BRILLIANTLY CAPTIVATING! VIOLENTLY SEDUCTIVE! HAUNTINGLY ROMANTIC!

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2018)

(2011) FILM: "DRIVE"
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Lead Actors: Ryan Gosling/Bryan Cranston
Any genuine film buff like myself would sadly agree that looking back (2011) was absolutely a horrendous year for the film industry. Only director Nicolas Refn's "DRIVE" and Gavin O'Connor's spellbinding attraction "WARRIOR" were even worthy of "BEST PICTURE" and both of them were disgracefully snubbed by the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. The unconventionally chaotic (2011) film "DRIVE" is a cinematic masterpiece that's absolutely astonishing frame to frame. Director Refn's unforgettable epic drama pushes all the right buttons and with the exceptionally soothing trance-like musical score, polarizing imagery and mesmerizing blend of attitude and violence it successfully finds its way onto my remarkably distinguished list of "TOP 20 MUST SEE FILMS BEFORE YOU DIE."
Ryan Gosling's riveting performance as a mysteriously obscure Hollywood stunt driver is slickly enchanting and even though the character himself is a man with very little to say, his actions speak immensely louder than his words as he magnificently delivers one of the most remarkably rewarding and uncommonly intense vengeance sequences of all time.