Superior Building Thriller with Chilling Bursts of Violence

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2012)

Great movie. I was enthralled watching Drive unfold; my favorite movies don't tell you where they're going, and Drive is one of those.
The movie has superior building tension, with patient and paused dialog and characters that are caring and full, but with menace lurking just below the surface. Some might say this movie starts as 'boring'; I say intriguing.
And in the middle of the slowly building tension, juxtaposed against the calm and comedic personalities, stunning violence erupts - short in duration but extremely disturbing. Wow.
For me, Albert Brooks is tremendous - lulling us into his mild comedic personality and dialog - and then spinning our head with a burst of chilling violence.
Rank 9/10 - must see.