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the hire – the chosen

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The BMW film series "The Hire" is a series of short films produced for the internet in the early 2000s.

These shorts were directed by popular filmmakers, including Guy Ritchie, John Frankenheimer, Ridley Scott and John Woo. They feature Clive Owen as "the Driver", and performances from Madonna, James Brown, Micky Rourke, Gary Oldman and Dakota Fanning amongst many, many others. The cinematography is outstanding and the soundtracks are pretty good, too.

  1. the hire – ambush
  2. the hire – the chosen
  3. the hire – the follow
  4. the hire – star
  5. the hire – powder keg
  6. the hire – hostage
  7. the hire – ticker
  8. the hire – beat the devil
  9. the hire – the escape

the BMW short film series, “The Hire”. This second film in the series was directed by Ang Lee. This has some of the highest critical acclaim of all the films in the series. It is wonderful short film.

the plot

The Driver protects a holy Asian child that was brought to America by boat.

The child gives the Driver a gift but says that he is not supposed to open it yet.

After being pursued by many armed assassins, and being grazed in the ear, he delivers the boy to another holy man. The Boy however signals silently to the Driver that the man is not actually a monk, indicated by his footwear. The Driver defeats the impostor holy man and rescues the boy.

As he leaves the Driver opens the gift which is revealed to be a Hulk bandage for his bleeding ear.

in this series

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Keith Pfeiffer
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