a pretentious load of emo crap

Rating: 3/10 (22 September 2011)

this is the worst sort of movie: one that believes its viewers are so stupid that it can pile together an incoherent storyline, moody cinematography, an expository soundtrack and cartoonish violence and everyone will think it genius.
it's not genius. it's just insulting to anyone with a brain.
in case the viewer doesn't catch the obvious symbolism of the scorpion on the back of the Driver's white satin jacket on any of the dozens of times the camera pans lovingly across it, the Driver spells it out right before the final act: "you know the story about the scorpion and the frog?"
he's the scorpion. he kills. because it's his nature.
now give me back my two hours and ten bucks.