You tell me where we start, where we’re going, where we are going afterwards; I give you five minutes when we get there, anything happens in those five minutes I’m yours no matter what. Anything a minute either side of that & you’re on your own. I don’t sit in while you’re running it down. I don’t carry a gun. I drive."
Drive is a kind of movie which would gratify nearly all the generic viewers. Ryan Gosling’s new avatar as the shadowy driver is just a paradigm of how good he can be with diverse roles. Even though the story is simple the cinematography & Cliff Martinez’s phenomenal soundtrack will keep you hooked until the end. With a blend of dark story, implicit romance & acute violence Nicolas Refn delivers this year’s best crime noir.
Plot : Ryan Gosling enacts as the anonymous driver, he works as a part-time stunt driver & a mechanic. Sometimes he even takes on wheels as a getaway driver. As the plot commence it’s made quite evident by Ryan’s driving talent when he carters two burglars after their successful heist. He works alone, follows some strict code; five minutes for ending every deal & never to work for the same people twice. Things change, when he falls for his neighbor, a single mom named Irene Carey Mulligan who stays with her small son. When Irene’s husband, Standard Oscar Isaac returns from prison, the driver tries to help the family to wrap up one final job which would help in paying off debts that Standard owed to local mobster for buying protection while he was in prison. The job however turns murky when driver finds himself being deceived in a dirty deal that threatens to destroy everything he loved so intensely.
Drive offers everything you would like to expect from a crime drama. It does not finish with the regular note we are used to see so often. Refn has skillfully polished the story with talented castings which would definitely get noticed at various international award arenas. Drive packs a poignant yet intense punch which would linger in your mind till the finale.
My Rating : 8/10
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