Film Review: "Self Driver" Explores Gig Economy Through Sinister App

Self Driver review – driver who signs up for sinister app offers Travis Bickle take on the gig economy

A desperate cabbie joins a service that directs him down a shadowy path in this interesting, less-is-more satirical thriller Canadian film-maker Michael Pierro makes his feature debut with this low-to-no-budget sortie, a modern-day Travis Bickle nightmare which, though flawed and in need of some script development, adds up to a pertinent satirical comment on the gig economy and the Waymo-isation of the service industry. Nathaniel Chadwick has the everyguy role of a Toronto driver working for ...

By Peter Bradshaw