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7.2/10   2,453 votes
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Writer:
Andrew Kevin Walker (written by)
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Plot:
A mysterious BMW driver must protect an eccentric old foreigner from criminals. full summary | add synopsis
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Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 4 November 2009, 12:49 PM, PST)

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Very entertaining action-filled commercial more (18 total)

Cast

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Tomas Milian ... Passenger

Clive Owen ... The Driver

Franklin Dennis Jones ... Thug #1 (as Frank Jones)
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Additional Details

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The Hire: Ambush (USA) (series title)
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Runtime:
6 min | USA:9 min (DVD version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Continuity: When the BMW avoids hitting the oncoming truck, the right rear light is broken. A few seconds later, the right (now intact) rear light is destroyed again by a shot. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Beat the Devil (2002) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Very entertaining action-filled commercial, 3 December 2004
8/10
Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

First of all; for a commercial, this is great stuff! I don't think I've seen a commercial that was so thoroughly entertaining. You hardly even notice the product placement... which proves both that the commercial is so entertaining that you almost forget what you're watching and that the product placement is carefully done and the commercial is not just shoving a product in our face. I enjoyed it immensely... and I am not that big fan of car-chases. Actually, I mostly think they're tame and boring. But John Frankenheimer and Clive Owen really make it work... as director and actor, respectively. I haven't seen too many of Frankenheimer's films, but I enjoyed Ronin a fair bit... here, he truly proves how good he is(or was... R.I.P.) at directing action. I haven't seen too many films featuring Owen either... but here he does a great job, portraying the dead-pan, calm and collected unnamed driver. His character halfway made the commercial as great as it is. The action is great, very intense and exciting. The story, as little as there is, is quite good. Andrew Kevin Walker did a great job on the script. All in all, a great little action-packed commercial. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys action. Why can't all commercials be like this? 8/10

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