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The Follow
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the manager never to call him again.
| Release : | 2001 |
| Rating : | 7.3 |
| Studio : | Anonymous Content, BMW Films, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
| Cast : | Clive Owen Mickey Rourke Adriana Lima Forest Whitaker |
| Genre : | Action Mystery |
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Overrated and overhyped
Load of rubbish!!
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Visually this is a beautiful short. It has some amazing cinematography by Harris Savides who also made moody movies like "The Game", "Finding Forrester" and "Birth". The fine directing is from Kar Wai Wong, who makes this short a little piece of art.The story is also what helps to make this movie beautiful. Although its short it still manages to create depth and stir up the right emotions. This is the second and so far last "The Hire" short written by expert Andrew Kevin Walker. If you only like and expecting a cool car chase than you're better of watching another "The Hire" short and you can just better skip this one.The good mood music is from Joel Goodman and Jeff Rona.Famous stars in this are Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker in an uncredited but big role.The third "The Hire" movie is just simply beautiful!9/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
BMW Films currently has 5 offerings and all of them deliver. In comparison to the rest, this one is subdued in vehicular action. The plot, suspense and mystery still keep you holding on until the surprise ending. An uncredited Forest Whitaker does a fine job as the investigator. BMW Films has presented talented actors/actresses without billing them.
I had to watch this film, the third short in the BMW series, several times before I appreciated how good it is. The spare dialogue is perfectly timed to bring out the pure visual lyricism of the film. Solid supporting cast including the always watchable Forrest Whitaker and Mickey Rourke--art imitates life.
If you have not seen any of the short films, stop reading right now and go watch them. Far from being just a bunch of car commercials, they feature popular directors like Guy Ritchie and Ang Lee, and are really intriguing.That said, I think "The Follow" is the best of this series, and that says a lot. Directed by Wong Kar-Wai, and starring the impeccably cast Clive Owen, this short film differs from the others in that it mixes action, intelligence, and emotion, rather than simply a car chase.The character of the Driver (Owen) is developed very well, in my opinion. He is shown to have his own ethics and standards, and is more that just a good driver.It also features Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker in supporting roles.
