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ith drivers these days distracted
by cell phones, GPS devices, iPods,
portable DVD players and grande
lattes to go, it's a miracle there aren't
more car accidents. Happily, Hollywood is ready
to take up the slack - and not just bY
crashing and buming would-be
blockbusters like "Speed Racer."
Everyone enjoys a
good smashup, though
it's not much fun if the
person you've run over
remains half-alive and
wedged through your
windshield. That's the
plot of "Stuck," the new
Mena Suvari thriller
opening Friday. Here are
five more movies, from
deadly dramas to goofy B-
flicks, that take a twisted delight
in twisted metal.
MEETJOE BLACK(1998)
Itead ManS Curve: Claire Forlani chats
up a stranger (Brad Pitt) in a coffee shop. ls
romance brewing? Not when he steps outside
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himself, who offers Forlani's
dad (Anthony Hopkins) a brief
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and Forlani.
CRASH (1996)
IDead Man's Grrve: Ever slowed down to
gawk at a car accident? This David Cronenbergmasterpiece p[oves you're not alone, not when
James Spader can get turned on by accidentally
killing Holly Hunter's husband.
Accide[t Repo]t License to kill? That's
just the beginning when Hunter discovers
a subculture that loves to wreck their own
bodies when they're not enjoying some "auto"
sexuality.
FrNAL DESTINATION 2 (2OO3)
Ilead Mant Qrnte: When a young woman
"sees" a freeway smashup of epic propottions
about to occur, she blocks an entrance rampto lower the body count. She succeeds, but the
accident that happens is still spectacularly over-
the-top.
Acr:ldent Report Death isn't pleased about
being cheated of its prey and hunts down the
survivors one by one.
RESERVATION ROAD (2OO7)
t cad Mant qtnte: Some people are just
losers. So, of course, the day lousy father Mark
Ruffalo runs over and kills Joaquin Phoenixb
son, ifs also the rare day when he had decided
to spend quality time with his own kid'
Acciffi Report Some parents don't forget.
Phoenix becomes obsessed with discovering
who killed his boy then drove away; hiring
Ruffalo as his attorney is an unintentionally
good first step.
DEATH PROOF (2OO7>
Dead Man's 6tnle: Stuntman Mike (Kurt
Russell) has a modified car that is "death proof"
- for the driver. His latest female passenger
discovers that the hard way when she goes
flying through the windshield.
Accident Report Mike roughs it up with
the wrong gals when he tries to run Zoe Bell
and her friends off the road. Sometimes road
hogs become road kill, though not always this
entertainingly.
Michael GilE.
ith drivers these days distracted
by cell phones, GPS devices, iPods,
portable DVD players and grande
lattes to go, it's a miracle there aren't
more car accidents. Happily, Hollywood is ready
to take up the slack - and not just bY
crashing and buming would-be
blockbusters like "Speed Racer."
Everyone enjoys a
good smashup, though
it's not much fun if the
person you've run over
remains half-alive and
wedged through your
windshield. That's the
plot of "Stuck," the new
Mena Suvari thriller
opening Friday. Here are
five more movies, from
deadly dramas to goofy B-
flicks, that take a twisted delight
in twisted metal.
MEETJOE BLACK(1998)
Itead ManS Curve: Claire Forlani chats
up a stranger (Brad Pitt) in a coffee shop. ls
romance brewing? Not when he steps outside
and is blindsided abruptly by a bus' lt's oneE
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iof the most shocking
pedestrian crossings in
movie history.
Accident Reporh Pitt's
body is inhabited by Death
himself, who offers Forlani's
dad (Anthony Hopkins) a brief
reprieve so Death can get a taste for life ."
and Forlani.
CRASH (1996)
IDead Man's Grrve: Ever slowed down to
gawk at a car accident? This David Cronenbergmasterpiece p[oves you're not alone, not when
James Spader can get turned on by accidentally
killing Holly Hunter's husband.
Accide[t Repo]t License to kill? That's
just the beginning when Hunter discovers
a subculture that loves to wreck their own
bodies when they're not enjoying some "auto"
sexuality.
FrNAL DESTINATION 2 (2OO3)
Ilead Mant Qrnte: When a young woman
"sees" a freeway smashup of epic propottions
about to occur, she blocks an entrance rampto lower the body count. She succeeds, but the
accident that happens is still spectacularly over-
the-top.
Acr:ldent Report Death isn't pleased about
being cheated of its prey and hunts down the
survivors one by one.
RESERVATION ROAD (2OO7)
t cad Mant qtnte: Some people are just
losers. So, of course, the day lousy father Mark
Ruffalo runs over and kills Joaquin Phoenixb
son, ifs also the rare day when he had decided
to spend quality time with his own kid'
Acciffi Report Some parents don't forget.
Phoenix becomes obsessed with discovering
who killed his boy then drove away; hiring
Ruffalo as his attorney is an unintentionally
good first step.
DEATH PROOF (2OO7>
Dead Man's 6tnle: Stuntman Mike (Kurt
Russell) has a modified car that is "death proof"
- for the driver. His latest female passenger
discovers that the hard way when she goes
flying through the windshield.
Accident Report Mike roughs it up with
the wrong gals when he tries to run Zoe Bell
and her friends off the road. Sometimes road
hogs become road kill, though not always this
entertainingly.
Michael GilE.