Stuck (2007)



Movie Title: Stuck

Year Released: 2007

Rated: R

Runtime: 1h 25min

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Director: Stuart Gordon

Writer: John Strysik

Starring: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Lionel Mark Smith, Wayne Robson, R.D. Reid, Patrick McKenna, Sharlene Royer

Review: After a night of partying, Brandi (Mena Suvari) accidentally hits a homeless man (Stephen Rea) with her car. The situation becomes much more complicated when she discovers that her unexpected hitchhiker is still alive and now stuck through the windshield. How are these two going to survive this horrific ordeal?

Believe it or not, Stuck is based on a real event in 2001. And this twisted and darkly funny version of the tale comes to us from the brilliantly unorthodox filmmaker Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond). Much like his previous works, Stuck is brutally funnyas it is grotesque. And if you're a fan of Gordon you'd expect nothing less.

Stuck has a feverish intensity that is heighten even further by the dark humor and the bloody mayhem. The cast is a huge part of the success of this odd premised horror film. Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea and especially Russell Hornsby, as the drug dealing boyfriend, are all in rare form. They seem to be crazed by the situation and all have a distinctly humorous ways that they start to lose themselves to fear and to the consequences if things get worse, and it can get way worse, believe me, it's a Stuart Gordon movie.

Stuck is not for everyone. Some might find it too dark. Some might be turned off by its humor. Some might find it too disgusting. I, a fan of Stuart Gordon, find this outing a suspense-filled grim gutter-buster of a movie. I was pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained by this thriller. It's one that I was glad I saw and never felt like I was Stuck watching it. You see what I did there?

Stars (out of 4):
       

Fun Fact: Scriptwriter John Strysik has stated that the last name of Stephen Rea's character - Bardo - comes from the Buddhist term for an intermediate or transitional state of being, and thus is a reference to the life-or-death situation Tom experiences.



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