Vehicle 19 (2013)

Here's a film with a difference: a South African car chase movie, filmed from a single location (within the car) a year before the British movie LOCKE came out and was acclaimed for it. VEHICLE 19 is more of a straightforward crime/thriller, with plenty of nods and stylistic similarities to the superior DRIVE and Paul Walker cast in the central role to bring in the FAST & FURIOUS crowd.But is it any good, I hear you ask? The answer is, generally, yes. There are a few plot holes here and there and some inconsistencies in the narrative, but for the most part it works very well. A word of warning, though: this is NOT an action film; there are only two car chases in the whole movie, and one of those isn't very good. The pulse-pounding climax more than makes up for that, though.Instead, it's a film which tells a familiar, small-scale storyline at a fast pace and with decent direction and editing. Walker plays the typical 'wrong man' character who finds himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in the wrong vehicle, and the supporting South African cast acquit themselves well. Make no mistake, though; this is a film in which Walker spends 90% of the screen time alone in his car, so it's all on him. And he's remarkably good, much better than he was in the FAST & FURIOUS franchise.VEHICLE 19 will win no critical plaudits and indeed it pales in comparison to either bigger budget, action-filled fare or the excellent DRIVE. But I liked it nonetheless. It kept me watching throughout and it stays realistic for the most part, and you can't say fairer than that.

My feel is on the movie is OK kind of movie, Paul Walker acting is good to see. But It's very low budget action with only car and little thrill in screen play, thats all. there are not more persons in the film. Always seeing only hero and car through the whole movie.Its not that good but We can see only if we have more time and to watch more movie.After seeing fast and furious kind of movie, this not that much at allFirst half of the movie is thrill. Second half is very slow and very bored. background music also very dull.My over all feeling is OK ( Not bad )

The story is just another one of those common action movie plot; the main character being trapped thus have to clear his name through the perilous path. The mentionable thing is that the movie, staying true to the title, tried to make all the shots angled from inside the car. Seeing Locke (2013) before this movie, I understand that it would be very hard to grasp all the scope that an action movie offers while trying to compensate the car interior camera angle. There's the big trade off between the action outside the car and the interior feel this movie's trying to get. The story also miss out much on developing other characters besides Michael Woods. At least Paul Walker can keep his kind of usual role of a hard raised man being the unintentional hero.

Not that great, not that bad, something to watch for action lovers. Not sure it was the best "product placement" advertisement decision for Hertz Car Rentals though! Being filmed in South Africa made it a bit more interesting. All kinds of decisions/actions of the characters were a little too dumb to believe. It's like WHY IN THE WORLD wouldn't he/she have said this or done that? And it was pretty much all through the movie! Are viewers REALLY supposed to enjoy characters with no imagination to do/say smarter things? At least the acting was good and the scenes not so over the top to be totally ridiculous as is the case with so many action flicks. It is something to watch at least if one has cable and there is nothing else.