Drive: Buckle up your seatbelts, kids (spoilers)

The Driver (Ryan Gosling) waits for the criminals, in which he acts as the getaway driver.

Holy shit! I fucking loved this movie. It's very well done and it's about an intense drama starring Ryan Gosling as the Driver and Carrey Mulligan as Irene. Nicholas Winding Refn adapted the film from James Sallis' novel of the same name. The film gives off an 80s retro vibe accompanied with a soundtrack that completes the film in a way that perfectly sets the tone of the movie.


The Driver is an interesting character portrayed by Ryan Gosling who comes off as someone mysterious and someone who you want to get to know more of just like his neighbor Irene does. He isn't a man of many words as shown in the small relationship with him and Irene as well as other people he meets. His outfit is very unique as he sports a grey jacket with a scorpion on the back and leather black gloves, which reflects his personality as he is a very complicated person with an odd lifestyle.

I found the film to be very entertaining to watch, I loved how the film started off showing Goslings character as The Driver. It was in my opinion pretty badass, especially his speech to the criminals about his policy: five minutes is what he gives and you get a feeling from him that he means business and he won't be nice even if you're a tiny bit late. This isn't class kiddos this is the real shit. There was a tense feeling that I felt when the second criminal was coming a bit late and you knew that if he didn't show up The Driver would have left him and let him get a ride from the cops. Personally, I would have wanted that scene to go a little differently, where the second criminal doesn't make it so that you fully understand that The Driver is all business and no play.

As the film progresses you see him change as he meets Irene. Carrey Mulligan plays Irene very well. She has that look of a young sheltered mother that mothered a child to a Hispanic male. The connection between them is very strange as they don't seem to talk a lot yet have a very intimate relationship between each other. However, with Irene's husband arrival from prison, Standard comes and befriends The Driver knowing that there has been some connections between the two. This changes the Drivers motives especially when acting as the getaway driver for Standard. In the scene where Standard is robbing a pawn shop you see that The Driver shows he doesn't want Standard to be late because of his connections with Irene, and you feel that he has a soft side for their family which is something he wouldn't do for anyone.

A lot of people have been concerned with the slow pacing of the film which has been shown in Refns other films such as Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives and Bronson. However, I love how slow paced the film is, which didn't affect me with the film as I enjoyed The Drivers long pauses with Irene because he's one of those guys with very few words to say. For me it didn't drag and I was entertained from start to finish.

Overall, the film was in my opinion a masterpiece and I loved how beautifully crafted this film was made with the mind of Nicholas Winding Refn and how perfectly played out it was from the cast. It's a lot different to any film I have seen and it's unique. I hope that with years to come people will look back at this piece of art and acknowledge the beauty of this film and maybe be inspired with the style of this wonderful film.