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Crash is a 2004 dramatic film that deals almost exclusively in the tough issues in life. And, as can be expected on this page, it features an appearance by Terrence Howard.

Crash features a large cast and several different story lines which intertwine with one another and, eventually, culminate in a car crash that bring many of the stories together. In Howard’s case the story is of a black couple, the Thayers, and their brush with the law.

Cameron is a successful television director. On the way home from a night out, however, he is stopped by a racist cop - and has to watch as his wife is molested by said cop. Cameron does nothing and his wife takes obvious exception to his apathy. Cameron insists that there’s nothing he can do as a black man, despite his status.

This attitude doesn’t last, however, and in a moment of enraged passion, as his car is being stolen, Cameron snaps and holds a gun to the heads of his would-be carjackers. He just barely gets away from a tense altercation with the police thanks to one quick-thinking officer who negotiates the gun out of Cameron’s hands.

As for his wife, she finds herself in a dire car accident the day after the molestation - during which the same officer who abused her willingly risks his life to save her from the burning vehicle.

In other words, nothing’s black and white in Crash.