
Flicks, Dominic Corry
A firecracker up the backside of the bloated modern action movie, Drive shows just how emotive and poetic the genre can be.
Full reviewRyan Gosling and Carey Mulligan star in this crime thriller about a movie stuntman who also works as a getaway driver for the mafia. Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of Best Director at Cannes 2011. From director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson), adapted from the James Sallis novel.
When a planned heist goes wrong, Gosling's unnamed getaway driver is blamed. LA's most dangerous criminal (Albert Brooks) puts out a contract on his life and he goes on the run through the streets of Los Angeles, while protecting his love interest (Mulligan) and her son.
LessA firecracker up the backside of the bloated modern action movie, Drive shows just how emotive and poetic the genre can be.
Full reviewWhereas most muscle-car action pics are visually and narratively flat, Drive displays stunning style.
Full reviewDrive looks like one kind of movie in the ads, and it is that kind of movie. It is also a rebuke to most of the movies it looks like.
Full reviewIt’s a fun, if not exhilarating, ride, one sped along with the help of a wonderfully assembled cast.
Full reviewAbout as much shamelessly disreputable, stylish, ultra-violent fun you’re going to have at the movies this year.
Full reviewDrive (2011) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Academy On Demand and AroVision.
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