On Demand Weekly

 

By Adam Schartoff

 

 

What is it about WRECKED that pulls you in? It doesn’t necessarily distinguish itself in any particular way. In fact, it might remind of you of several other films, two that are currently in theaters.

 

One is UNKNOWN. That movie, starring Liam Neeson, also includes a leading character in a car crash and who loses his memory. The second is Danny Boyle’s 127 HOURS starring the Academy Award announcer James Franco. In that latter film, the hero Aron Ralston, spends the majority of the film pinned between a rock and a hard place. 

 

In WRECKED, Adrian Brody portrays a character credited as “The Man” who suffers a similar fate to Ralston for a good portion of time. In the case of WRECKED, our hero has the additional burden of amnesia. Once dislodged from the auto wreck in which he has been trapped for the first 20 minutes or so of the film, he spends the balance trying to figure out how he got to the bottom of the ravine and how the heck to crawl out.

 

Adrian Brody / WRECKED (IFC Films)

 

It’s a fun predicament to watch, much like those scenes in CAST AWAY just after Tom Hanks has become shipwrecked.

 

The Week's Top 10 Movies On Demand

 

10. TRUE GRIT
9.   SUCKER PUNCH - NEW
8.   JUST GO WITH IT
7.   SEASON OF THE WITCH
6.   BEASTLY - NEW
5.   DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES
4.   HALL PASS
3.   UNKNOWN
2.   THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
1.   BATTLE: LOS ANGELES - NEW

Source: Rentrak Corporation - OnDemand Essentials (Week Ending Junly 3, 2011)

 

TRENDS
- TRUE GRIT and JUST GO WITH IT are the longest running movie on demand on the MOD Top 10 at just 4 weeks in a row.

- The following dropped off the Top 10 MOD List from the previous week:

 

- THE EAGLE
- BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
- RED RIDING HOOD

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