"I don't know who to trust anymore." "You have to trust yourself." Utopia has revealed an official trailer for an indie drama titled
The Accidental Getaway Driver, from filmmaker Sing J. Lee. This one originally debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival a few years ago - it didn't make much of an impact and has been stuck in release limbo ever since. During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. After being taken hostage by the three bank robbers, Long begins to revisit his own past, marred by war, re-education camp, and estrangement from his family. Actor
Hiệp Trần Nghĩa stars as Long. When he starts to develop a friendly relationship with one of the convicts, Tây (starring
Dustin Nguyen), tension builds between the group, and Long is left wondering about his fate. The cast also includes
Dali Benssalah,
Phi Vu,
Gabrielle Chan, and
Vivien Ngô. This is an undiscovered gem that cinema lovers need to watch out for - opening in limited US theaters in February. //
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