The Hire

All Episodes 2001 - 2019

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  • 2001-04-26T04:00:00Z
  • 10m
  • 1h 30m (9 episodes)
  • David Fincher
  • United States
  • English
  • BMW of North America + 1 more, BMW Films
  • Action, Adventure, Crime
The Hire is a collection of short films which debuted in 2001 under the talent of executive producer David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) and starring Clive Owen simply as "The Driver". This series teams up top international action directors with mainstream Hollywood talent in various short films designed to entertain and exploit the power and brand image of BMW. For the serie's second "season", Ridley and Tony Scott replaced Fincher as creative overseers of the project. Originally created for distribution on the Internet, the success of the series eventually led to a DVD production of these various films. The series made a comeback in 2016, fifteen years after its original run ended.

17 episodes

2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

Special 6 The Small Escape

Special 6 The Small Escape

  • 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z10m

The film tells the story of a car mechanic in Berlin-Reinickendorf, who decides to modify his car to hide a passenger within a modified engine compartment to help them escape to freedom in West Berlin.

Series Premiere

2001-04-26T04:00:00Z

1x01 Ambush

Series Premiere

1x01 Ambush

  • 2001-04-26T04:00:00Z10m

On a dark freeway, a van swerves close to the driver and the door slides open. From inside, masked gunmen threaten to fire unless the driver stops and surrenders his passenger, a seemingly harmless man they accuse of smuggling diamonds. It's a simple choice: do or die.

2001-05-10T04:00:00Z

1x02 Chosen

1x02 Chosen

  • 2001-05-10T04:00:00Z10m

The driver meets a ship carrying an eight-year-old Tibetan boy at a dark, deserted New York shipyard. But he's not the only one waiting.

2001-05-24T04:00:00Z

1x03 The Follow

1x03 The Follow

  • 2001-05-24T04:00:00Z10m

The driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the manager never to call him again.

2001-06-07T04:00:00Z

1x04 Star

1x04 Star

  • 2001-06-07T04:00:00Z10m

The driver faces perhaps his most perplexing challenge: Coming face-to-face with a hugely talented and successful rock star. But beneath her beauty lies a problem she always gets what she wants.

Season Finale

2001-06-21T04:00:00Z

1x05 Powder Keg

Season Finale

1x05 Powder Keg

  • 2001-06-21T04:00:00Z10m

Soldiers patrol fields and rural villages. Their mission: find a photojournalist who has snapped a picture certain to unite the world against their leader. Alejandro González Iñárritu directs Clive Owen as the photographer's driver and sole hope of getting him and his film beyond the strongly guarded border.

Season Premiere

2002-10-03T04:00:00Z

2x01 Hostage

Season Premiere

2x01 Hostage

  • 2002-10-03T04:00:00Z10m

The driver races to locate a kidnapped victim locked in the trunk of an abandoned car somewhere in the city. Linked to her only by cell phone, the driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time. Preeminent action director John Woo and star Clive Owen pair to create this fast-paced action thriller.

2002-10-17T04:00:00Z

2x02 Ticker

2x02 Ticker

  • 2002-10-17T04:00:00Z10m

The Driver rescues a mysterious messenger carrying an even more mysterious briefcase after an ambush on a rural highway. As a helicopter gunman relentlessly pursues them, a game of political intrigue plays out, with an unforeseen ending.

Season Finale

2002-10-31T05:00:00Z

2x03 Beat the Devil

Season Finale

2x03 Beat the Devil

  • 2002-10-31T05:00:00Z10m

Decades ago, the legendary James Brown sold his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. Now he wishes to renegotiate. Hired to take Mr. Brown to a rendezvous with the devil (Gary Oldman), the driver soon finds himself entangled in fiendish plans.

Season Premiere

2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

3x01 The Escape

Season Premiere

3x01 The Escape

  • 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z10m

After the controversial disappearance of their Chief Medical Officer, a shadowy bio genetics company is under siege by the FBI for secretly cloning humans. Amidst the chaos, Molgen’s head mercenary Holt is sneaking out the last living clone, a young woman named Lily to a mysterious buyer. Holt has hired The Driver, accompanied by a heavily armed squadron of fellow Molgen mercenaries, to evade the authorities and deliver Lily and himself to the buyer. The journey takes an unexpected turn and Holt is forced to take matters into his own hands, as the driver once again demonstrates his mettle and extraordinary driving skills.

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