UPDATE – 9.8.13: ‘The Drive’ has since been removed from Amazon Studios and is now available only on director Bob Bravler’s official Vimeo channel. CLICK HERE TO VIEW IT.
Please direct your attention now to the latest online gem to hit the film festival circuit, this summer. Now available for viewing at Amazon Studios is the new shortfilm, The Drive, starring action actress, stuntwoman and cirque performer Jessi Fisher, and directed by veteran stuntman and actor Bob Bravler.
I spoke to producer and stunt coordinator Tony Snegoff who stated the project, as well as Fisher, the main lead of the action packed mini-movie. Originally meant as a smaller-scale project to feature some awesome stuntwork for several reels for Fisher and the director. Evidently, the project ended up into something much larger and grew into a shortfilm with some significant potential.
That potential led to its rousing showing at this year’s Action On Film festival in Monrovia, California in August where it landed an award for Best Sound Design, in addition to 1st runner up for Best Female Action Performer of the Year and Best Performance In An Acting Role, as well as a nomination for Best Martial Arts Choreography. And it is that very potential that I am told now has Bravler in talks to help turn The Drive into a riveting new webseries, possibly with Fisher as the lead.
The Drive delivers solid action right from the beginning, as Fisher plays a circus performer forced to use her athletic skills from the center ring to the battlefield, taking out handfuls of armed guards, dodging bullets and leaping over moving cars to acquire a flash drive containing vital information key to finding her brother. The stunts are spectacular, with the overall theme illustrating what looks to be something that could definitely benefit from a much more mainstream series, or even a feature-length film if willing. And considering Bravler‘s extensive resume, I would have no argument against him directing it.
Watch the trailer below and see for yourself. And see if you can find actor James Lew who makes a brief appearance in it.
CLICK HERE to view The Drive!
SYNOPSIS:
Jessi Rose is a circus superstar. When contact with her brother abruptly ends, and all evidence of his existence has vanished, she leaves the circus to find him.
But after asking too many questions, a hit is put on Jessi and her home is destroyed in a gas leak explosion. Assumed dead, Jessi targets those who targeted her.
After some careful espionage work, Jessi discovers vital information to locate her brother is stored on a flash drive at a remote government security contractor base.
Her mission: Secure the drive.
