Rex is a cab driver who has never left the mining town of Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn’t have long to live, he decides to drive through the heart of the country to Darwin, where he’s heard he will be able to die on his own terms.
Michael Caton stars as the terminally ill cab driver whose shocking diagnosis makes him seize the day – and the car keys. He sets off on an epic road trip from Broken Hill to Darwin, to take charge of his own destiny.
The movie is partly based on the story of Max Bell, a terminally ill cab driver who made the same drive as depicted in the film in the early nineties, hoping to take advantage of the Northern Territory’s voluntary euthanasia laws.