Stuck

Out of work and turfed onto the street by his landlord, Tom (Stephen Rea)’s day goes from bad to worse when he’s hit by the car of nurse Brandi (Mena Suvari). Her hit and run is hampered by Tom’s broken body, thoughtlessly wedged in her windshield. Fearing heat from the police will scupper her chances of a work promotion, she drives home and parks the hapless Tom in her garage. Trooper that she is, Brandi carries on with her evening's partying and even fires into work the next day. On her return however, she’s appalled to find Tom still alive, a man who even has the gall to try and thwart her and her boyfriend (Russell Hornsby)'s attempts to dispose of him. Cue some gruesome slapstick as Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon hammers home the gore, portraying the human capacity for survival to its bloody extreme. Stuck is relentlessly grim, but you’re compelled to slow up, roll down the window and stare.