Atmospheric cinema

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2019)

Started and ended the film with Synthwave music playing, while Ryan Gosling drives through neon lit streets. How could you not give this a 10/10.
Most films that incorporate love subplots in their crime dramas fall through. But it was so effortless here. There's hardly any dialogue for driver throughout and yet you can feel all emotions. Rage, love, sadness. The underlying moral dilemma for driver lies within each frame of the film, he never enjoys doing what he does, even if he succeeds in the task, which is just a brilliant way to structure a film and character that's clearly inspired by Taxi Driver. Simply, One of the greatest modern crime dramas ever made.