Rideshare

I rarely review movies, but this was so bad, I felt compelled to do so. It will have been worth my time if I save one person from wasting 99 minutes they will never get back. I should have trusted the people that rated this atrocity 1 star. As for those who gave it 10? My only guess is they are taking the drugs the killer in the movie laced the water with. The best part of this movie other than the ending credits? The smart-alec cop! The worst? Everything else. Genre - thriller. By no means. The only thing that made this a thriller was me being on the edge of my seat for this nightmare to end. The driver has to be the worst actor I have ever seen, by far. The snippets of "suspenseful" music were poorly placed. The storyline had potential, but was not executed. Just don't bother. ***SPOILERS BELOW***



One of the most ludicrous scenes was when he drugs the burger and the boyfriend comes home, doesn't hear the cell phone ring or him yell "sh$t!" in that tiny apartment? Sure. The 10 minute argument regarding the hula girl on his dashboard was right up there too. Then 3 guys get in a Hitch car and recognize he fits the description of the Hitch killer, shares the same name, and they stick around to ask him about it, then discuss it out loud? Pretty sure he can hear them sitting in the back of that huge Prius! This is so dumb. This whole scene belongs in a spoof movie. "Would you like a (cue suspenseful music).....gummy bear?" This is so stupid! These are just a few examples of how absurd this movie was.

I admit to have unusual taste in films and Rideshare is right up there with other oddities like Eating Raoul from many years back. It is all a matter of personal taste. Many of the reviews are extremely negative but I was entertained by the strangeness of the story.

Jason drives a Prius and picks up an assortment of passengers in the hours after midnight and asks his customers if they are thirsty and would like some water. Those who take him up on his offer have not made a wise decision as it turns out that the generous driver is a serial killer.

The situations are frequently funny and I recommend this low budget entry.

As far as indie movies go, you can do much worse. It's too slow paced to share with friends, but if you're a regular low budget hound then trying to wrap your head around the directors intentions should keep you entertained.

The film looks nice, except for some of the make up. The characters are all unlikable (I request for any of the reviewers who thought Jason was relatable: please seek help), but at least most of them keep changing. Acting ranges from hokey to passable. The motives of the characters don't really come across and mechanics of the story doesn't make sense, but that helps keep the weirdness factor up. And the ending was pretty fun.

If you ever wanted to watch an overly extended scene of Kevin from The Office spend an evening driving around and awkwarding people into taking poison with alarming consistency, this is the film for you.

I'm an uber driver and found this film truly inspirational. I can now put a creative twist into my mundane day job. The main character is practically an obese terminator. The acting is superb. A lot of female dialogue except I didn't catch what they said due to staring at their chesticles. This film catches Los Angeles women personalities perfectly. Pushup bras and brains of a squirrel. I took a star off due to inaccuracies of Hollywood. I read that the Director spent 60% of the film's budget on recreating Hollywood Blvd in Kalamazoo, Michigan where this was filmed. I live in Hollywood and can assure you this isn't how it truly looks. Also in one scene the main character took half a tainted hamburger out of a drugged out girl's hand. He didn't eat the hamburger but in real life a man of his stature would surely finish that veggie burger off. Anyways, I spent a lot of time contemplating if this masterpiece should replace JAWS as my lonely Saturday night special. YES with confidence. Waiting for the BluRay release.

I watch every movie I can get my hands on. I go through amazon prime and Netflix and, etc and I literally watch every movie I can, even the lower rated movies. This is maybe my 3rd ever review that I've been compelled to write. I believe the following movies are only some that are better than this one: bride of chucky, any movie on lifetime, any movie that has Lindsey Lohan in it, and also any new movie with any of the Corey's in it. It's awful. There are a handful of times when I was laughing out loud by myself at some of the horrible writing and I'm still not sure if the satirical seeming hideous "jokes" were bad writing or bad acting or meant to be laughable.