Beat the Devil

This 9-minute short film commercial is brough to you by BMW. It can be watched here: Beat the Devil (2002) Beat the Devil is an adrenaline and dopamine driven chaotic mosaic of film bits edited together to create frenetic pace with minimal story. It features James Brown and the BMW E85 Z4 with neither getting enough air time to establish any feeling of story or connection. This short film was directed by Tony Scott (of Top Gun and True Romance fame) and definite touches of David Fincher who was also involved with the project. Since this is supposed to be an all out action sequence film, it is perhaps against logic that my feeling that it would have been much better and just as exciting if they slowed it down a bit. This short film is from my list featuring commercials that, for some reason, are on Letterboxd. Check it out at: [More after this… Commercials on Letterboxd](https://boxd.it/Ah0yc)

That actually slapped, I’m now just imagining if Tony Scott got to make a Fast and Furious movie, that would’ve been peak cinema. Also Gary Oldman is seriously talented (I know, hot take)

Aight.  James Brown…Gary Oldman…Marilyn Manson??…TONY SCOTT!!  Absolute peak.   Oldman is (as usual) unrecognizable.  I friggin love Tony Scott’s visual style.  The punchy inky blacks, the bonkers editing, the push ins.  So sick.

Aight.  James Brown…Gary Oldman…Marilyn Manson??…TONY SCOTT!!  Absolute peak.   Oldman is (as usual) unrecognizable.  I friggin love Tony Scott’s visual style.  The punchy inky blacks, the bonkers editing, the push ins.  So sick.

What the actual fuck