"Drive" - The new Dark Knight

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2011)

Ryan Gosling portraits a nameless garage worker, Hollywood stunt driver and a "talent". The movie is about what he does, why he does it and how he does it. Simple and rough.
I'll let you find out, but basically, he's a god behind the wheel, and out of it, Gosling creates a character unbelievably powerful and dark, and he only says a bit more than 150 words throughout the movie. Hence the title of this review.
Heart-pounding story along with the Tarantino-like "thunder-strike" scenes of blood and gore that leaves the viewer, well, you'll see.
Beautifully filmed in an hypnotizing way. Acting was great, Carey Mulligan is in her comfort zone, simple and sweet, the veterans Cranston, Brooks and Pearlman are truly convincing and the lovely Christina Hendricks is just diminished. The car scenes are fantastic and clear. The soundtrack is very heavy most of the time with a few and a bit inappropriate songs in some scenes, maybe to enhance the ironic and dark atmosphere.
Definitely one of 2011's greatest movies, Gosling's best role in my opinion, possibly Oscar-like, but that's up to the competition.
Overall: 8.5 out of 10