The uncanny Neo Western.

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2014)

Drive is one of those films that takes a couple of viewings to really appreciate. On first watching, you appreciate the whole 80's techno look and feel, with the link writing and ambient score, but as you watch more and delve deeper, you get to appreciate the western themes that are very apparent in the film.
Goslings puts on a stellar performance as the patriarchal father figure to Benicio and Irene. We see him take the family under his protection and struggle between his own individualistic nature and his longing to belong in a family. Through exchanging intense looks with Irene, we also understand his frustration as he knows he can't be with her, this frustration escalates into his very graphic shows of violence.
Accompany this with his quiet nature and the fact he is only referred to as 'Driver', similar to Preacher in Pale Rider, along with many other characteristics such as his car resembling a mans horse in a western, and the scorpion jacket as a reference to the conventional western duster coat, and you have yourself to recipe for a brilliant scored and acted Neo western.