Another one of the BMW short films, 8 minutes live action, 3 minutes credits, this one came from Maxican director Alejandro González Iñárritu after he gave the world his famous feature film "Amores perros" and before he shot "21 Grams" and "Babel". This one is a bit different to the other films of the series. There's less action, a real moral conflict and more emotion. Sounds good, doesn't it? However, I'm not sure if it really is. For me, those films work the best when they're just entertaining fun. We shouldn't forget, it's still basically just a longer car-commercial. The sudden doubts in the mind of Skarsgård's character if it's justifiable to film and not to intervene appear very much out of nowhere and it's certainly difficult to really develop characters to which the viewer can make an emotional connection. However, what worked better for me was the final scene of the driver at the old lady's house. It's a decent short film, though not my favorite from the series.
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