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Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive--a pulp fairytale about a driver struggling to protect an optionless family--has deep cinematic roots that run through the canon of existential noir from the '60s onwards, borrowing the central characterization of Walter Hill's The Driver, the professional code of Jean-Pierre Melville's The Samurai and the palette and pace of Michael Mann's Heat. Ryan Gosling has formidable presence as the un-named hero: a classic celluloid stranger whose eyes give away everything his controlled dialogue tries to conceal. He makes fair money as an in-demand getaway driver with a legit career in stunt-driving and racing ahead of him. But when a protective relationship is struck with a coping mother (Carey Mulligan) and her young son (Kaden Leos) he breaks his own rules to help her backslider husband with one last heist. Sure enough, nothing goes according to plan--and the driver must lay down a trail of retribution, attitude and scorched rubber to shake off a brutal entanglement with the mob. Gosling's depiction of heroic cool is flawless, as are supporting performances from Mad Men's Christina Hendricks as a trashy moll, Albert Brooks as a dangerous investor and Ron Perlman as the demonic gangster pulling the narrative strings. The cinematography of Newton Thomas Sigel (The Usual Suspects) also gives Los Angeles a hip starring role: the shots of Gosling racing his 1973 Chevrolet Malibu along LA's concrete riverbed--or just rolling it around the sodium-tinted backstreets--make franchise concepts like The Fast and The Furious look suspiciously like nerd territory. --Leo Batchelor
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BLU RAY W/ Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks
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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful
By Richard
Format:Blu-ray
With the title "Drive" and the tag line "Get in. Get Out. Get Away" one could be forgiven for thinking that this was a fast paced heist movie focused on long car chase get-away sequences. It isn't. Less 'Fast and Furious' and more 'Subdued and Serious'. The film starts with a getaway drive that rather sets the tone of the film; our driver says very little and only picks up the pace if cornered at which point he can and will do whatever he has to.
Arguably our driver is either mysterious or astonishingly lacking substance; new to an apartment he quickly develops a bond with his neighbour. When the neighbours husband needs a favour things go terribly wrong, and with the driver's life threatened, but more importantly the neighbour and her child's life threatened, driver does everything he has to to keep them safe. At times this gets very gory, and there are those who will question the need to be quite so graphic. Drive does not glorify violence by any means, but does tell us a lot about Driver whose quiet demeanour could otherwise be mistaken for passive or apathetic.
Pros:
- Stunning visuals and sound. Fans of 80's Michael Mann films will be happy in this respect.
- A serious and engaging story for the more patient viewer.
Cons:
- Many will be put off by the graphic violence. Some will say it is unnecessary, although probably most will disagree.
- What for many will be an interesting albeit quiet protagonist, will for others be soulless and borderline sociopathic.
Bottom Line:
- Engaging and stylish for the patient.
- Tedious and one dimensional for the impatient.
- Horrific for those with weaker constitutions.
Arguably our driver is either mysterious or astonishingly lacking substance; new to an apartment he quickly develops a bond with his neighbour. When the neighbours husband needs a favour things go terribly wrong, and with the driver's life threatened, but more importantly the neighbour and her child's life threatened, driver does everything he has to to keep them safe. At times this gets very gory, and there are those who will question the need to be quite so graphic. Drive does not glorify violence by any means, but does tell us a lot about Driver whose quiet demeanour could otherwise be mistaken for passive or apathetic.
Pros:
- Stunning visuals and sound. Fans of 80's Michael Mann films will be happy in this respect.
- A serious and engaging story for the more patient viewer.
Cons:
- Many will be put off by the graphic violence. Some will say it is unnecessary, although probably most will disagree.
- What for many will be an interesting albeit quiet protagonist, will for others be soulless and borderline sociopathic.
Bottom Line:
- Engaging and stylish for the patient.
- Tedious and one dimensional for the impatient.
- Horrific for those with weaker constitutions.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Manish P
Format:Blu-ray
This is a brilliant movie, it is very subtle and has a gentle pace. It is very 80's and fans of the Grand Theft Auto series will find familiarities with it and Vice City, especially the sound track with is brilliant, Nightcall has become one of my favourite songs. Though it is not for thrill seekers, it does have some getaway and shootout sequences.It's story will captivate you and Ryan Gosling performance as the strong, silent type is brilliant.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By S. Drury
Format:Blu-ray
This movie is one of the years big surprise hits with a brilliant story that is executed with style and paced out so well with plenty of action and drama and explicit violence! The entire cast is brilliant and believable and create very real gritty characters that you can really follow, a very slick and stylish and very original take on a gangster thriller with a hint of a love story, this is probably one of the years best movies so make sure you check it out.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Vas Bordnor
Format:DVD
I admit my title is a bit of an in joke for everyone who has seen this absolute gem of a movie.
I actually went to see this movie after watching a youtube trailer the night before. I usually go see at least one movie a week and truth be told the movie I wanted to see was a big budget multi million dollar affair and a 12A which usually means to me tons of kids talking and not watching the movie. In particular when I saw the crowds of kids going into screen 1 and I was heading into screen 11 I was filled with a certain amount of relief.
This absolute belter of a movie is simple, a young loner who acts as a getaway driver, stuntman and mechanic. Also bit of an insomniac. First of all I defy anybody not to love the soundtrack. It is an awesome 80s throwback of music and themes which had me spellbound and I still have the main 3 songs on my ipod. The film is either very bright or very dark almost gothic, it works though. When there is violence you see where the 18 rating comes in very nasty. I actually liked the character played by Ryan Gosling despite being a little pschotic at times but the irony of the whole film is that trouble finds him not the other way round. I have since bought this on blu ray and enjoyed it just as much at home. I strongly suspect that this is on its way to becoming a cult classic if it isnt already. My only regret is that with most films like this which are well made and acted they get nowhere near the coverage on the big screen as they are pushed out by politics and the big boys.
Please enjoy.
I actually went to see this movie after watching a youtube trailer the night before. I usually go see at least one movie a week and truth be told the movie I wanted to see was a big budget multi million dollar affair and a 12A which usually means to me tons of kids talking and not watching the movie. In particular when I saw the crowds of kids going into screen 1 and I was heading into screen 11 I was filled with a certain amount of relief.
This absolute belter of a movie is simple, a young loner who acts as a getaway driver, stuntman and mechanic. Also bit of an insomniac. First of all I defy anybody not to love the soundtrack. It is an awesome 80s throwback of music and themes which had me spellbound and I still have the main 3 songs on my ipod. The film is either very bright or very dark almost gothic, it works though. When there is violence you see where the 18 rating comes in very nasty. I actually liked the character played by Ryan Gosling despite being a little pschotic at times but the irony of the whole film is that trouble finds him not the other way round. I have since bought this on blu ray and enjoyed it just as much at home. I strongly suspect that this is on its way to becoming a cult classic if it isnt already. My only regret is that with most films like this which are well made and acted they get nowhere near the coverage on the big screen as they are pushed out by politics and the big boys.
Please enjoy.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ryan Gosling plays a stunt driver who supplements his income by driving getaways. The extended opening sequence is a brilliantly tense depiction of what this entails and why he has the reputation for being so good at it.
However, just as it appears that he might be getting a break to the (legitimate) big time, with an opportunity to drive racing cars for a new team being set up by his boss, Bryan Cranston, and funded by two shady businessmen, played with sublime menace by Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman, Gosling's character falls in love with his neighbour, Carey Mulligan, a young mother with a husband in prison. When the husband is released it transpires that he owes a lot of money to unnamed mobsters and is required to pull a robbery to pay this off. Hence Gosling agrees to do the proverbial "one last job" to help the family.
Of course all double-crossing hell breaks loose.
This movie pulls together a number of "retro" elements - much of the lighting, styling and soundtrack in the movie are reminicent of the Miami Vice tv series, the plot is straight from 1940's film noir, Gosling's unnamed man of few words refers to Clint Eastwood's signature Sergio Leone roles - to make something quite original - with startlingly graphic violence.
It is true that much of this is actually off-screen but the sound of breaking bones and collapsing faces is distressing enough. This verges on the gratuitious, but, I think, remains just on the right side of the line as it is used by the director to build tension by putting into the mind of the viewers what will become of the protagonist and those he loves should they fall prey to the mobsters who have set much of the plot in motion.... Read more ›
However, just as it appears that he might be getting a break to the (legitimate) big time, with an opportunity to drive racing cars for a new team being set up by his boss, Bryan Cranston, and funded by two shady businessmen, played with sublime menace by Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman, Gosling's character falls in love with his neighbour, Carey Mulligan, a young mother with a husband in prison. When the husband is released it transpires that he owes a lot of money to unnamed mobsters and is required to pull a robbery to pay this off. Hence Gosling agrees to do the proverbial "one last job" to help the family.
Of course all double-crossing hell breaks loose.
This movie pulls together a number of "retro" elements - much of the lighting, styling and soundtrack in the movie are reminicent of the Miami Vice tv series, the plot is straight from 1940's film noir, Gosling's unnamed man of few words refers to Clint Eastwood's signature Sergio Leone roles - to make something quite original - with startlingly graphic violence.
It is true that much of this is actually off-screen but the sound of breaking bones and collapsing faces is distressing enough. This verges on the gratuitious, but, I think, remains just on the right side of the line as it is used by the director to build tension by putting into the mind of the viewers what will become of the protagonist and those he loves should they fall prey to the mobsters who have set much of the plot in motion.... Read more ›
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Very entertaining and very cool show.
Don't miss out.
Published 23 days ago by Paul O' Mahony
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Different
Great soundtrack and back to the 80's. Ignore stupid reviews as below. Obviously they were born without eyes and ears! Moron. Anyway I enjoyed this, good action paced story line.
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