Big Driver is a 2014 crime thriller TV film based on the novella of the same name by Stephen King published in his collection Full Dark, No Stars (2010). It was directed by Mikael Salomon from a screenplay by Richard Christian Matheson.
From best-selling author Stephen King comes BIG DRIVER starring Maria Bello, Olympia Dukakis, Joan Jett and Will Harris. Tess Thorne (Bello), a famous and revered mystery and thriller writer, faces a long drive home following a book-signing engagement. But while driving on a lonely stretch of New England road, her tire blows out, leaving her stranded. Relieved when another driver (Harris) stops and offers assistance, Tess quickly discovers her saviour is actually a serial killer who assaults her. Left for dead in a drainage pipe to rot with the bodies of his other victims, Tess escapes and makes her way safely home. With her fragile mind beginning to unravel, she is determined to find her attacker and seek revenge, as payback is the only thing holding her together.
Big Driver Reviews
“It's a powerful film – not because its story of a vengeful female will shine a light on social injustices, but simply because it grips viewers and doesn't let go until the credits are rolling. Maria Bello is a pain-stricken wonder.” Cinemablend
“A few horror-story cliches seep in, but with Bello playing a character who is strikingly unglamorous and at times not even sympathetic, Big Driver should deliver for its audience.” New York Daily News