Drive is action at its best

Rating: 9/10 (25 April 2014)

Drive is interesting. Drive is beautiful. Drive is intense. Drive is wonderful. These are the simple words I use to describe Drive. The story of 'Guy', an unnamed stunt driver by day and getaway driver by night, as he gets caught in a web of blood and money all surrounded by his love for a married women whose husband is in jail.
'Guy' is the character for which we spend most of our time with, he's not very interesting at first, he has only one expression, he shows no emotion and he's pretty much mute the entire film. But this is what makes him interesting, his lack basic human expression leaves him a canvas for which we can paint ourselves on, allowing ourselves to be fully immersed in the film... that is until 'Guy' gets a little bitter and by bitter I mean down right psychotic. He's stabbing, shooting, slapping his way around and still with that expressionless look on his face.
The film does catch you off guard with how violent it is, one minute 'Guy' is interrogating a woman and the next her brains are scattered across the floor from a shotgun blast to the side of the head. This isn't your average, over the top action movie either. In an elevator, after having shared a very strong, loving kiss with his love interest, 'Guy' proceeds to stomp a hit-mans face into the ground, I swear you can actually see his foot go through the guys face, its that disgusting.
The use of the song 'A Real Hero' as a recurring motif throughout the film is a great cherry on the cake. We question is 'Guy' a real human being by the end of the film, with tears in his eyes, as the song may suggest?, is he a real hero as the song says?. Was 'Guy' the hero of the story?, was he just insane?, was he a man so used to a strict life of being told what to do that he snapped when the foundations of structure came down around him?. Who knows? what I do know is that Drive is a fantastic piece of cinema.