Origin story of a super hero

Rating: 7/10 (11 February 2019)

The first scene of the movie and the deceptive trailer will liklely lead you to believe that Drive is just another faceless action movie that is virtually the dame as any other faceless action movies such as fast and the furious and other such lovely titles which names i cannot remember for the life of me, because they are oh so original and unique. But if you know the director of this movie at least one bit, you will know that this isn't your average crowd pleasing blockbuster, but a more thoughtful and meaningful film about the human condition and how to rise above it, and become superhuman. This in fact is the best Punisher film that isn't named Punisher, and best superhero movie in a long time, if you would like to define it as such, because this movie doesn't really have a genre. It is an action movie, a thriller, a pyschological movie, a horror movie and so on and so on. It simply evades classification and is it's own thing entirely, so it is just mine opinion that it is a sort of a superhero movie, but it isn't really that original. The movie feels a lot like Taxi Driver, or Thief, and it certainly feels it's influences on it's sleeve, which isn't necesseraly a bad thing, but it's still worth pointing out. The Atmosphere that Refn crafts is dense and full of emotion, every scene, like a vacum, sucks you into the universe, and you become a part of the world, eventually all characters start to feel like real people and especially the driver. You can exacly understand whats going on in his head even when he is silent,abd he is silent most of the time. Ryan Gosling gave such a wondwrful performance in this film and the character is so damn likeable that you can't help being invested the story. He is a guy who seemingly doesn't have any family or friends, whose silence is louder than words and whose evolution from a robot to a human bean and eventually to a hero is really exhilirating to watch.