The Hire

The Hire

BMW Films Ended Action

3 Seasons · 9 Episodes · Premiered April 26, 2001 · Ended October 23, 2016

Launched in 2001, BMW Films' The Hire was a series of eight ground-breaking online short films starring Clive Owen as an enigmatic driver for hire. Available only online and released four years before the invention of YouTube, the films were critically-acclaimed and fifteen years later still have a cult following.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

5 episodes
E01
Ambush
Thu, Apr 26 2001 12:00 PM GMT+0000 10 min
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.
E02
Chosen
Thu, May 10 2001 12:00 PM GMT+0000 10 min
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.
E03
The Follow
Thu, May 24 2001 12:00 PM GMT+0000 10 min
The cunning and tactics of trailing another car quickly evolve into a mystery rife with deceit, as The Driver is hired to follow a woman accused of cheating on her famous husband.
E04
Star
Thu, Jun 7 2001 12:00 PM GMT+0000 10 min
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.
E05
Powder Keg
Thu, Jun 21 2001 12:00 PM GMT+0000 10 min
Soldiers patrol fields and rural villages. Their mission: Find a photojournalist who has snapped a picture certain to unite the world against their leader.

Season 2

3 episodes

Season 3

1 episode
Clive Owen
Clive Owen as The Driver

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