Night rider

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2011)

The retro filmmaking was beautifully and artistically well done and it's like looking at a live moving motion masterpiece and a quiet, haunting and sometimes exhilarating experience that will drive you down a pretty gritty path of bloodshed. The first half of the film was almost like watching a well made music video or like a silent film because there wasn't much dialogue which got to a point where it was awkward and dragged the film's pace down but it never loses its sense of dread and unrelenting intensity and its heavy dose of violence which I can just say is comparable to films like Scarface and The Godfather, brutal to say the least but that is for you to find out and it even puts the recent Staw Dogs to shame. Like I said before there wasn't much talking in the film until the action kicks in and doesn't even give much of a backstory to any of the characters or a concrete story for the movie as a whole so it doesn't give an answer to why Ryan Gosling's in his most boldest movie to date character does what he does with no hesitation or much emotion like he was some sort of killing machine like Michael Myers or something and it was pretty creepy and strange and even when people try to talk to him it took him like almost 2 minutes to answer and that got old especially when it doesn't explain why he is like that. This the type of movie where it relies on the visuals, action and shock value than the development of story and characters which is the movie's downfall and made in the end not worthwhile and pointless and cold and mean spirited and a flashy showcase of filming style and violence which to me is not enough to make a classic memorable film, looks and guts but no personality. Overall a rough and tough crime noir that packs a violent punch but there is too many bullet holes in the story that it pours out unsatisfactory but it will probably be the best looking crime thriller of 2011 but this drive leads to an unclear destination which makes this passenger very disappointed. Rental.