Kyle Gallner and Johnny Berchtold star in Carter Smith's 'The Passenger,' a low-key but sneakily effective thriller from the Blumhouse stable.

"The Passenger" is a slow-burn thriller/slow-footed thriller that pairs up a meek, aimless and dissociative young man with the fast-food employee who just shot up the burger joint where they both worked. People died, but something about the mousey, bullied Randy Bradley (Johnny Berchtold of TV's "Gaslit") brings out the compassion in Benson (Kyle Gallner…

Gallner has such an ease in the role; he can do so much else, as we’ve seen from his previous films, but he’s a natural with the unnatural.

The Passenger is a bloody, economical road trip movie with two strong lead performances. Read our review of the latest Blumhouse thriller.