Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn ( A Danish film maker who won Best Director at Cannes 2011 for Drive) the film is about a driver; an almost pococurante, low profiled, unnamed driver. (Ryan Gosling). He seems to get by in life by driving for movie scenes in Hollywood and for illegal activities. Things seem to be going okay until he falls in love with this neighbour, Irene (Carey Mulligan). Irene has a son and lives next to Gosling in a low rent apartment because her husband is at prison.
Mulligan and Gosling have a sweet romance blooming when the husband gets out of jail and he comes home with a truck-load of problems. He owes protection money to the bad guys and they won't let him off the hook. So Gosling decides to help him out for obvious reasons.
Things go wrong when the heist they're on get out of control and suddenly the bad guys start coming after Gosling, one by one.
I've always been a fan of Ryan Gosling. Firstly because he's such a good looking lad and secondly because there's more to that face than just the look. I mean for example, one of my favourite movies of all time is Lars and the Real Girl. Gosling is one of those few actors who evolve with every movie.He's portrayed the protagonist with so much ease. If you watch carefully, you'll find the consistency of his facial expression throughout the film and for a character like that, It's required. He does that without amplifying himself.
The film is adapted from the 2005 novel by James Sallis. The screen-play has been written to perfection by Hossein Amini. Also one thing I really liked about the film was the casting in the beginning. It has this pink font and the music from the 80's. It's just one of those few techniques that a film maker can use brilliantly to capture the audience's attention without making it look like a cacophonous carnival . Drive has successfully managed to do that.
It's a shame, the film wasn't nominated at the 84th Academy Awards.....at least in the Best Adapted Screenplay...Just saying!
