In 2001 and 2002, BMW debuted 8 different short films on the internet by some of the top directors in the world. It's hard to imagine, but they got the great John Frankenheimer, Wong Kar Wai, John Woo as well as top acting talent for these films. Each film had to have two things in common--they had to feature BMWs and each starred Clive Owen! In addition, actors such as Gary Oldman, Madonna, Forrest Whitaker and mickey Rourke made appearances in some of the films. Wow...it's obvious BMW pulled out all the stops when it came to the budgets for these amazingly slick films.
This particular film was made by Ang Lee and while I'll freely admit that it was not among the best of the eight, it was fun to watch and I did laugh at the end--something I don't tend to do when I see films. The problem was not his direction or the acting--they were just great. But the film, aside from the end, was almost all action and little story--the sort of films that just don't appeal to me. HOWEVER, I must also point out that much of the seemingly shallow story did attain some greater depth at the end and overall it is a very nice little film. I won't say anything about the plot--just see it for yourself.
This particular film was made by Ang Lee and while I'll freely admit that it was not among the best of the eight, it was fun to watch and I did laugh at the end--something I don't tend to do when I see films. The problem was not his direction or the acting--they were just great. But the film, aside from the end, was almost all action and little story--the sort of films that just don't appeal to me. HOWEVER, I must also point out that much of the seemingly shallow story did attain some greater depth at the end and overall it is a very nice little film. I won't say anything about the plot--just see it for yourself.