The Passenger
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Hassan, a Somali-American airport shuttle driver in Minneapolis, is struggling to make ends meet. When Lloyd, a stranded twenty-something at the airport, offers to pay Hassan to take him overland to Chicago, it seems worth the risk. But as the realization grows that his passenger is not what he seems, Hassan finds himself trapped in a terrifying ride that he can’t escape, knowing that saving himself might put countless others in danger.
This is a pretty rough ride. Djimon Hounsou's performance as the desperate driver Hassan is the main thing keeping this tense road thriller from crashing completely, with a few also finding something in Carolina Campos's Grace. But the passenger, Lloyd, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee, is almost universally panned, dragging the whole film down. People call the story thin and predictable, with the plot about a driver trapped with a dangerous stranger feeling like a retread. It has a few darkly funny moments, but that's not enough to save a trip most wish they'd skipped.
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