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      The Wreck

      2008 1h 18m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 20% 50+ Ratings Audience Score An expecting couple's weekend turns into a nightmare when their baby starts to come early and they suffer a horrific accident on the way to the hospital. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Not sure I have seen such a depressing film in all my life! The entire film revolves around a young couple who are expecting their first baby anytime soon. Before their family life begins though, they go for one last break in the mountains. However, before they even arrive, the mother begins getting strong pains in her womb which force the two to turn back towards the hospital. In their panic, they end up colliding with a fallen tree branch and driving off the road into the sodden woodland. Trapped inside the wreckage, and pinned in by their arms and legs, they must play a waiting game in the hope that they will soon be found. Conserving every drop of water, and every cornflake not knowing when and if they will be discovered they soon realise that they might not be alone and that someone or something is planning on keeping them hidden forever. It's very clever to keep the film entertaining throughout especially when you consider it's primarily set within the confounds of a car, but looking back there's not really a great deal that happened. We're engrossed simply because we don't know where it's leading but despite a few scenes of mindless violence and gore, it all builds up to a rather predictable, depressing, and anticlimactic ending. It's certainly not one I'd be in a rush to watch again but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued as to how it would all pan out. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Aaron Lohr just about makes this movie. He plays the man trapped in the car, and is absolutely terrific, completely selling the movie?s most harrowing moments. The Wreck is a very simple, low-budget suspense piece, that works more often that not, and makes some creative decisions that are unexpected. Too often in these kinds of films (like Open Water, for example), a couple will spend a good portion of the running time screaming accusations at each other. In The Wreck, these people act like people?they bide their time with barely controlled patience and inner terror?showing affection to each other and attempting, at times, to lighten the situation. I appreciated Jones?s approach to this situation. It grounded the film in realism, which helps when things get a little shaky towards the end. A character from the beginning of the film shows up in the last act, but it doesn?t enitrely work because we simply didn?t get enough time with the guy at the beginning of the movie to care like we should. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An expecting couple's weekend turns into a nightmare when their baby starts to come early and they suffer a horrific accident on the way to the hospital.
      Director
      James K. Jones
      Producer
      Daphne Herrick
      Screenwriter
      James K. Jones, Patrick Moses
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 18m