Drive

Wow! I just watched this movie and I absolutely loved it. I have really come to appreciate Nicholas Winding Refn as a director. I love his work because his movies satisfy my tastes. I love raw, gritty movies that reflect real life because life itself is raw and gritty. "Drive" is another gritty masterpiece. It's not a movie filled with one car chase scene after another, rather, it's a movie that centralizes around the main character (Ryan Gosling) who is referred to as "kid." Obviously, the director chose for him not have a name. I'm not going to write a report on the whole plot of the movie because my intention here is to express how the movie really captured me with it's interesting characters, wonderful camera work and cinematography, rich soundtrack, terrific acting, and last but not least, the raw and brutal violence that assaults the viewer's senses with a serious dose of in-your-face type of realism. Again, it's not a movie like "Fast and the Furious" with non-stop car chase scenes. Refn's movies tend to be very character oriented and that's exactly what we get here. The viewer gets a glimpse into the life of "driver", which reveals he is a part-time stunt driver for movies and moonlights as a get away driver for heists. He does all of this while working as a mechanic for an auto repair shop. The director did a good job of making me empathize with driver and feel what he's feeling; lonely, unsure of life and the future, longing for something more normal, longing for companionship. The movie had a very visceral effect on me and Refn seems to be very good making his movies do just that. I loved the pace of the movie. It flowed smoothly without any plot holes. If you're in the mood for something that contains more substance instead of non-stop over-choreographed cartoonish action movies with minimal character development, than definitely give this movie a shot.

Great Movie

Awesome movie

4 Stars. [Spoiler Alert!] Nicolas Winding Refn [The Pusher Trilogy (1996, 2004, 2005), Bronson (2008), Valhalla Rising (2009)] takes the wheeland drives an all-star cast to great performances in this stylized and moody movie, based on a book by the same name. Ryan Gosling [The Notebook (2004), Half Nelson (2006), Blue Valentine (2010)] plays a solemn and mysterious man with few words, whose name is never given. He is a Hollywood stunt driver and mechanic that moonlights as a getaway driver in Los Angeles, much like Ryan O’Neal in Walter Hill’s Driver. He works with Shannon, [Bryan Cranston; Malcolm in the Middle (2000 – 2006), Breaking Bad (2008 – 2013)], who owns the garage and is always scheming to get money, often working with a group of local mobsters, Bernie [Albert Brooks; Taxi Driver (1976), Broadcast News (1987) Out of Sight (1998)] and Nico [Ron Perlman; City of Lost Children (1995), Sons of Anarchy (2008 – 2013), a number of animated series]. The Driver befriends his neighbor, Irene [Carey Mulligan; Public Enemies (2009), The Great Gatsby (2013)] and her son and strikes up romance. Her husband, Standard [Oscar Isaac; Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014), Ex Machina (2015)], is released from prison, and the mobsters want him to do a hit for them as payback for protection in prison. The Driver offers his services if they would leave Irene and Standard alone. The hit goes all wrong and the Driver shows his true socialopathic nature as he goes on a warpath against the mobsters. While it’s filled with some tense and excellent car chases, the movie moves slowly in the neon world that Rfen creates and, much like Bronson and Valhalla Rising, it’s based on visual style and actions more than words. Cranston’s Shannon is the chattiest one in the movie, while Gosling’s Driver barely says a word. This doesn’t stop the actors from pulling off amazing performances, in particular Gosling, Isaac and Brooks. Helped along by an 80’s throwback soundtrack, the movie is intense even in the pleasant times, like something was about to go wrong at any moment. The script falters a little as they introduce some players without any background, like Blanche [Christina Hendricks; Mad Men (2007 – 2015)], but shines as the Driver switches on his true nature is revealed. Like the Driver, the ending is a mystery. With a gut wound, which we all know from Reservoir Dogs (1992) and other movies is fatal, the camera pans up the Driver from bloody shoes to his closed eyes. It is daylight. We pause on his face. He opens his eyes and drives off. Now night, he is streaming down a California highway. Was he actually dead and this ending was a dream? Did he go to the hospital, as it’s now night? Or was he driving off into the night to die? Any which way, Drive is a superb movie that everyone should see.

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Great movie

There isn't really much that hasn't already been said a thousand times about this gem of a film. It really is fantastic from beginning to end. The film is basically about a driver (Gosling) who gets mixed up in a dangerous situation. He is dragged into this situation because he seems to have fallen in love with Irene (Mulligan) and therefore wants to keep her and her child safe. This leads to Gosling having to carry out a job. However, certain complications arise and the story really begins to take off. There are many scenes in this film that are silent, yet they are so beautifully shot by Refn that they almost appear to be images taken straight from a canvas painting. Be warned that there is actually very little driving in this film, despite the fact that it is about a stunt driver. It is very much plot based and a rather simple plot at that. There are also scenes of what some may consider to be gratuitous violence. I however felt that the scenes of violence stressed the lengths people will go to when trying to gain or protect certain things. Throughout the film I was also blown away by the soundtrack. It really flows well with the film and I also own a copy of it. The Blu-Ray transfer is of great quality and the sound seemd good to me. My hearing is rather poor so I would have had issues if the sound had not been spot on. Overall I would certainly recommend this film and it would certainly be in my top five films of 2011. It has a fantastic cast and Refn directed the film perfectly. It really is a modern piece of art on screen. I'm beyond shocked that Gosling and Refn weren't even nominated for an Oscar as both deserved at least a nomination.

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