Ryan Gosling is a Steve McQueen-style knight in tarnished armor in Nicolas Winding Refn’s
Drive, a slick urban fairy tale punctuated by shocking bursts of graphic violence, and distinguished by its stylized, yet uncompromisingly classical approach to material that could have easily become clichéd and forgettable in the hands of a lesser filmmaker. A sort of art-house
Fast and the Furious for audiences weary of whiz-bang over-editing and empty bombast, it bears the unmistakable mark of a modern auteur by being at once intensely modern and obsessively retro, and it serves as an exciting reminder that filmmakers needn’t necessarily sacrifice story and char...
Released:
2011
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins