It’s a Race Against the Clock in “Nightride” Trailer

Ah, the allure of one last job. Directors of crime movies just can't resist it. You can change the location or the motivation, but something always goes wrong for the person trying to get out.

And now we have yet another dive into the underworld, this time in Belfast. Moe Dunford stars as Budge, hoping to sell off his remaining drugs and ride off into the sunset with his girlfriend (Joan Ribeiro). But of course, the deal goes bad and now he has a tight deadline to set things right. The film, helmed by BAFTA Award nominee Stephen Fingleton, premiered as part of the Industry Selects program at last year's TIFF.

Nightride opens in select theaters and on VOD on March 4.

About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.