Drive: A thinker's thriller

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2012)

Drive is a fabulous film. However, it seems it is drawing some negative reviews from the fact it is not 'fast and furious' type car movie. That is completely absurd. For starters, Drive has a substantial plot and excellent acting, the polar opposite for Fast and Furious movies. Comparing them is like comparing two different films from different genres. Drive is much more of slow paced, tension builder. From the blood- pumping beginning to the exhilarating finale, Drive will leave you breathless. Ryan Gosling plays Driver fantastically well, considering he is rather unaccustomed to this type of role. Carey Mulligan is impressive but Albert Brooks almost steals the show from Gosling. Most famous for voicing Nemo's dad in Finding Nemo, Brooks is transformed as brutal and savage gangster Bernie Rose. The Violence is a little excessive, but provides an emotional link between Gosling and Mulligan. Drive is an amazingly hypnotic movie that will take a while to sink it, but when it does, it will stay there for a very long time