Wrecked

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.

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.

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.

"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

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.