie deserves a 6 out of 10.
Considering them exceedingly bad, I decided to check it out anyway, to make my own mind. Well, I have a few things to say.
It is a slow movie. I understand some viewers might find it annoying.
BUT
If you read the Trivias about this flick, you will learn it has been written without knowing where it was going.
Without being aware of that I too found this movie exceedingly boring, because it lacks proper timing for twists or actions in a way. Knowing that, and if you're not afraid of independent (even experimental) movies, you can go on and you might enjoy it.
If you are a fan of Adrien Brody, you should probably watch this movie as well, because he really fits well in the part of a man knowing as much as the viewer do as the movie begins, sadly he has to fight until the end, and so does the viewer who thought he was in for a special thriller and survival movie like Cast Away and/or 127 hours.
You have to be aware that even though it's quite close to those films due to the subject, you cannot compare at all, for this is, I repeat, a whole experience considering the non- conventional way of writing.
All that to say, if you're looking for some strong thrills watching a man struggling for his own survival, you should probably stick to Cast Away & 127 hours.
On the other hand, if you're willing to witness another type of setting for a man trying to figure out what he is doing here and why, a low budget movie exploring the nothingness as the new standard for making a story, then Wrecked is a movie to watch.
Thanks to Adrien Brody's performance, and the nature of the experimental writing process revealed, this movie deserves a 6 out of 10.
- albrechtcm
- Dec 25, 2011
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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.
127 Hours [2010] and Wrecked [2011] contain similar plots and big name actors (James Franco and Adrien Brody). They are set in a minimal location with a suffocating feel. One is based on a true story; the other is fiction. During the long middle stretch of movie, 127 Hours substitutes emotional highs and lows in the score instead of conflict/action, which Wrecked does a much better job at. A raw comparison of the plots gives 127 Hours a harsh reality, while Wrecked puts us inside Brody's mind of amnesia and hallucination. They end the same, but with a little help from Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros, 127 Hours manages to finish on a higher note. One was nominated for best picture, and one gets a shoddy rating on IMDb.
I do not believe the term, "Based on a true story," can cover up moments of less perfection. True stories are not commercial box office hits. That's how "based on a true story" came to be, to fantasize and fictionalize the true story into film mythology. The writer's job is to make a story's conflict much like a concert. If a story contains all truth and is boring, there should be rewrites until we are moved, with bits of conflict that can sensationalize the boring truth.
For this reason, where 127 Hours lags, Wrecked excels, and where 127 Hours must stick to a certain blue print, Wrecked can explore the mind of the protagonist in great depth. Plan on seeing an underrated, captivating, Adrien Brody indie in 2011.
I do not believe the term, "Based on a true story," can cover up moments of less perfection. True stories are not commercial box office hits. That's how "based on a true story" came to be, to fantasize and fictionalize the true story into film mythology. The writer's job is to make a story's conflict much like a concert. If a story contains all truth and is boring, there should be rewrites until we are moved, with bits of conflict that can sensationalize the boring truth.
For this reason, where 127 Hours lags, Wrecked excels, and where 127 Hours must stick to a certain blue print, Wrecked can explore the mind of the protagonist in great depth. Plan on seeing an underrated, captivating, Adrien Brody indie in 2011.
- polyesterfastfilm
- Aug 31, 2011
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- jboothmillard
- Sep 27, 2011
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I stumbled upon this 2010 movie titled "Wrecked" by random luck in 2021. I hadn't even heard about it, but seeing that the cover had Adrien Brody on it was actually sufficient to make me want to watch the movie.
So I sat down and watched the movie from writer Christopher Dodd and director Michael Greenspan, and I must say that was I genuinely entertained by what they delivered with this movie.
The storyline is one that you have to experience to fully take it in, as there are some really well-written plot changes along the way. And I totally love the way that writer Christopher Dodd constructed the story here, and then changed the course of the story twice or three times along the way, fully and wholeheartedly throwing me off course and changing the way that I felt about the main character every time. This was just glorious work from the writer.
"Wrecked" is a movie that might not find an appeal with just everyone in the audience I think, as it is a rather slow paced movie, and also a movie with almost just a single actor on the screen for the majority of the time. And there is little dialogue here as well, so yeah, this might not be everyone's cup of tea.
I have to say that Adrien Brody puts on a very memorable performance here with this movie and single-handedly carries the movie phenomenally well with the material he has from the script.
This is definitely a movie that I can warmly recommend you sit down to watch, especially if you like a movie that doesn't just follow a predictable narrative. I have to say that this movie was definitely unique and enjoyable.
My rating of "Wrecked" lands on a seven out of ten stars.
So I sat down and watched the movie from writer Christopher Dodd and director Michael Greenspan, and I must say that was I genuinely entertained by what they delivered with this movie.
The storyline is one that you have to experience to fully take it in, as there are some really well-written plot changes along the way. And I totally love the way that writer Christopher Dodd constructed the story here, and then changed the course of the story twice or three times along the way, fully and wholeheartedly throwing me off course and changing the way that I felt about the main character every time. This was just glorious work from the writer.
"Wrecked" is a movie that might not find an appeal with just everyone in the audience I think, as it is a rather slow paced movie, and also a movie with almost just a single actor on the screen for the majority of the time. And there is little dialogue here as well, so yeah, this might not be everyone's cup of tea.
I have to say that Adrien Brody puts on a very memorable performance here with this movie and single-handedly carries the movie phenomenally well with the material he has from the script.
This is definitely a movie that I can warmly recommend you sit down to watch, especially if you like a movie that doesn't just follow a predictable narrative. I have to say that this movie was definitely unique and enjoyable.
My rating of "Wrecked" lands on a seven out of ten stars.
- paul_haakonsen
- Aug 18, 2021
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- spyroskonst
- Jul 14, 2011
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Adrien Brody did an excellent job and I wonder if without him this movie would even exist !
The problem is that in the trailer, we can see that he is a hostage ! This should have been absolutely avoided as the whole story is about the main character questioning himself who he is and what he has done ! There would be more suspense for us to find it out with him.
So I was not captivated by the story, but if he will find out that he is not the one he thinks he is...
As other people suggested, I think this would be a nice short movie. Thanks to Adrien Brody's talent, I could watch it until the end. My vote is more for the actor.
The problem is that in the trailer, we can see that he is a hostage ! This should have been absolutely avoided as the whole story is about the main character questioning himself who he is and what he has done ! There would be more suspense for us to find it out with him.
So I was not captivated by the story, but if he will find out that he is not the one he thinks he is...
As other people suggested, I think this would be a nice short movie. Thanks to Adrien Brody's talent, I could watch it until the end. My vote is more for the actor.
- anahita777
- Jun 10, 2015
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- Robert_duder
- Jan 19, 2012
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I was not sure what to make of this one, as it seemed to have a low rating on IMDb, but having Brody in it, it had to be at least half O.K, but than again in the world of B graders and over rated flop Hollywood films having a big name actor in the lead role means jack s#it these days. Well I really enjoyed it, it is well filmed, well directed, leaves you wondering what is going on, but gets to the core of the story at a good pace.
No block buster, but I enjoyed it, very solid 8 out of 10.
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No block buster, but I enjoyed it, very solid 8 out of 10.
And here is some more text so I can have this review posted on the oh so great IMDb!
I read a few of the reviews on here about this movie, and they gave the impression that this movie left too many unanswered questions and the ending was not satisfying. I don't know what questions these reviews were referring to, but for me the ending was pretty much self explanatory.
The acting was brilliant, the direction, the location and scenes were all done really well. The story was adequately thought provoking too.
To sum it up, the movie felt like an experience, not just a visual entertainment. 7 out of 10 for me!
Having said that it's not a movie for everyone, if you like movies where you can feel the character's environment then you'll like this, but if you prefer lots of dialogues, lots of people and lots of action then you probably wanna watch something else.
The acting was brilliant, the direction, the location and scenes were all done really well. The story was adequately thought provoking too.
To sum it up, the movie felt like an experience, not just a visual entertainment. 7 out of 10 for me!
Having said that it's not a movie for everyone, if you like movies where you can feel the character's environment then you'll like this, but if you prefer lots of dialogues, lots of people and lots of action then you probably wanna watch something else.
First of all I did not know a thing about the movie before got it, and as some other member who wrote a review I decided to take a well deserved nap.
Needless to say despite the flick being slow in places kept me awake for the rest of the afternoon and whats more it inspired me to register to the site. Truth to be told I hate sites like IMDb or Gamessspot as I genuinely feel that they are being controlled and supported by major companies what flick or game to rate highest and which ones to flush down the toilet.
Back to the movie as I said it kept me well awake, and kept me guessing to the end. I could perfectly feel the tension, desperate hopelessness and the ultimate struggling of the protagonist.
As for IMDb's complete ignorance for the line under character error, saying no way Brody could have moved the way he did with broken lower leg, just type in whatever search engine you are using: crawling with broken lower leg. Yep, a 64 old man crawled out of a desert with his leg broken in numerous places after a fall of 10 feet. I rest my case.
All in all, if you are into these sort of movies, where tension, character display is more important than flashy visuals then watch it, you might like it as I did.
Needless to say despite the flick being slow in places kept me awake for the rest of the afternoon and whats more it inspired me to register to the site. Truth to be told I hate sites like IMDb or Gamessspot as I genuinely feel that they are being controlled and supported by major companies what flick or game to rate highest and which ones to flush down the toilet.
Back to the movie as I said it kept me well awake, and kept me guessing to the end. I could perfectly feel the tension, desperate hopelessness and the ultimate struggling of the protagonist.
As for IMDb's complete ignorance for the line under character error, saying no way Brody could have moved the way he did with broken lower leg, just type in whatever search engine you are using: crawling with broken lower leg. Yep, a 64 old man crawled out of a desert with his leg broken in numerous places after a fall of 10 feet. I rest my case.
All in all, if you are into these sort of movies, where tension, character display is more important than flashy visuals then watch it, you might like it as I did.