After a gruesome hit-and-run accident a homeless man (Stephen Rea) becomes helplessly lodged in Brook's (Mena Suvari) windshield. Afraid that it could ruin her career, Brook refuses to take him to a hospital, leaving him to die a slow death in her garage.

Film Trivia

• This film is based on the real-life 2001 case of Chante Jawan Mallard. Mallard was driving drunk and hit a homeless man. She returned home and parked the car in her garage and went to bed with him still stuck in the windshield.
• Screenwriter John Strysik has said that the last name of Stephen Rea's character, Bardo, is a Buddhist term for a transitional state of being. This is a reference to the life-or-death situation that Tom experiences.
• Stuart Gordon is a legendary horror director most famous for the film Re-Animator. He also has a history of directing theatre productions and even has his own theatre troupe.
• Mena Suvari did a lot of her own stunt work in this movie, including setting herself on fire.
• Stuart Gordon has said that his intention was to give this film a documentary style as he wanted to capture the reality of the situation on which this film is based.

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