Instead of a tribute to the Eastwood'esque movies, it felt almost like a parody.

Rating: 3/10 (5 January 2020)

If you want to watch a better version of this modern throwback type of movie. Then go watch 'The Drop'.
Nobody in Drive was realistic. The story lacked too much to give any type of real connection to the characters. The woman was almost only crying the entire time, the kid was a kid, the driver was a clint eastwood type of cowboy and the bad guys seemed like a parody of bad guys (which may be on purpose but even then it failed).
The beginning is what made me give this 3 whole stars. The beginning had a very nice action sequence and an nice introduction to what sadly soon after comes to fall flat.
'The Drop' however does exactly the opposite with the same type of storyline. Introverted damaged good guy, saves damaged woman and fights the bad guys. But done the right way. With added originality to an old and much done story arc. Drive hasn't added anything, except for replacing horses with cars and modern visuals.
But anyway.. the masses love names and hypes, and rarely have a sincere, thought out opinion.. So nothing new here.