Drive(er)

If you are old enough, you can remember the "Man with No Name" movies starring Clint Eastwood like "Hang'em High". The Man would ride into town and no one new who he was or where he came from, but soon you knew not to mess with him. Today we revisited that idea with an updated movie, "Drive". Ryan Gosling stars as "Driver", a guy who works as a Hollywood stunt driver and also a driver of getaway cars in Holdups. A friend gets in trouble with the Mob and he gets involved.

If you went to see, "Crazy Stupid Love", you know him as a funny romantic comedy character. Not this time.

This is an R for a reason. There is some Godfather/Kill Bill violence. There are the Mob F-bombs. (Not from Driver. he doesn't talk much.) This movie has very believable chase scenes and very believable everything! I liked it a LOT!

Wardrobe Note: In the movie "Driver" wears a tacky jacket that gets progressively dirtier and bloodier as the story unfolds.

I give this **** stars out of five.

2011 Movie #45