I saw the preview of this, and I am a Kickstarter backer. DriverX is very well acted, and, given the tiny budget, quite accomplished for shooting, editing, production design, music, etc. A little went a long way, and it's worth viewing to see what almost anyone can do with passion, a few bucks, and er....DRIVE.
The plot/script was mundane: a middle aged dude has trouble connecting with millennials after losing his record store business. He takes up ridesharing to make ends meet. The individual scenes of his rides were good and funny, but I missed the overarching story.
DriverX
2017
Action / Drama
DriverX
2017
Action / Drama
Keywords: stay-at-home dadride-share
Plot summary
Skidding into middle-age, a stay-at-home dad must drive for an Uber-like rideshare company (DriverX) to help support his working wife and two young daughters. But low pay and wild LA nights put an even greater strain on his marriage.
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Hits a specific nail on the head
A 'daddy' finds a steam release
Director/writer Henry Barrial has created a most watchable film of focused actors for a successful plot of a husband/father finding a tension release valve.
What I mean by that statement is our main character 'Leonard' (Patrick Fabian) as the now unemployed father/husband is dependent upon his wife for income and this is straining their marriage. So he becomes a day time home daddy. And a late night 'driver for hire' through a surreal service known as 'X'. The result is minimal income but plenty of social action with his customers. He likes this! It's something his previous job as a store owner did not offer.
His buddy 'Tom' is the mystery throughout the story. Leonard fathers him, caters to him. I believe Leonard both envies' and is attracted to Tom. Tom is a free spirit and Leonard cannot give into his desire for Tom so he finds a release through his night driving and customers. Leonard loves his wife and children too much to make a real change in his life. Leonard is symbolic of much in our world - 'The duality of life'.
Okay
This movie was decent. Acting good but the husband just pissed me off thru thu the entire movie. From his bad decision making "it's ok when the girl starts groping him". To bringing drunk rides inside their house?!? Driving with the phone in his hand( how'd this guy have a successful record store for 35 years and cant do anything really. Idk. It was a decent movie but he needed to grow a pair. Oh and let me take drugs while on the job. He was just a spineless character and as the main protagonist is was excruciating to watch the bad decision making over and over. I thought meracioulisly somehow that would change.