Watch Neill Blomkamp’s new BMW short film, The Escape BMW Films has brought online The Escape, a new BMW short film from Academy Award-nominated director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) featuring original BMW Films star and Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men), who reprises his role as The Driver. Presented as an homage to the 15th anniversary of the original BMW Film series, The Escape also stars Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds, I am Sam), Jon Bernthal (The Punisher, Daredevil) and Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (The Departed, Up in the Air). In addition to the new BMW short film, there are two behind the scenes videos that take a look at the production.