Driven to disappointment

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2016)

What a let down. Ryan Goslings portrayal of the strong silent type just doesn't wash. From an inability to chew on a toothpick to the over the top skull crushing violence, his character seems to jar with his appearance and not in an ironic way. The film has been described as 'Noir', its not but it is trying very hard, unfortunately failing in the process. All this would have been forgiven but for the denouement of the film which was simply illogical. The title could have described a fast paced petrol head 200mph thrill-fest, its not that. Or it could have referred to intricate character development where we get to consider the drive and motivation of the characters involved but that never really happens either, all we get is a leading man who says very little and a loose plot that never manages to grab your attention enough to give a damn anyway.