Very obviously filmed in Australia while pretending to be in America. With the mob boss lady doing an accent I have never heard before.

Goes to show what it takes to pull off a good movie.

The cast was unlikeable with flat performances and Chat GPT dialogue. The entire last chase sequence was CGI. Insanity. The only person that did their job well was the cinematographer. Whoever auditioned the cast was high on Xanax guaranteed.

Very obviously filmed in Australia while pretending to be in America. With the mob boss lady doing an accent I have never heard before.

Goes to show what it takes to pull off a good movie.

The cast was unlikeable with flat performances and Chat GPT dialogue. The entire last chase sequence was CGI. Insanity. The only person that did their job well was the cinematographer. Whoever auditioned the cast was high on Xanax guaranteed.

Luke Sparke’s action-thriller Bring Him to Me stars Barry Pepper and Jamie Costa as the Driver and the Passenger, both members of a crime crew that recently took part in a robbery a week prior on their way to an out-of-the-way locale to pick up their cut of the stolen cash. As they get closer to their destination, it becomes clear that the Driver might be taking his Passenger straight to his demise. The movie opens at the beginning of the robbery, featuring a delightful turn from veteran actor Sam Neill as the shop owner being taken advantage of. For the remainder of the narrative’s first half, we jump between the present day and the day of the robbery as more of that day’s details bleed into the current situation our characters find themselves in. As the mystery of the robbery and what has been discovered since then unfold, our Driver faces moral decisions about bringing the Passenger to their crime overlords.

Much like Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 picture Drive, this film is centered on a careful, effective getaway driver who slowly begins to open up throughout the film. While Bring Him to Me lacks some of the style and visuals of Drive, it’s filled with a similar heart that makes it stand out compared to countless other carbon copies of stories like this. Most of Pepper and Costa’s screen time is spent in the car together as the youthful Passenger tries to break through the Driver’s rough exterior. The longer the drive goes on, the more Pepper’s Driver lets down his walls and proves himself to be more than just a brute cog in the crime machine. He begins to show care for his Passenger, which makes the drive full of tension as they get closer to their destination. This tension continues to bubble up until the end of the film, and it causes the characters a lot of strife at various points. From a rough visit to a rural gas station to a nerve-wracking traffic stop with the local law enforcement, the Driver and Passenger of our story just can’t catch a break on their journey.

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Luke Sparke’s action-thriller Bring Him to Me stars Barry Pepper and Jamie Costa as the Driver and the Passenger, both members of a crime crew that recently took part in a robbery a week prior on their way to an out-of-the-way locale to pick up their cut of the stolen cash. As they get closer to their destination, it becomes clear that the Driver might be taking his Passenger straight to his demise. The movie opens at the beginning of the robbery, featuring a delightful turn from veteran actor Sam Neill as the shop owner being taken advantage of. For the remainder of the narrative’s first half, we jump between the present day and the day of the robbery as more of that day’s details bleed into the current situation our characters find themselves in. As the mystery of the robbery and what has been discovered since then unfold, our Driver faces moral decisions about bringing the Passenger to their crime overlords.

Much like Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 picture Drive, this film is centered on a careful, effective getaway driver who slowly begins to open up throughout the film. While Bring Him to Me lacks some of the style and visuals of Drive, it’s filled with a similar heart that makes it stand out compared to countless other carbon copies of stories like this. Most of Pepper and Costa’s screen time is spent in the car together as the youthful Passenger tries to break through the Driver’s rough exterior. The longer the drive goes on, the more Pepper’s Driver lets down his walls and proves himself to be more than just a brute cog in the crime machine. He begins to show care for his Passenger, which makes the drive full of tension as they get closer to their destination. This tension continues to bubble up until the end of the film, and it causes the characters a lot of strife at various points. From a rough visit to a rural gas station to a nerve-wracking traffic stop with the local law enforcement, the Driver and Passenger of our story just can’t catch a break on their journey.

This review continues at GVN