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The Driver is carrying an East Asian child who has been chosen for a strange rite. He must drive him through the city to get to a monk's house, while eluding several cars out to get the chil... Read allThe Driver is carrying an East Asian child who has been chosen for a strange rite. He must drive him through the city to get to a monk's house, while eluding several cars out to get the child.The Driver is carrying an East Asian child who has been chosen for a strange rite. He must drive him through the city to get to a monk's house, while eluding several cars out to get the child.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Clive Owen

The Driver

Mason Lee

Passenger
(as Mason C. Lee)

Sonom Gualson

Tugboat Monk

Brian Smyj

Shadow

Jamie Harris

Stick

Jeff Jensen

Car 1 Driver

Jarrod Bunch

Car 1 Passenger
(as Jared Bunch)

Artie Malesci

Car 2 Driver

Kevin Catucci

Car 2 Passenger

Losang Gyatso

Imposter Monk

Satoru 'Sat' Tsufura

Real Monk
(as Saturo Tsufura)

Director
- Ang Lee
Writer
- David Carter
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Trivia
The young boy is Ang Lee's son.

Goofs
In the first shot involving the Mercedes and the Chrysler, the passenger of the Mercedes has his coat closed in the door, but in the following shots it isn't there.

Alternate versions
On the 2002 free DVD version, an alternate, slightly longer version of the movie is added. Several shots during the car chase inside the giant crates are added, a shot of the window being lowered & raised affter the chase, and an extention of the shot with the Driver seeing a Mandarin stature in the house.

Connections
Followed by The Follow (2001)

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Featured review

7/10

Exceptional! Everybody here just missed the point!

This is the first time when not only all user comments but also the IMDb.com's official plot summary misses the point completely.

Well, as it's one fine oriental story, this is nothing to be terribly ashamed of. Let me help you a bit:

Hint #1: Where is Ang Lee born? Yes, right - in Taiwan. So what? Ha, let me explain - can you name a country that Taiwanese people fear the most? Hai, you are right again - this is China. So don't expect too positive approach towards the People's Republic of China here.

Hint #2: (As one comment already correctly mentioned it) the boy (and the monks) are Tibetans. What did Chinese do to Tibet in 1949-1950? They invaded an independent country and Tibet is occupied since then. What happened to unique Tibetan culture under Chinese rule? It was systematically destroyed. Not a good example for Taiwanese people..

**** SPOILERS START *****

The boy is "chosen for a strange ritual" :) I think we can be more precise now. What is the greatest ritual in Tibet? The finding of the next Dalai Lama, The Chosen One.

**** SPOILERS END *****

Only one piece of this fine oriental mystery left unsolved - who are the bad guys, then? No, i can't tell you, i already wrote SPOILERS END above here.. :)

I gave it 7 points out of 10, because it is impossible to join the commercial and oriental art. But Ang Lee's masterpiece gives us fine example how close we can get.