Night Drive

I would say go by pretty much what other positive reviewers have said here. You have a very clever little story which creates a very palpable sense of Mystery. You truly wonder what the hell is going on, along with our befuddled protagonist. If the writing were not as sharp, I don't know if the story would have been nearly as effective. At first, you might think that the 'suitcase' is just a McGuffin (as in the outstanding and unusual 1955 Noir Classic 'KISS ME DEADLY' by Robert Aldrich - Isn't that just THE greatest title!) But, not giving anything away, by the end you actually do know what is going on. The interplay between the characters is really what makes this movie shine. They both are quite good. At first, it kind of has a slightly similar tone to the also excellent Scorsese film 'AFTER HOURS', but far simpler and much more stripped down without all the Surreal characters and situations. The idea of the story I feel is quite clever, and the way it is told is actually very straightforward and simple. But, when you get to the end, it has a nice punch. I'm NOT going to give away a certain element that is in this film because I see how it is listed Genre-wise and I don't want to spoil it. But, I will say that in all my profound cleverness I did guess somewhat along the lines of what was happening : ) So, if you like a nice, short, clever, sometimes humorous, fast paced Crime/Thriller, but with a very Mysterious twist, most definitely give this one a go!

I was excited for this movie but ultimately disappointed. The people who thought this movie was funny are clearly disturbed. No one thought to mention how disgusting and gory this movie really was. I nearly vomited popcorn thanks to the horrific behavior of this obvious psychopath. This movie was just unreasonable, they took the time to build up this happy atmosphere with a sad man and then dumped a gallon of increasingly worse criminal behavior and textbook psychopathic behavior until it became this nauseating mix of genres and scenes that were just irritating to watch. It was if this man just couldn't make any decisions for himself, like he just refused to be the dominant voice in any situation. Then as a final slap in the face they add the sci-fi into it. And I'm sorry that ending was pure garbage. Yeah we got the ending we desired but it was all way too easy after the immense struggle put up this entire time just to make the main character make one freaking decision of his own. The girl was such an awful unlikable character who earned absolutely no sympathy. And the man was just as bad being a mopey pathetic loser who just couldn't do any better for himself. The story was just....full of holes, there were characters we needed answers about or backstories and we got nothing. I'm so disappointed. Don't watch this trash. The people who think this is funny are sick.

This is a well-paced low-budget film about a driver who has a crazy night. There are movies like this that are completely serious, and the thing that saves Night Drive from total lameness is its humor. The night before watching this, I watched Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps". In both films, a guy meets a dangerous woman who plunges him into a series of adventures. One reason that film is great is the spirit of its hero. He's impulsive, dangerous, highly competent, and has a series of narrow escapes against more powerful foes. Night Drive's protagonist just goes along weakly with whatever's happening. Every decision he makes is either bad or obvious, if not both. He doesn't even do any good driving. This dude is playing on easy level, and at the end you're like, that's it? There's also a big twist into another kind of movie, and all it does is make the audience say, "Wow, I didn't see that coming." Beyond that, hardly anything is done with the idea, and I think if this had been a straight crime thriller, the writer would have had to come up with a better story.

I'm not big movie reviewer but this movie is okay. Some scenes were tad bit dark to see anything. I liked the ide of time machine, but I wish they put more scenes with it. Yeah and I agree that girl character made this movie more interesting.

This was a pretty good movie about human nature, and human judgment. The special fx were awesome and the storyline was over the top enough to keep the experience fresh. A good humorous adventure.

It started off interesting, albeit slow, and the more interesting it got, the more the plot holes began to surface, until finally it entered ridiculous territory, and I'm not talking about the big reveal - that was a nice touch, but - for example, there was zero need for any of the digging and burying if the (no spoilers) was to be used. This film even at a mere 79 min runtime was too long, too slow and too dragged out for the minimal content and basic narrative it had. It would've been better as a short film. It was however well shot and well acted, specifically newb actress Sophie Dalah, who's performance was the most convincing of them all.

I rather enjoyed the complexities and moral dilemmas of Primer (2004), which was shot on Super16 for only $7K. This is a more polished, still yet 'indie,' title that takes some of those same aspects, and puts them to a more interesting, polished and straight-forward story. The character development is excellent, and the build up quite interesting. It's also short at under 80 minutes without credits, and really no longer than it needed to be.

Truly a crappy ultra low-budget indie flick. Boring & pointless. Not funny & not entertaining at all. Boring characters & a tone that tries to be funny "Black Humour" but isn't good in any way.

AJ Bowen - not sure if I can call him King of the Weird, but he sure has done a lot of strange movies. Now strange does not have to be a bad or a good thing particularly. And you may feel like some of his efforts are a miss and some (more) are actually hits. I don't know if you would call this a hit - but it's quite interesting to say the least. And while we may expect a couple of things to happen here ... there is a twist that you can not see coming. Unless you have read some spoilers elsewhere of course. Don't do that though - you'll ruin the fun you could have. The ending is either intriguing too or a bit of dissapointment I guess. I liked it.

Funny, mysterious and a little bit mad. Cool flick! Watch it :)