Driving movies...


How do you think wheelman compares to other driving movies?

Both in-car movies like Duel/Joy Ride, The Driver and Locke, as well as driver centric movies like Baby Driver and Drive...

I was expecting it to just be an all out chase movie, but it seemed to build and hold tension well through calls and dialogue... Some scenes reminded me a lot more of Locke than they did any of the more action oriented driver movies...

Also, it seemed shot well, especially as the sense of space is maintained while keeping an in-var/on-car perspective during the chase and action scenes...

I think it was a pretty solid effort... Entertaining for the most part which is key in these movies...

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I think Locke was more like a phone booth movie. One of my fav driving movies is Two-Lane Blacktop. I liked Wheelman because the driving seemed believable and not with over the top cgi fantasy land visuals. I also like that the daughter knew how to shift a manual tranny.

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