Drive

Drive (2011).

I'll be taking on the challenge of reviewing and dissecting this movie as it's a masterpiece to some and garbage to others, I'm kind of stuck in the middle though.

Drive is a movie about about a stuntman and getaway driver (Ryan Gosling) that doesn't seem to be great with human interactions and it's reflected throughout the movie with the little dialogue that it's presented to the viewers.

I truly love Ryan Gosling's posture in this movie, he just simply doesn't talk and keeps it all a mystery throughout the film, I found that really appealing as it's something new and refreshing about the modern cinema, he walks around with this "aura" that just simply attracts everyone to watching this movie. But let's get into the nitty gritty about this film that has so many different opinions.

While it's true that Ryan Gosling had a godlike performance, let's just say that the plot... Didn't.

I hate when there's a situation where the plot carries the cast or vice-versa, in this case, the protagonist really did carry the plot to the fullest. Despite of how good the main protagonist was, the plot almost made it UNBEARABLE to watch the movie until the end, I can't count the amount of times that I almost stopped watching because I was getting bored to death, I just didn't because I was so amazed by Ryan Gosling's character. The fact that the movie tried to cover so many genres (Racing, Suspense, Crime, Gore, Romance, Drama... There's a lot) didn't help it's development and just made me confused throughout the story. As I said in the intro of the post I'm stuck in the middle when it comes to evaluating this 1h 40 of brilliant acting followed by a terrible story and development. The movie is truly iconic though, but only due to our driver that was a bright light in a room full of darkness. The remaining cast also didn't live up to the main protagonist performance so that's a let off aswell, the movie is simply unbalanced in every type of way.

Favourite Quote: "Second chances are rare" there's not much to choose from honestly.

Rating(0-10): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. 5 stars due to Ryan Gosling's performance alone, the plot ruined the movie.