Here's a film that isn't for everyone but stands right out among a lot of the generic Hollywood films that are pumped out every year.
Drive is not your average movie. And Ryan Gosling puts in a performance that you don't see too often either.
What makes Drive so different is that it requires the viewer to do a bit of work, it doesn't lay everything out in front of you.
Gosling's character doesn't have a name, occasionally he's referred to as 'Kid' but that's the only help we get.
He's a part-time stunt driver who gets involved in robberies as the driver, who gives his accomplices five minutes of help before he takes off and evades the authorities.
His simple world becomes complicated when he strikes up an odd friendship with his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) and when a heist goes wrong a contract is put out on him placing everyone around him in jeopardy.
There's a pretty solid support cast including Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman but Gosling is the star.
His character, while being the lead, probably has the least amount of dialogue. He speaks only when it is needed but you can almost read his mind when he says nothing. There are awkward moments, sweet moments, brutal moments, but it is all Gosling's film.
There are a few scenes that will shock you and will shatter any impression you have of Gosling's character, showing that he is not the detached outsider that he appears.
In some ways Drive is a masterpiece but it also has an unsettling undertone and that makes it a bit uncomfortable.
Having said that this is my type of film and Gosling puts in a brilliant performance.
An 8 out of 10.
Drive is not your average movie. And Ryan Gosling puts in a performance that you don't see too often either.
What makes Drive so different is that it requires the viewer to do a bit of work, it doesn't lay everything out in front of you.
Gosling's character doesn't have a name, occasionally he's referred to as 'Kid' but that's the only help we get.
He's a part-time stunt driver who gets involved in robberies as the driver, who gives his accomplices five minutes of help before he takes off and evades the authorities.
His simple world becomes complicated when he strikes up an odd friendship with his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) and when a heist goes wrong a contract is put out on him placing everyone around him in jeopardy.
There's a pretty solid support cast including Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman but Gosling is the star.
His character, while being the lead, probably has the least amount of dialogue. He speaks only when it is needed but you can almost read his mind when he says nothing. There are awkward moments, sweet moments, brutal moments, but it is all Gosling's film.
There are a few scenes that will shock you and will shatter any impression you have of Gosling's character, showing that he is not the detached outsider that he appears.
In some ways Drive is a masterpiece but it also has an unsettling undertone and that makes it a bit uncomfortable.
Having said that this is my type of film and Gosling puts in a brilliant performance.
An 8 out of 10.
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