A hero in thug's clothing

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2012)

There's something wholly unique about "Drive", a (swear-to-god) art-house genre movie that lays down a mood just as easily as it suckerpunches you with a visceral death scene. There are way more unspoken stares here than action scenes, but even still this has one of the finest car chases since . . . well, a very long time. And somehow, Albert Brooks very nearly steals the whole thing.
This is one of those movies you just get sucked into; that soundtrack and the chic '80s vibe are intoxicating. You don't shake this off for some time afterward. It's one hell of a ride.
9/10