BMW Movies is again with a brief movie titled “The Calm” now obtainable on YouTube.

The movie stars “Guardians of the Galaxy” actress Pom Klementieff and a BMW i7 M70 xDrive, the all-electric efficiency range-topper of the BMW 7-Collection flagship sedan lineup. Klementieff performs a undercover agent summoned to a gathering in Cannes, who has to struggle off an assassination try alongside the best way, ultimately assembly up with one other agent performed by Uma Thurman.

BMW took this chance to point out off a few of the i7’s tech, together with gesture controls and the 31.3-inch display screen that folds down from the headliner. The primary viewings of “The Calm” occurred at the back of i7 sedans, based on BMW. The automaker introduced a number of of the vehicles to the Cannes Movie Competition in France for the premiere.

Filmmakers additionally indulged in some inventive license with regards to driver-assist tech. At one level Klementieff’s undercover agent and her would-be murderer struggle whereas the automobile is in “auto drive” mode, transferring alongside autonomously with out the necessity for monitoring. No such expertise is at the moment obtainable in manufacturing vehicles. 

Anticipated to launch within the U.S. as a 2024 mannequin, the i70 M70 is probably the most highly effective 7-Collection mannequin obtainable—gasoline or electrical. Its dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain generates 650 hp, which allows 0-60 mph in a BMW-estimated 3.5 seconds, on the best way to a ruled 155-mph prime pace. BMW M engineers additionally dialed up the extent of sportiness within the chassis with M-specific air suspension with adjustable damping and automated leveling, in addition to a stiffer physique shell and lively anti-roll bars.

BMW Movies launched in 2001, utilizing prime expertise to showcase the automaker’s automobiles in brief movies. The preliminary batch of eight was known as “The Rent,” and starred Clive Owen as an nameless driver within the vein of the “Transporter” films. A further movie known as “The Escape,” additionally starring Owen, was launched in 2016.