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User Reviews for: Wheelman

samcroishere@gmail.com
7/10  7 years ago
I'm sorry if you watched this movie thinking it would be similar to Baby Driver.

You were wrong.


| FIRST THOUGHT |

This movie isn't anything special. The story is very short, there is no music, there are a few actors and most of them aren't even in the picture, but have just some voice-over.

Why a 7?

Well, as I said before the movie isn't actually anything special.

But it's the way it was directed that makes it good.
First, the camera almost never leaves the car, which is, by the idea of the movie a GREAT thing, with this you can enter the mindset of the protagonist (the driver) and experience the situation fully.

The story is very short, but it's fast and straight to the point. There is no Hollywood nonsense, there are no cliché conversations.

It starts with a car, it runs on a car and it ends in a car.
It doesn't need anything less and nothing more. It's the way it is and it's enjoyable.

I'd say it deserves a watch.


| STORY & ACTORS |

As I said before, the story isn't anything special. Nor it's complicated or too long.

It has a precise length because it gets to the point real fast.
It's very linear. And it keeps the pace.

What I liked specifically a very small part of the movie, near the end that expresses driving culture and passion. (You'll see)

Everything else is held by whatever is around it. Like the actors, who were in my opinion really good. (And I mean the voice actors as well)

Frank Grillo portrays an ex-con who is the designated driver for bank robberies in order to pay a debt he accumulated while being in jail.

He doesn't talk much, but he's capable of making the viewer feel included in what he's going through. Much like Tom Hardy in "Taboo" (Which was clearly on another level, but you get the point)

His lines are sharp and fast, he doesn't waste time. Time is an essential part of the movie, so please pay attention to whatever the protagonist says and how he says it. And how much time it takes for him to make a decision. This is REALLY IMPORTANT.

We don't get to actually SEE most of the other actors, but the few we see have done a great job, I'm referring especially to Caitlin Carmichael, the daughter of the protagonist which synergizes to an already great character and shoots up the movie to another whole level of goodness that will make you think "Yea, this movie was worth a watch".


| CINEMATOGRAPHY |

The movie is for the vast majority of the time shot in the car.
Inside the car, on the sides of the car for a few action shot and the only two times it leaves the car only a couple of minutes pass. Nothing more. I don't have to add that this is the biggest reason this movie is good. It doesn't leave room to pointless shit that could ruin it.

Visually it holds nothing of note. There isn't an intentionally placed color palette. It is shot at night so, we get to enjoy lights shifting through the car's body, the rain being illuminated by the street lamps and this compliments the general mood of constantly being on the edge of an anxiety razor while trying to comfort ourselves to the stillness and fortitude of the main character.

I don't know why, but the movie doesn't have music. This isn't bad, to be honest. Most of the scenes are covered by racing sounds, driving sounds, just like most of the shots. Gas pedals being pushed, tires screeching on the asphalt, engines revving, exhausts bursting, turbo valves popping off. In some way, it creates a composition of music, without actual music, and it's good.


| FINAL THOUGHT |

This is nothing exceptional. Nothing GRANDIOSE.
It's just a little, enjoyable movie that was created accordingly to what it wanted to sell.

There isn't anything to add. Maybe some of the scenes could've been shorter, but the ones I'm referring to weren't bad at all, so I won't mention it more.

THIS IS NOT BABY DRIVER.
Watch the movie, it's good.

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Note that all of this is driven by my personal opinion. If you think I wasn't objective in some of the parts of what I've written, you're welcome to make me notice where.

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Peace.

Peace.


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