Rating of
3/4
From Silence to Violence!
MovieAddict - wrote on 02/09/12
Drive tells the story of an unnamed driver who is a Hollywood stunt performer by day, and a getaway driver for hire at night. The nameless driver, played by Ryan Gosling demonstrates his skills as a heist wheel man, evading the police with calm, deliberate precision. After a heist gone wrong, he discovers that a contract has been put on him, causing him to take some very extreme actions for survival.
What's a story without some angst laden love? Here, Carey Mulligan plays Irene, the pitiful damsel in distress with whom our hero falls in love with but the burgeoning romance is abruptly interrupted by her husband (Oscar Isaac) returning from prison. Like a Knight in shining armor, the Driver (whose name is never revealed) then decides to help Irene's husband get out of debt from a prison gang and do one last heist in hopes that the mob will leave him and his family alone. His attempts to assist him go absurdly wrong and the film shifts tempo to a blistering revenge gig as it is clear that the chains that link are also the ties that bind.
In the mix are two Jewish mobsters: the comical but vicious Nino (Ron Perlman) and the deceptively smooth Bernie (Albert Brooks). With a pulse driven soundtrack pumping from the speakers of Ryan Gosling's GT, Director Nicolas Refn 's Drive is instantly a contemporary cult classic thrill ride.
