Wheelman (2017)
Directed by Jeremy Rush
A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
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I won’t be the first or last to suggest that Wheelman feels like Tom Hardy and Steven Knight’s Locke juiced up on nitrous oxide and gunpowder.
It gave structure to Tom Hardy's rightly lauded performance in the contemplative character study Locke , while Bryan Bockbrader gave it a pulp edge with Vanish .
A little of Tom Hardy’s cellphone in the car myopia “Locke,” a little of Gosling’s “Drive,” and a lot of Grillo goes a long way.
Wheelman probably works better as a technical exercise than the white-knuckle thriller it aspires to be, but those eager to watch another The Driver (or, surprisingly, Locke) will find much to admire in Jeremy Rush’s debut as a writer-director.
Lastly, it manages to give shades of the movie Locke starring Tom Hardy which has the same concept and is a literal one man show.
Remember Locke, Steven Knight’s surprisingly harrowing 2013 drama that took place in real time while Tom Hardy made a long, emotionally exhausting drive while speaking to several characters on the phone?
Since time immemorial, or at least since 1978’s “The Driver,” getaway drivers in the movies have been portrayed one way — stoic, silent, professional, guys with a “code.”
Wheelman probably works better as a technical exercise than the white-knuckle thriller it aspires to be, but those eager to watch another The Driver (or, surprisingly, Locke) will find much to admire in Jeremy Rush’s debut as a writer-director.
Produced by Grillo and Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces, The Grey), Wheelman marks the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jeremy Rush.