Rideshare (2018) Reviews

• Is this a movie?

  stevocbk242018-06-04

  This "movie" is a psychological test to see how much you are willing to put your mind through. I'm sure the actors are solid in other ventures, but good lord this movie is one terrible one liner after another. This is glaringly obvious the moment the driver opens his mouth. I urge you do not watch this "movie" unless you are prepared for an all out assault on your intelligence. There are zero redeeming qualities in this.

• You Look Thirsty

  nogodnomasters2018-04-24

  Remember those Taxi films which showed you real irritating passengers and we would fast forward to the drunk girls who would take their tops off? Well, this isn't that film. It is not a Taxi, it is "Hitch" (like Uber/Lyft) and the girls keep their top on...and the irritating passengers get killed. Our Hitch driver is Jason Palmer (for the original Friday the 13th fans) and he has a wry and dry sense of humor. We applaud him as he kills our irritating pretentious passengers which includes the real Spankie Valentine (I didn't know there was a real one either, but she claims she is famous.) Bye Felicia. The film has a twist which it really didn't need, but I liked. Most of the action is dialogue that takes place inside of a vehicle as ominous music plays when the driver says, "You look thirsty." Not for everyone. I enjoyed it. I got into Jason. I can see most folks not liking it. Guide: No sex or nudity.

• Horrendous.

  Orlando3552018-07-26

  I rarely review movies, but this was so bad, I felt compelled to do so. It will have been worth my time if I save one person from wasting 99 minutes they will never get back. I should have trusted the people that rated this atrocity 1 star. As for those who gave it 10? My only guess is they are taking the drugs the killer in the movie laced the water with. The best part of this movie other than the ending credits? The smart-alec cop! The worst? Everything else. Genre - thriller. By no means. The only thing that made this a thriller was me being on the edge of my seat for this nightmare to end. The driver has to be the worst actor I have ever seen, by far. The snippets of "suspenseful" music were poorly placed. The storyline had potential, but was not executed. Just don't bother. ***SPOILERS BELOW*** One of the most ludicrous scenes was when he drugs the burger and the boyfriend comes home, doesn't hear the cell phone ring or him yell "sh$t!" in that tiny apartment? Sure. The 10 minute argument regarding the hula girl on his dashboard was right up there too. Then 3 guys get in a Hitch car and recognize he fits the description of the Hitch killer, shares the same name, and they stick around to ask him about it, then discuss it out loud? Pretty sure he can hear them sitting in the back of that huge Prius! This is so dumb. This whole scene belongs in a spoof movie. "Would you like a (cue suspenseful music).....gummy bear?" This is so stupid! These are just a few examples of how absurd this movie was.

• Don't waste your time

  benc31412018-06-22

  This is such a lame movie. There are no redeeming qualities. The acting is lackluster, the writing is dreadful. It feels like a movie that was made as a joke, trying to make an awful movie. This is not even a so bad it's good situation. The premise was interesting but it did not deliver whatsoever.

• Surprisingly engaging, though not without flaws.

  hnhnyc2018-10-06

  I went into this with extremely low expectations, but have always been curious about what it must be like to be a driver and have all sorts of people hopping in and out of your car every day. We don't know why this dude set out on a killing spree on this particular night, or, mild spoiler, why he wanted to frame the person he wanted to frame for those crimes. There is also a kill that's totally inconsistent with all of his others, because that passenger was perfectly nice and just wanted to go grocery shopping. He let a similar passenger go earlier in the night. So. That being said, some of his lines and the way they're delivered are a little chuckle worthy, and I'm not sure if the cops being so slow to act at all, or successfully getting on his trail, is a middle finger to the department or just something we're supposed to overlook to buy our protagonist more time in the movie. And it's kinda weird, there are times you almost want him to get away with it because his passengers are so annoying, and yet you've established him as a real awful creeper monster that makes you uncomfortable AF. Either way, I was engaged, and for what I assume was a pretty low budget production like this one, I don't regret watching it at all.