I've never been so thoroughly disgusted with a film. I had such high expectations for it, the reviews are great (albeit they usually are for indie movies) and I had friends tell me it was amazing. However, it was anything but that. The cast is excellent at first glance, but the most promising ones (Christina Hendricks and Ron Perlman) had around a minute and a half of screentime apiece, and they were terrible in it.
There was maybe 5 minutes of actual driving in the entire movie (seriously, there was more screentime of the actors blankly staring at each other) and the soundtrack was reminiscent of an 80's porn film. The dialogue, well what little of it there was, was cheesy and uninspired. Ryan Gosling's next movie role should be as a department store manikin, he could just repeat his performance from Drive.
A cheesy indie version of the Transporter with literally one-tenth of the action and suspense of that film.
Another review I saw wrapped it up even better:
There was maybe 5 minutes of actual driving in the entire movie (seriously, there was more screentime of the actors blankly staring at each other) and the soundtrack was reminiscent of an 80's porn film. The dialogue, well what little of it there was, was cheesy and uninspired. Ryan Gosling's next movie role should be as a department store manikin, he could just repeat his performance from Drive.
A cheesy indie version of the Transporter with literally one-tenth of the action and suspense of that film.
Another review I saw wrapped it up even better:
Have you seen Drive, what did you think of it?
The main character shows no personality at all. The movie attempts to sell his blank facial expressions, and limited dialogue as some sort of mystery man. However, this mystery has no clues, nor answers, and is a huge failure. The only mystery to me is how a sub par movie has overwhelming positive review, and why I spent 10 dollars on a ticket.
The main character risks his life on several occasions for a woman he rarely talked to. A 10 second lustful stare down is suppose to be the motivation of the characters multiple life risking actions.
The ending; well, there is no ending! This isn't surprising, based on the fact the bland main character doesn't have any background, personality, motive, or facial expressions. To sum it up; there is no ending because there is no movie. There is no movie, because there is no central theme, or believable motivation.
The fact this movie has overwhelming positive reviews shows the bar has been lowered for the new era of cinematography; or, that critics get a some sort of monetary incentive to sell extra tickets.
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