Crash (2004)

I was less impressed than most. “Crash” makes social observations regarding racial discords in the American poetic realism style. The scenes involving Thandie Newton & Matt Dillon’s characters were too overtly “poetic” for my taste. I do like Terrence Howard & his very believable characterization of the passive man under tremendous pressure. The scene where he faced off with policemen in his Lincoln Navigator carrying TNT in his pants was well-executed.

This film holds a tie with Amores Perros (2000), but never exceeded my expectations as did Soderbergh’s “Traffic” (2000) and Anderson’s “Magnolia” (1999).
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/