"Adrenaline Drive"
1999
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi

After accidentally hitting a yakuza member's vehicle, a meek rental car clerk is taken to the criminal's lair for payback. An unexpected explosion kills the thug's entire gang but leaves the clerk unharmed. He finds a trunk full of cash and hits the road with an equally timid young nurse who stopped to help. The contrast of this convincingly shy couple and the movie-made gangsters pursuing them gives the film a charming absurdity. "Equal parts Takeshi Kitano-inspired gangster comedy, lovers-on-the-lam road movie, and fairy-tale romance, Adrenaline Drive is a triumph of low-key whimsy" (Scott Tobias, The Onion A.V. Club).  Japanese with English subtitles.  111 minutes.

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