A Slow Transport

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2011)

If one could imagine an adult, much more serious and a helluva SLOWER version of the Jason Statham action movie, The Transporter, it'd be Drive.
Critically acclaimed and further praise for one of my favorites, Ryan Gosling, were reasons for me wanting to see this. And I, too, will rave on how well made it was, shot, acted and contained some decent action sequences. Butit was so dammed slow, I could barely keep my head up to wade through 80% of the movie – the slow-paced scenes – to get to any promise of action as the plot indicated would happen.
And what was with the pink opening credits?
I digress. Much-too-quiet "Driver" (Gosling) aids bad guy's getaways as a night job while managing a garage-shop day job and being a part-time movie stunt driver. How is ever to find time for romance? Especially with a married mother one apartment over? Obviously, he will, but he will also get caught up in both helping them and mixing with the wrong (mob) crowd.
It's a fun movie, when it's moving – hence the title, but get ready for a snail's walk to get to something exciting. Yeah, I know I shan't be critiquing the movie for what it's not. It's not a Transporter reboot. But it's also not something I ever want to see again.