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I have seemed this movie numerous times, but this time, I watched it from a different perspective, and I saw people’s lives tangled as they dealt with racial differences while living in Los Angeles. As I was watching the movie over again, I said, WOW---so this is what the movie is about, since it was part of my assignment to look at it.
The film begins with a black man speaking, named Detective Graham, “It’s the sense of touch---we miss---so much that we crash into each other just so we can feel something.” We want to be moved by one another; to feel each other existence. After that, his partner, a Latina Detective, named Ria, tells her partner that they in a collision. She jumps from the car and walks up to the driver, which is an Asian

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