This Netflix original from writer-director Jeremy Rush is one of the most gripping and entertaining action mysteries of the year.

Wheelman has a few great action sequences and one interesting idea, but is let down by a mediocre screenplay.

I love this sub-genre of crime pictures, and while this isn’t on a par with the true classics of the type, it’s in the conversation. A little of Tom Hardy’s cellphone in the car myopia “Locke,” a little of Gosling’s “Drive,” and a lot of Grillo goes a long way.

Unfortunately, for this viewer, the formal constraint foisted upon him by writer/director Jeremy Rush in Wheelman went right up his nose and stayed there, resulting in a little less than 90 minutes of annoyance.