Compensatory violence.

Rating: Null/10 (26 September 2011)

I am sorry that I don't share everybody else's apparent appreciation of the film. In my opinion Hollywood doesn't do the 'Film Noir' genre particular well but with one notable exception and it is no coincidence that DRIVE takes it inspiration from the 1978 classic THE DRIVER. If you believe that the vacant enigmatic stares and irritatingly long pauses in dialogue are more than balanced out by the unnecessarily strong violence then this film is for you.The 1978 film did not require excessive bloodletting to capture the audience attention which was more fascinated by the chemistry of Ryan O'Neill and Isabelle Adjani. Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan simply failed to ignite and I do not see the former as a new Hollywood heavy.He has no charisma.