Hit and Run
When Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard) vows to help escort his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), to Los Angeles for a job interview details of his spotted past are brought to light. As it turns out Charlie is a former getaway driver who’s been living in the witness protection program ever since he turned in his criminal partners. Now en route to L.A. his former partners catch wind of his whearabouts and it’s payback time. Getting Annie to her interview will be the challenge of his life, just how far will they have to go?
Co-written, Co-directed, and acted by Dax Shepard the film certainly comes across as a labor of love. With a talented cast, all friends of the director, the costs were kept low on this project. However, for as funny as he is in person, the film does seem to fall prey to pitfall of one man’s vision, and makes for a less dynamic and less compelling story. Ultimately there are plenty of off color, funny-ish moments, but the laugh train just doesn’t pull out of the station strong enough to carry the film. In reality we’re looking at a rental. But Kudos to Shepard who did all of his own stunt driving, interesting. Hit and Run is rated R.