Drive (2011) (Blu-ray)

apart from evading the police at the very begining, very little happens in the first hour. ryan goslings character is painful,hardly speaks,and seems to suffer from some kind of personality problem. makes this viewer not really care about him.then there is the over the top stuff. the violence (after 1 hour of dullsville) is over the top to the brink of being ridiculous.
avoid.

Certainly this was one of the coolest films of last year imo and had one of the most tense and brilliant opening scenes to a movie that i have seen in quite some time. Gosling is excellent as is brooks, it keeps dragging you into the story to see just how it will all turn out in the end. A very cool movie with some excellent scenes make this a definate buy for me and is one of the best thrillers i have seen since man on fire.

Certainly this was one of the coolest films of last year imo and had one of the most tense and brilliant opening scenes to a movie that i have seen in quite some time. Gosling is excellent as is brooks, it keeps dragging you into the story to see just how it will all turn out in the end. A very cool movie with some excellent scenes make this a definate buy for me and is one of the best thrillers i have seen since man on fire.

It starts off very promising and after the first car chase it slows right down. The script is minimal and there are long pauses between lines. 2 stars for the acting.

I am scraping a 3 for this. The brief sum up of this film is misleading. I think there were a total of 2 car chases and to sum up by saying ' to do what he does best, drive' should really read 'kill'. Now I am not squeamish and there was some interesting scenes but it is better described as a dark, pyschotic uberviolent excuse for a movie vaguely related to a car chase. The opening sequence is great. tense, clever and resourcful but it fairly much stops there and is then a ponderous game of survival of the most violent and brazen. That may appeal and has obviously done so to many. I actually thought his character was mute for the first half hr....

Winding Refn blends underacting characters with an equisite soundtrack and stylish scenery. The plot is quite straight foreward and the ending is no big surprise, but no other movie of 2011 have kept me on the edge from start to end. Superb!

Awesome film shot in an updated film noir style. Slick, stylish and very moody. Watch it.

I don't usually write reviews, but this film deserves a comment at least!!
From start to finish this film keeps you gripped to your seat.. the acting is top notch from all cast members,the photography and filming is beautifully shot and the soundtrack just gels the film together. If your expecting non stop action from start to finish then this film isn't for you.. infact the action is kept minimal, needed when its needed and at times quite violent! but this film is nothing short of perfect. If you want a good, tense romantic thriller with a gripping story, Drive will not dissapoint. This is one movie I will definately be adding to my collection :)

One of the biggest surprises of 2011, and one I regret not seeing in the cinema so much. Drive is a near perfect movie, with a brilliant story that's got style, well paced, drama and the biggest surprise, A LOT of graphic violence which actually fits well within the film and the story, and it never feels that the violence is there just for the sake of it. Acted perfectly by the whole cast helps to create this very real, gritty world of a stunt-man/part-time getaway driver and brings it to life. As a whole this has to be one of the best (if not THE best) film of 2011, very stylish and a very original take on the Gangster/Thriller film while also including a scent of a love story, which fits perfectly into it as well. If there is any film you must see, then this is it! You'll be mad to miss this!

This film really needs to be watched without making assumptions beforehand. Its a slow building action film but it has all the aspects which make it become something spectactular. Ryan gosling is brilliant in which isone of his first action movies and i hope there will be more from him in this genre.Buy this film, if you want to watch something that you never want to end.