The Follow
Wong Kar-waiCast
Clive Owen 
Mickey Rourke Adriana Lima 
Forest Whitaker
Credits
Written by: 
Andrew Kevin Walker
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Music: Joel Goodman Silvio Rodríguez Jeff Rona
Produced by: Aristides McGarry Robert Van de Weteringe Buys
Plot
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone.
Sinekatalog’s take
A stylish short about tailing a suspect, framed as a lesson in how surveillance should be done. The moody neon visuals and rhythmic editing matter more than the thin plot. A neat genre exercise for admirers of its director's visual signature.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (5,418 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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