A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him. A getaway driver is double-crossed during a bank robbery, and it goes wrong. With his family on the line, he races to find out who betrayed him before time runs out. Wheelman is a 2017 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jeremy Rush. It stars Frank Grillo (who also produced) as a getaway driver. The getaway driver in a botched robbery puts his skills and smarts to the test when he receives shocking orders from an unknown caller.