'Drive' is a shockingly magnificent film with some of the best directing you'll ever see! You won't know what hit you with this masterpiece!

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2014)

Everyone in life is driven by something. 2011's best film is a film by director Nicolas Winding Refn called 'Drive' about a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. The film opens with a car chase, so you know it's awesome! The driver is played by Ryan Gosling who doesn't have a name! When the driver meets his neighbor played by Carey Mulligan, he falls for her and learns about her convict husband being released from prison. When he is released, Driver gets involved with his crime in order to protect his neighbor and her son. The violence and intensity that spurs off will leave you shocked and calls for one hell of a good time. Nicolas Winding Refn shoots this film beautifully with directing that is new to cinema and contains noir elements as well as sheer beauty. Many shockingly violent scenes still contain that charm Refn adds in his directing to make this film monumental. Other intense action scenes containing shocking violence have other strong elements such as love, greed, and failing of connections in them. It isn't violent for the bloody sake of it at all. The theme of driving yourself for love and others is what's reflected on in this film. 'Drive' has perfect editing, cinematography and sound to make this film visually appealing. The acting isn't the key element in 'Drive' with the exception of Albert Brooks as a brutal mobster that Ryan Gosling's character gets caught up with during the wild drive he has protecting his neighbor. Brooks gives a raw performance who does shocking things that feel so real and flawless as Joe Pesci in 'Goodfellas.' The scenery of L.A. in which this film takes place is spectacular, especially when it has an alternative original song to boost the scene through the streets. 'Drive' is an intense thriller with gorgeous directing that is monumental and triggers the excellence and originality of this gem of a film. You won't know what hit you.