John Cho is a dad on an emotional quest in the first trailer for Amazon Studios’ Don’t make me go.
Directed by Hannah Marks (After everything, Mark, Mary and some others) and written by Vera Herbert (This is us), the film follows Cho’s single father Max and his daughter Wally, played by Mia Isaac, as the duo take the trip of a lifetime from California to New York.
They take the premise of driving lessons for Wally and Max’s 20-year college reunion, where he also hopes to reunite with her mother after she left the family years ago. But there’s another reason the father-son group has taken the long road: Max has a terminal illness and hopes to use their days together on a cross-country trip to cram time, experiences and the love that Wally will miss when he’s gone. .
That long, heart-wrenching and humorous ride, will see a father and daughter connect across generations as they grapple with the expected and unexpected realities of their long-term relationship. truncated.
“When you look back on this trip, I want you to remember you and I spent time together, not waiting for your boyfriend to call,” Max says at one point in the film’s trailer.
“I bet on you,” Wally told her father at another point. “I want you for my whole life.”
Don’t make me go It also stars Jemaine Clement, Mitchell Hope, Stefania LaVie Owen and Kaya Scodelario and is produced by Donald De Line, Leah Holzer and Peter Saraf.
The film will release worldwide on July 15 on Prime Video.
