The Driver | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2019
On November 26th, 2019, Lionsgate will be releasing the DVD for Mark Dacascos’ zombie thriller The Driver (read our review), which comes from director Wych Kaosayananda, whose credits include Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge, and Angels (which was reborn as Zero Tolerence).
Dacascos (Drive, Brotherhood of the Wolf) is enjoying a much deserved career resurgence of late, and arrives in Thailand after a double dose of high impact and high octane action on Netflix’ Wu Assassins and facing off against Keanu Reeves on John Wick 3 (not to mention Roger Avary’s upcoming Lucky Day).
The Driver (no, it’s not a sequel to Drive – more’s the pity!) sees Dacascos getting back into action and behind the wheel, opposite his real life wife Julie Condra (with whom he co-starred in Crying Freeman) and their daughter Noelani.
After a plague of the undead decimates human life on earth, a former hit man (Dacascos, Ultimate Justice), his wife (Julie Condra, Eerie, Indiana), and daughter, Bree (Noelani Dacascos, Oh Lucy!), live quietly in a survivalist compound. But when their base is attacked, a massive explosion summons a swarm of the undead. They escape and must seek out the Haven – a rumored sanctuary up north – while the father teaches his daughter to shoot, drive, and survive before time runs out.
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OMG what a tease, DRIVE is one of the last great martial arts films … But hopefully this new film is awesome.
Crying Freeman is a really nice one, a shame not to have a propper American release.
The DRIVE directors cut DVD is awesome, some great extra features, a re-release is very overdue.
I hope this movie is good. Ecks vs Sever showed some promise, but Wych’s other films have been unwatchable.
I wonder if Driver will try to compete with the Nicolas Winding Refn film that stole Mark’s title.
i love the movie Drive
I presume Dacascos’s hair fell out from the stress of featuring in 2 Alexander Nevsky movies.
I have to say, this looks considerably cheaper than i was expecting, not that i was expecting greatness. Nobody needs anymore zombie flicks & i doubt this will showcase a now mature Dacascos’ talents. Nice poster, but this looks like miniDV trash. I sincerely hope Mark finds better projects post JW3 like he truly deserves.
This looks like straight to VIDEO if that even still exists.
I admit I gave up hope of Dacascos ever headlining another decent action movie around 2004 (after his unremarkable fight with Jet Li in ‘Cradle 2 the Grave’ from the year prior). If people are still hanging in there 15 years later in the belief that we’ll get another ‘Drive’ (a movie that’s 22 years old), then I admire their tenacity!
As for ‘Driver’, this looks like a D-movie remake of the Dacascos starring 2007 Asylum flick ‘I Am Omega’, which is hardly a good starting point.
I want to believe it’s not too late for Mark and company. But if this is anything like I Am Omega, then we’re in trouble.
“As for ‘Driver’, this looks like a D-movie remake of the Dacascos starring 2007 Asylum flick ‘I Am Omega’, which is hardly a good starting point.” That’s what I was thinking. But hey, sometimes sucky trailers mean good movies. I guess the zombie genre is easier to sell than a martial arts flick (in this case, a zombie movie with a well-known B-star). I’m surprised their marketing team doesn’t use the selling point “starring John Wick 3’s Mark Dacascos”…