‘Strange Driver From The Past’, crafted by Stéphane Veuillet, is a one-minute experimental style thriller. With no dialogue, the film leans entirely on mood, movement and a sleek cinematic language shaped through AI-generated visuals.
The film showcases a police pursuit that feels both futuristic and oddly retro. The atmosphere is choked aggression. Cars race at impossible speeds, but no one seems to be driving. Meanwhile, a beautiful woman appears in a remote desert landscape.
The film’s structure feels closer to a music video or a tense dream than a narrative short. But it works. Veuillet leans into genre iconography – neon-glow chases, synth-heavy tension, machine-ruled environments – and strips it all to the essentials. The result is sleek, surreal and slightly unsettling.
Created using tools like Kling, Luma and Runway, the VFX from 10h35-Studio are impressively fluid for AI crafted work, with crisp action cuts and a stylized grain that enhances the retro-futurist tone. While the film is clearly an homage – borrowing the pulse of ‘Drive’, the spirit of ‘Terminator;, and a hint of ‘Back to the Future’, it also stands on its own as a tech-forward reflection on escape.
‘Strange Driver From The Past’ knows exactly what it is: a mood piece. An experiment. A tribute. And for what it sets out to do, it lands cleanly – with speed, style and a shot of adrenaline. Highly recommended.
