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Keep it real: bad acting, watching it subbed would add to the drama but in Arabic it's just a s"hity episode of Eastenders at best. A car commercial would have been rejected for this film. From the get go I assumed it would have been a film with at least a mad max feel (takes 8 hours from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi) it didn't live up to expectations and would have rather watched an easy listening black screen to put me to sleep. To make it dramatic they could have added tchkovski or Verdi for the dramatic effect. It's hard to understand how Netflix see this as in the investors benefit. Very w0ke and no content. Time will tell.

Might not be one of the best thrillers I have watched it was gripping and some good acting I like to the fact the whole film was set has a road trip where both characters got to drive the car could have had better twists at times and even more gripping if the crazy driver kidnapped the lead female character could have set for a better conclusion not the best thriller to watch but it is watchable and I feel people will enjoy it I like the fact it was set near a warm deserts road with a lot of twists to keep you interested it is one to watch probably the film could have been a little bit longer.

This film doesn't have much going for it other than the novelty of it being set in Saudi Arabia and having popular Saudi actors in it. The car chases and action sequences aren't too terrible, but the real missing factor to this movie is the plot.

The actors really had to stretch themselves given the poor writing. Fatima Al-Banawi is an incredible actress, but some of her lines felt forced and I kind of have to blame the director and writer for that. The same goes for Baraa.

His performance was surface level at best, although I'm sure he gave it his all. Overall the structure of the plot was lackluster, and the character's didn't have any depth.

Plus the ending was super confusing and felt out of pocket to Khaleeji culture.

Despite all of these flaws, I'm just glad that we're seeing more films set in Saudi Arabia with Saudi actors in them. If I were Netflix, I would focus on empowering Saudi directors and actors as opposed to bringing in directors from other countries.

While we all share common storylines as Arabs, the Saudi scene is much different and a Saudi director would definitely pick up on nuances that Khaleeji viewers would appreciate.

Overall, good effort from everyone involved and I hope to see an improvement in Saudi film-making in general, specifically within the thriller and action genres.

Before I write about how bad this movie is.. this is not a Saudi film.. I don't know why they keep saying that... Who made this garbage is a Lebanese film director, the story line doesn't fit the culture of Saudi Arabia.. also he was the writer.. you can imagine how bad it will be !

And, how you can made a movie like this in 2022? It was awful.. the cast is terrible.. the director made the film like a commercial ad for BMW.. I can't stop writing about how bad this movie Is.. I wish I could give it "0" because everything was bad.

In the end.. I want to say something to Baraa Alem, You are not good at acting... You should stop... (please.)

Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, though it had some glitches here and there. The actors were fantastic! More movies from this region should be made. What a landscape! And we should get to see more about the reality of this region and people. That Muslims are also kind and vulnerable people. That they too get scared and get hurt. People have emotions and have a social structure like anyone else. Whenever we see Muslims in films, they are either terrorists, or terrorists. We should have more films like they are also normal people like us. Thank you for this movie. Waiting to see more from this region.