A new short film combines classic chase movie tropes—drawing inspiration from films like Bullitt and Christine—with a modern twist: the antagonist is a self-driving car, and it may be trying to kill you. The film casts a Waymo robotaxi in the villain role.
The fact that a robotaxi can now convincingly play a villain with minimal explanation suggests something significant about the current cultural moment. Autonomous vehicles have become prominent enough in public consciousness that audiences immediately understand them as potential threats, without needing elaborate setup or context.
