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The movie Crash involves several characters and groups of characters that seem to be completely independent of each other, however, are all connected in some way that isn't revealed until the very end of the movie. It involves a wide variety of different kinds of characters portrayed and every ethnicity is involved; Blacks, Whites, Latinos, Middle-Easterners, and Asians. Every one fights with some sort of inner struggle, from being either dirt-poor or overwhelmingly powerful to being either a victim or an assailant. Each character is heavily influenced by some form of prejudice and fear and/or anger towards someone or something. Not one person in this entire movie is not subject to a form of racism, nor are they above using it themselves; no matter how non-biased they believe that they are. It is this type of fear and prejudice that was the main factor in choosing where exactly this film was to take place.

The film is set in Los Angeles starting at night on the day before Christmas Eve, and ending at around the same time the next day. Los Angeles is the premier location for the set of a movie dealing with racism, fear, and anger, especially due to their famously prejudiced Los Angeles Police Department. In Los Angeles, it seems as though almost nobody is of importance to anyone else in the large metropolis, and the characters are introduced using that exact way of thought.
Each character is described rather quickly, yet efficiently, and we immediately know who they are, who they're involved with, what they do for a living, and what problems they face. These descriptions, however, aren't done as normal movies would. In fact, the names of each character are used very infrequently, because the writer of this film does not put much focus on their names, but who they are. Every character is described by their ethnic and racial backgrounds, and are given stereotypical roles, family situations, problems, and jobs. Even if we cannot remember what exactly is going on with a certain character, we can think of the stereotypes of each person that have been drilled into our heads by society. Even though we know so much about each character, there is one small difference between the stereotypes that we all know so well, and who these people actually are, that is their way of thought. In most movies we can almost guess exactly what each character is going to say or do next, but in this one, we never know how each specific character is going to react to an event. The free will

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