Rent Drive (2011)
3.7 of 5 from 577 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
- "Drive" is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day (Ryan Gosling), a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbour, Irene (Carey Mulligan). When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best - Drive!
- Actors:
- Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Kaden Leos, Jeff Wolfe, James Biberi, Russ Tamblyn, Joe Bucaro III, Tiara Parker, Tim Trella, Jimmy Hart, Tina Huang, Andy San Dimas, John Pyper-Ferguson, Craig Baxley Jr., Kenny Richards
- Directors:
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Producers:
- Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
- Voiced By:
- Ralph Lawler
- Writers:
- Hossein Amini, James Sallis
- Others:
- Mat Newman, Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
- Studio:
- Icon
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2012, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Ryan Gosling, Heist Movies: Masterminds and Mavericks, People of the Pictures, Remembering Ryan O'Neal, A Brief History of Film..., Top Films
- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 30/01/2012
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- BFI Q&A with director Nicolas Winding Refn
- Event TV spot
- Theatrical trailer
- Conceptual poster gallery
- Stills gallery
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/06/2022
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English DEHT 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- A Special Edition release presented by Second Sight Films and Director Nicolas Winding Refn
- New Exdluisive commentary by Nicolas Winding Refn and The Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw
- Drive: a 70 minute conversation with Nicolas Winding Refn, Editor Mat Newman and Composer Cliff Martinez
- Cutting a Getaway - a new interview with Mat Newman
- 3 Point Turns - a new video essay by Leigh Singer
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Reviews (5) of Drive
Minimalistic with bursts of graphic violence - is it art or exploitation? - Drive review by RP
Minimalistic, slow, and with flashes of graphic violence 'Drive' reminds me of the 'Man With No Name' films of Sergio Leone. The (un-named) central character is a man of few words who helps a neighbour in a bungled robbery, then on his death protects the widow and child. It's a stylish film noir, slow starting then building to a series of violent acts (head explodes in shotgun blast, skull crushed by stomping, artery slitting with razor, attack with hammer etc). There is certainly action in the form of three car chases + violence, but it is not really an action film, nor are any of the characters explored in any depth. The Driver himself remains an enigma, although the frog/scorpion allusion suggests that violence is in his nature and merely suppressed for the 'quiet' sections of the film. However, it has more than a tinge of exploitation about it so I can only give it 3/5 stars.
4 out of 6 members found this review helpful.
Stunning - Drive review by sb
FILM & REWATCH Rein’s masterpiece - i’d almost forgotten what phenomenal film making this is. Everything about it is just perfect - the whole cast - Mulligan , Brooks, Perlman , Isaacs and Cranston’s with Gosling taking the less is more to it’s logical extreme. It’s beautifully shot - only Michael Mann can make L.A. look this cinematic and Cliff Martinez’s synth wave score is incredible. Most movies would have the backstory or flashback scenes but this dispenses with all that - we learn absolutely nothing about the driver. He is a blank canvass into which the audience can project anything they want. Love how he will create an almost Zen like stillness just before the outbreak of appalling violence making it all the more visceral…….just a shame nothing he has done since comes even close……stunning 5/5
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Top Class Crime Thriller - Drive review by GI
First class crime thriller, gritty, stylish and really quite astonishing as it takes the genre into unexpected directions. Ryan Gosling, in one of his finest performances, is the Driver (he has no character name in the film). By day he's a stunt driver on film productions and a mechanic for Shannon (Bryan Cranston) who is also an arranger for the Driver's work at night where he is a coolly professional getaway driver for hire. Despite being taciturn and cautious he befriends his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her little boy and their feelings for one another slowly begin to grow until her husband (Oscar Isaac) returns home from prison. He is in debt to some very nasty bad guys and is ordered to commit a robbery for them. The Driver agrees to help him but it all goes awry forcing the Driver to take action. The film has all the hallmarks of a Michael Mann film, ultra cool nighttime scenes of LA, close up camera angles and quick and realistic violence. The support cast are impeccable and include Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman and Albert Brooks. Russ Tamblyn has a cameo too. As the baby faced yet frighteningly tough Driver Gosling is a fresh take on the American anti-hero that litters the crime and western genres, and in many ways he reminded me of the stranger in High Plains Drifter (1973) and I'm sure the influence of Ryan O'Neal's character in The Driver (1978) is behind this film. The set pieces are exciting and realistic including a car chase sequence. This is a superb film and Gosling is spot on casting. A must see film.
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Critic review
Drive review by Melissa Orcine - Cinema Paradiso
Danish Director Nicolas Winding Refn enters the realm of Hollywood with ‘Drive’, a neo-noir set in the streets of Los Angeles, with a hero in the enigmatic blond The Driver aka Ryan Gosling. Refn won Best Director at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival, and for good measure. ‘Drive’ is not your typical action film. If its title in posters is in pink cursive, you know you’re getting something out of the ordinary. ‘Drive’ knows its market and you’re in for a thrilling ride.
‘Drive’ is nothing without its leading man, actor Ryan Gosling. As its loner Driver, he is stoic, all-knowing, and a real action man. A stunt driver in Hollywood sets who moonlights as a hired getaway driver for criminals and robbers alike, the Driver is one mean, good looking, driving machine, and he’s about to quit and go legit; this time taking on the wheel as a professional race car driver.
But a lovely neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan), a young mother with a little boy has crime troubles. Her ex-husband (Oscar Isaac) needs to do a job or else his family gets it, and in comes Driver to save the day. Even if the Driver drives for a living, doesn’t mean he doesn’t want some love.
With an assembly of fine actors from Bryan Cranston (currently of TV’s ‘Breaking Bad’), Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, and veteran actor Albert Brooks as the big bad villain –an inspired choice—‘Drive’ is both style and substance, can be dubbed an art or action film, acclimated to your every mood and fancy. The sleek treatment, from car chases to the Driver’s juiced-up Chevy and his satin jacket with a big Scorpion appliqué on its back, does give you a sense of camp but of the good kind.
When Ryan Gosling grips on that wheel, steers, and brings on the pain on his enemies, it becomes a thriller with full-on frightening violence. Sure, Gosling is cute, but you wouldn’t want to call him that when he starts clocking you in the face.