Directed by famed director Peter Weir, 'Fearless' stars Jeff Bridges as Max Klein, who, as the film opens, is in a plane crash in an agricultural area. He survives, but is haunted by the event, which changes his life. He becomes obsessed with the idea of life and death, and how, and why, he survived the crash, while others didn't. He meets with a fellow survivor, Carla (Rosie Perez), who lost her child in the crash. Max's behavior becomes even more erratic, and his wife Laura (Isabella Rossellini) is afraid he's trying to commit suicide.
Bridges does an excellent job in the film. Perez is effective as one of the other survivors. Director Weir melds the increasingly reckless behavior with the world he doesn't quite seem to be in anymore. The photography is very good, the plane crash convincing, and the difficulty conveying the thought process of someone not quite behaving normally, done very well indeed.
I enjoyed the film more than I thought I would. Weir brings the viewer into a world where an examination of how one feels facing death is the central theme. I'm as questioning as the next guy about what, if anything, happens after death. This film is as concerned with that as the great film 'Resurrection'.
Rated R for language and disturbing imagery.
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