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Hostage
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head before he reveals where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
| Release : | 2002 |
| Rating : | 7.2 |
| Studio : | |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
| Cast : | Clive Owen Maury Chaykin Kathryn Morris Darius McCrary Gerry Becker |
| Genre : | Adventure Action |
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An unexpected masterpiece
This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
The Plot: Clive Owen ( before he was in "The Bourne Identity," "King Arthur," "Elisabeth: The Golden Age," and "Sin CIty" ) plays a "hire" who drives people places they desperately need to go. Often times, they are working for something "top secret" and can only give our protagonist limited information. Also, this is meant to show off the BMW car and is executive-produced by Tony Scott, Ridley Scott and David Fincher ( Panic Room, Alien 3 ).Directed by John Woo ( The Killer, Hard Boiled and other violent HK films ), this tale involves our hero in some intense exchange that that involves twists and turns. I can't say anything without giving it way nor do I remember it as well as I possibly could so just watch it for what it's worth.
Do not watch any of these films if you are expecting intricate plot or thought-provoking messages or deep characters. If you want a guy driving the BMW du jour around really fast, by all means watch this series of shorts.In Hostage, the BMW du jour is the Z4. The chase is classic John Woo material, and the plot is simply stuck onto it, almost as an afterthought. That doesn't really matter, though. You can still enjoy it. It is a very good car chase.In fact, it's fair to say this is not so much a short film as a very long BMW commercial. It works very well. I wanted to buy a Z4 after watching it, so I could drive around like a psycho. The movie makes it look fun, and it makes you have fun while watching it.
Those words pretty much start off this nine minute BMW commercial with Clive Owen back as "The Driver."He must race to help a kidnapped victim escape from the trunk of a car with only a cell phone to talk to her.Famed Hong Kong director John Woo made this film, and that's pretty surprising considering it IS basically one long commercial.But I'll be darned if it isn't one of the best commercials I've ever seen.4/5 stars -John Ulmer
BMW began a very clever ad campaign in 2002 with BMW Films, making short action-oriented films revolving around a mysterious BMW driver (Clive Owen) tasked with bizarre errands. Among BMW Films' early efforts is this quick drama directed by John Woo.Known only as The Driver, he is tasked with paying a $5 million ransom to a former burger-chain executive who has kidnapped the firm's beautiful chief executive. The perp has a cellular phone link to his victim, and forces The Driver to write down the exact amount of the ransom - leaving a cryptic clue to the woman's location before the FBI bursts in and the perp kills himself. Now The Driver must roar through LA, pursued by local cops, to find the hostage before she perishes.
