There's something about it. It's hard to explain!

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2013)

Yes I guess it is a little late in the day to be adding my take on this cinematic venture. I have enjoyed 'Drive' several times throughout the last 2 years and have decided belatedly to write my findings for you equally sceptical, over analytical cynicists out there.
Unashamedly I initially expected a film about a dubious hero who can drive good and gets into some serious excrement that he has to try and find a way out of. I am straight, so the prospect of Goslings semi naked anatomy was neither here nor there to me. However, there appeared to be a romantic element in the DVD synopsis, It was getting late, I wanted to get drunk and decided it may be a good mix of action/ romance that the wife would pay attention to and divert her icey scrutiny away from yours truly for a few hours. I knew Bryan Cranston held a key role (much admired) so I drank lots and braced myself for the lovey-dovey-weepy-sniffy-yawny-snory abomination that some of IMDb's original reviewers had led me to believe beforehand....
I am not going to dwell on scene after scene nor will I be spoiling the plot but the opening of this movie was attention grabbing. Gosling picks up his kit and exits the motel room, mission in mind, and then something really unexpected happened...Electropop dynamic Kavinsky's 'Nightcall' kicks-in with 80's hot-pink titles and from there the movie was fascinating, carving out a niche genre of film making which surprised the hell out of me.
If your going to simplify most movies as previous reviewers have then you can probably sum the plot and storyline of most movies up in a few well-considered words and I suppose 'Drive' is no exception. However, what is the exception are the patient moments where nothing much is happening but at the same time you are a slave to the screen and captivated with both beautiful & atmospheric intensity coupled with a soundtrack which would never usually tickle my tastebuds but added a sublime haunt during some scenes,keeping me transfixed throughout.
I consider to be a wonderful story of love, benevolence and obscurity. I suppose much like this review.
I have not seen a film like this since and that dear readers is the most surprising thing - unusually i'm not glad.