In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
"Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other."
Top Billed Cast
Don Cheadle
Det. Graham Waters
Sandra Bullock
Jean Cabot
Brendan Fraser
Rick Cabot
Matt Dillon
Officer John Ryan
Jennifer Esposito
Ria
Michael Peña
Daniel Ruiz
Terrence Howard
Cameron Thayer
Thandiwe Newton
Christine Thayer
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2020-10-13
_**Provocative psychological drama**_
Peoples of differing ethnicities and social-economic levels 'crash' into each other in Los Angeles over a day or so at Christmas time. These people include:
A white cop who's angry over the downside of affirmative action and so abuses his authority (Matt Dillon); his young white partner who objects to the abuse and actively tries to counteract it (Ryan Phillipe); a black TV director who feels emasculated over the racism he experiences and ultimately blows up (Terrence Howard); his light-skinned wife who doesn't know when to shutteth up (Thandie Newt...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2026-07-27
Set against the background of a racially diverse Los Angeles, this follows the activities of a (not exactly random) selection of people whose lives unexpectedly intertwine over a day and a night in the city. The city's DA (Brendan Fraser) is a shrewd politician who will use whatever tools he can to stay in office whilst his over-indulged wife (Sandra Bullock) - they were the recent victims of an all-black carjacking - only thinly veils her disdain for people of colour excusing that on the basis of her recent experience rather than some more fundamentally philosophical attitude. Meantime, the r...
