2018 · thriller · crime · survival
Ride
Directed by Jeremy Ungar1h 19m2018
A night in Los Angeles becomes a psychological war for survival when an Uber driver, James, and his passenger, Jessica, pick up Bruno, who is charismatic but manipulative.
Our read: Ride (2018) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded thriller · crime · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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