![]() Tilly coincidentally needed to get to Darwin for a tryout and since Rex felt bad for him because his personal situation, he let him tag along. They technically had subplots of their own but they weren’t inspiring. Their only purpose here seemed to be advancing the plot. He wasn’t alone on this journey as he met a few characters along the way in a lost, young mechanic and aspiring Australian football player named Tilly (Mark Coles Smith) and a backpacker and nurse from London named Julie (Emma Hamilton). This trek was a journey of self-discovery for Rex as he had to take a deep look at himself and ask himself whether his life is still worth living despite his current predicament. Farmer was thousands of kilometers away in Darwin so he had to take his cab and drive there, hence the title. Deciding that he does not want to live with his illness, he seeks out the help of a doctor named Dr. All these things occurred rather quickly and in addition to that, we learn that Rex has cancer and only has a few months to live. The film subtly hints at this issue but does not go much further with it. They appear to be more than just friends which complicates things for them as he and Polly, who happens to be black, live in an area where interracial relationships are frowned upon. He is also close to his neighbor Polly (Ningali Lawford). The film is about a taxi driver named Rex (Caton) who lives a pretty simple life with his dog who is named “Dog” because Rex was already taken. The country in question this time around is Australia with the last Australian film I’ve reviewed was The Babadook which you can read here. The last of those was Hunt for the Wilderpeople from New Zealand. One of the best things about doing this is that over time, you get to see films from different countries. When you’re trying to see as many films as possible as I’ve been doing this year, you often get to run into certain films that you probably would not have seen otherwise. Along the way, he is forced to examine his life for the first time. After learning that he has terminal stomach cancer, a 70 year old Australian taxi driver named Rex (Michael Caton) embarks on a journey to the city of Darwin to see a doctor (Jacki Weaver) who is willing to perform voluntary euthanasia.
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