

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
Acting
Johnson's silent, simmering rage — his best dramatic work
Practical Effects
Real cars, real crashes, zero green screen laziness
Direction
Tillman Jr. channels 1970s revenge thriller energy

Director
George Tillman Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Johnson grew his actual beard for six months and did zero publicity appearances to preserve the look. Studio hated it.
The film's deliberate pacing and moral ambiguity were Tillman's deliberate response to the 'Fast & Furious' cartoonification of car culture. He wanted muscle cars to mean something again.