Robyn Boardman

Cuarto de los ocho cortos que forman 'The Hire', realizados en dos temporadas para BMW entre el 2001 y el 2002. Para ello se creó la productora BMW Films, capitaneada por el mismísimo David Fincher, que consiguió reunir unos cuantos reputados directores de cine para dirigir cada corto: Ang Lee, Wonk Kar-Wai, John Frankenheimer, Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Woo, Joe Carnahan, Tony Scott y Guy Ritchie, y un puñado de caras conocidas para protagonizarlos, en el que destaca Clive Owen como "The Driver", personaje misterioso que aparece en todos los cortos, Forest Whitaker, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Mickey Rouke o Don Cheadle entre otros. Los cortos tuvieron mucho éxito en internet, tanto que se editaron en DVD para facilitar su distribución. (Fuente: Wikipedia)

The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the driver curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.

While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve them. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallowed the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver then leaves.

The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through a dark night in the city to get to a monk's house, while eluding several American cars out to get the child.