I can't express how great this thriller is without just showing you the whole movie. It is the rarest Netflix gem. If you ever doubted the minimalist approach to filmmaking, Wheelman is your challenge. I'm still amazed what they did with just a few cameras, an old BMW 330 and some prop guns. Incredible performances, cinematography, music, story... seriously just watch it.

This movie reminded me of Taxi Driver and Collateral, but combined. A perfect combination of two great movies along with an incredible performance by Frank Grillo. Highly recommended

Very solid film action thriller with a fantastic performance from Frank Grillo. This is a movie I'll watch again for sure!

If you have ever wanted to see a movie involving only 6 humans, 2 European cars and 2 firearms this movie is for you. If not skip this flick it's everything you would expect within the first 15min

I loved this movie , have rewatched several times and it never gets old . The way the whole movie basically takes place inside the car the whole time and still manages to surprise the audience is brilliant .

It is entertaining. But, the plot is full of holes and gets ridiculous and annoying at times. Also, the wheelman, as a character, is an irresponsible douche. First, you have many high speed chases and crashes and very violent and serious crimes being committed all over the city with the police being nowhere in sight. Ironically, with all of this chaos, you could always hear police sirens blaring "somewhere" in the distance, all the time, but the cops are never to be seen on the scene. I thought this was very idiotic. Second, the douchy driver/wheelman is a horrible father and ex-husband because he puts his ex-wife and teen child in constant mortal danger. Third, the ending was purely imbecilic. After traumatizing his ex-wife and his teen child, and endangering their lives, the wheelman is smiling and joking around with his kid, as if they had just come back from Disneyland. So, overall, the plot has one original concept, with a couple of interesting twists, but the rest of it is hogwash. That said, miraculously, this movie passed the time and was not boring.

Unique premise as the movie is almost entirely shot within a car. And the anxiety of what will be happening next makes it impossible to look away, even for a second. So much action that it nearly wore me out!

Spoilers: No honor among thieves and their driver here. The suspense builds and we pull hard for wheelman Grillo, his daughter, even his mouthy ex-wife by the end. Please, survive. The wheelman, out of prison for less than a year, hooks up with bank robbers, and they have a handler. Before long a second handler shows by phone, and says if Frank doesn't leave the two at the bank and take off, he will be killed by the two robbers. We got a four-way betrayal, it seems, whom to trust? Seems like no one, as it really is the wild west in that milieu. I thought a film so much in a car and on the phone would be both claustrophobic and boring. But the pithy dialogue killed the boredom and the ease with which this guy drove the car, really fast, kept things moving, though a bit confusing. Lots of fast cars moving, bullets flying, and finally, this ex-con wheelman had to put his daughter, even ex-wife ahead of any money or former loyalties. His daughter, only 13, actually helped save the day because Daddy wheelman had taught her how to drive, and fast, already. The end resolved when there was honor among underworld figures after all, when Frank engineered a swap for his wife for the money stolen from the bank, $230,000, as all the group wanted was the dough, and all Frank wanted was his ex-wife back. Frank's contentment at the end was that his daughter an ex-wife were safe in a diner, as the daughter looked out the window at Frank, now apart from them, seeming to know Dad really did love her. Well done all around, hard to believe it was director/writer Jeremy Rush's first-time out. Had my attention throughout.

An angrier, more foul mouthed version of ‘Drive'. The plot holds no surprises but is entertaining with some tension and style and Grillo has a certain charisma about him. Having the camera always within the car (except near the end) is an interesting design choice which doesn't necessarily add anything, but does make for a more intense experience. The action in the final act some much needed thrills and overall, I found it a good and enjoyable film.

Frank Grillo classic and another one of my favorite actors I won't say his name now you probably know him from a 온라인카지노추천 show that you like. The G man hes in it. Oh mr dillahunt. Luv this movie its so crazy.

High octane heist gone bad done right.

This movie is so thoroughly entertaining that I already want to rewatch it.

Definitely a different take on the man with a past trying to get square with bad ppl movie. A warped the transporter were everything is shown from his cars perspective.

I never heard of, or about this movie, until now and it is very, very good. This is a one man show starring Frank Grillo as a Wheelman, or driver, in a bank heist that is so much more than it appears. Filled with intense action, mystery, and edge of your seat suspense this is a winner from its 1st moment of the movie. The movie is shot in a unique way to virtually excludes the visage of anyone but Grillo (and one other person). The story unfolds though a series of phone calls from sources known, and unknown. Virtually the entire movie is filmed in Grillo's fancy, sports BMW. This is a risk, and could have gone horribly wrong, but it didn't. This movie is tightly filmed. Not longer than it needs to be and action packed from moment 1. Grillo I underrated for the screen presence that he is. Grillo is normally a character actor, and it is rare that one person can carry 90 minutes of action but he does here. The last 25 minutes are a roller coaster ride.

Why the audience didn't like this is beyond me. Too many 4 letter words? No. Too much car? No. Too much inside car? No. I bet it had to do with the lack of dialogue. Well people, he's inside his head. He has to figure out how to outwit the bad guys. Simple plot. But it's a helluva ride. Grillo reminds me of Christian Bale lite, which is a good thing. Too much and it would be farcical. This is the perfect vehicle (sorry) for Grillo. He establishes himself. Now I'll look for him again. And so should you.

So there I was, trying to watch "Wheelman" on Netflix the other day. The beginning was intriguing enough to hook me in, but after a short time, I was beginning to think it was a low-budget movie with too much swearing and not enough action or character development to keep me interested. I nearly hit the "back" button on my remote, when I decided to give it another half minute or so. And in that half-minute, I suddenly realized that what I was watching wasn't a cheap, bad movie. I was watching a really interesting play on a screen. Think back to your high school days when you got to attend a school drama in the theatre. There was an air of intimacy and immediacy there. You may not have used the words "human condition," but you probably learned something about it, and you probably had fun doing it, too! In a nutshell, that's what "Wheelman" is, and is doing. It is a play in the grand tradition of Aeschylus, who was the first ancient Greek dramatist to add a second actor(!). In fact, one could almost say that there is only *one* actor: Frank Grillo. During the movie, Grillo's character, the "wheelman" interacts with a series of characters, never more than one at a time. Two of them--both important ones--are known to us throughout only by their voices over his cellphone. Their conversations, full of bluster, threats, cursing, and calculation, are what drive the suspense and propel the explosive action. But they also reveal something about the Wheelman's character, and about the society we live in. The choices the Wheelman has to make as he navigates a world of gangsters and crooks, reveal a man little blessed by opportunities that many take for granted, but they also show a man who cares just as deeply as anyone for his (broken) family. The final scene [spoiler alert!] is open-ended as the Wheelman looks into the restaurant window after safely reuniting his daughter with his ex, her mother. They look so overwhelmed with relief and joy as they hold each other. We are left wondering: will they invite the Wheelman in, will the family be reunited completely? We don't get to find out. But looking into the window from the dark outside, the Wheelman smiles. Perhaps, just seeing them together, the way they should be, is enough for him.

Very creative. Taut cinematography, nicely balanced tension, good pacing.

Terrrrible. It's a guy sitting in a stationary car screaming obscenities into one phone call after the next. Not once did they even show the actual car. If you're going to name a movie Wheelman, show some cool car stuff at a minimum.

Horrible dialogue, badly acted and car sceens poorly staged.

Insanely well filmed. I started watching this late at night (after stopping several real clunkers on Netflix) and I just knew from the opening shot that this movie had an attitude. Sure enough, two minutes in I actually chuckled because it felt so good to see someone film a scene exactly the way I would have filmed it. I honestly would have been happy to have spent the entire movie in the back seat. But even when the camera varies the shots are intentional and important. The Massachusetts streets looked like a perfect, claustrophobic maze for this race track movie to use. The shots of the car speeding onto factory properties was so legit. Had a big Hollywood company filmed this they would have ruined it with overhead, underneath, choppy camera shots that would throw the passenger right out of the movie. The script is so good. The phone calls were jarring because I had written something similar for a different idea and it was so cool to see that it works so well. The motorcycle chase was very effective. And how the chase ends was so effectively filmed. I don't want to give it away but wow. The movie is fast, but it takes its time. It also avoids cliches. Although there are constant sirens in the movie it doesn't include a police chase, and I am glad for that. It is so validating and visually refreshing to see someone wrote and filmed scenes the way I would have. Many tense moments because I felt forced to be a passenger in the car instead of watching a car speed by from 25 exterior angles like less qualified people would have filmed. Lastly, the payoff, (quite literally that) held my interest and didn't drop the ball. Way too many movies are anti-climactic with closure after getting us hyped through the movie. I cared for the characters and my chest is still tight from the stress of being a passenger in the get-away vehicle of a bank robbery from hell. Great job!